A recent publication titled “The association between motor skill competence and physical fitness in young adults” studied the ability of 18-25 year olds to throw, kick, and jump and compared this to their overall fitness.
What they found what that those who could throw, kick, and jump better had better fitness measures also. In other words, the less un-co the less fit they were likely to be.In some ways this result is not ground-breaking: playing regular sport surely makes you more co-ordinated, and ‘fitter’. Interestingly the only ‘fitness’ measure not correlated with co-ordination was flexibility.
Pretty good argument for developing motor skills (and encouraging participation in sport) in young people…
