The aim of the master thesis is to present the differences in the acquisition of locomotor skills of Slovenian children between 6 and 10 years of age. The study included 332 children of both gender (51.5% girls). The acquisition of locomotor skills was tested using six TGMD-3 measurement tasks, the performances were recorded and then evaluated according to predefined indicators. We found that there were no statistically significant differences between the gender, with small differences only in the hopping task in favour of girls. For most of the measurement tasks, the acquisition of locomotor skills improves with age. Some indicators for certain tasks were found to be still not mastered by grade 5. The most common performance errors were related to coordinated hand and foot work. Children's skills in the galloping, standing long jump and hopping on one leg were less well acquired.
In the Slovenian physical education curriculum, some of the content of the thematic strands corresponds to all the movements included in the TGMD-3 tasks, and we therefore confirm their suitability for testing the motor skills of primary school children. We suggest that all physical education teachers pay more attention to the different jumps and hopps. Teachers should practise the skipping task with boys more often. If most children have difficulties with a particular task, they should first evaluate their motor skills, as for any motor skill, the successful performance of the child depends on the adequately developed motor abilities. Adding the TGMD-3 measurement tasks to the existing SLOfit school system would give a broader insight into the child's motor development.
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