Development of a new SAQ ability test of ball games in elementary school children

• Project/Area Number: 17K18604
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Okuda Tomoyasu 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90531806)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森田 憲輝 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10382540)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: アジリティ / SAQ / 小学生 / ボールゲーム / SAQ能力 / アジリティー / 運動能力 / スピード / クイックネス / 子ども

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of the present study was to develop an exercise test for evaluating speed-agility-quickness ability in ball-game sports, especially for children. Major achievements of the present study were as follows. First, we developed an original speed-agility-quickness test with 7 types of running sections. The section times of the test could be measured by phototube sensors and recorded automatically in a computer. In addition, the system has functions for instantly printing running times out and feeding back to participants. Second, we verified the test-retest reproducibility of the test. Intra-individual correlations between the two trials were ranged from 0.79 to 0.92. Third, we designed age-group- and gender-specific standards of the exercise test for 1st- and 2nd-graders, 3rd- and 4th-graders, and 5th- and 6th-graders elementary school children. Our findings suggest that the original exercise test would be useful for evaluating speed-agility-quickness ability of children.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでの研究では，反復横跳びのような単一の運動様式に評価テストや，特定の競技を想定したテストが多く報告されてきたが，小学校期の運動発達に重要となる多様で複合的な運動様式を含んだSAQ能力を評価する際には多くの課題があった．本研究では，多様な運動様式を含んだ複合的なSAQ 能力を評価し，且つ即時的なフィードバックシステムを取り入れ子どもが積極的に取り組めるテストを開発し，その有用性について明らかにした．本研究で開発したシステムは，小学校における体力．運動能力向上のための事業，スポーツクラブ等でのトレーニング，スポーツイベントで活用できると考えられる．

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 小学生におけるSAQ能力およびBSSC運動遂行能力の発達および男女差について (2018)
  • Author(s): 志手典之・奥田知靖・森田憲輝
  • Journal Title: 北海道教育大学紀要（教育科学編） Volume: 15 Pages: 579-586
• [Journal Article] 寒冷積雪地域（北海道）における子どもの体力の特徴と向上の試み (2018)
  • Author(s): 志手 典之・森田 憲輝・奥田 知靖
  • Journal Title: 子どもと発育発達 Volume: 15 Pages: 226-233
• [Presentation] GROTH TRENDS IN AGIRITY EVALUATED BY A NOVEL AGIRITY TEST, N-CHALLENGE, IN JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (2018)
  • Author(s): Tomoyasu Okuda, Noriteru Morita, Noriyuki Shide, Yuta Oyama, Hisataka Ambe, Rihito Yamamoto, Toru Sato
  • Organizer: The 23st European College of Sport Science
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 小学生のボールゲームの戦術能力における創造性と認知機能の関係 (2018)
  • Author(s): 奥田知靖，安部久貴，石原暢，紙上敬太，中島寿宏，山本理人，森田憲輝
  • Organizer: 日本発育発達学会第17回大会．
• [Presentation] 新規テストN Challengeによる小・中学生のアジリティー能力の加齢変化の検討 (2018)
  • Author(s): 奥田知靖・森田憲輝・志手典之
  • Organizer: 日本発育発達学会第16回大会
• [Presentation] 小学生のボールゲームにおける戦術能力の年齢変化 (2018)
  • Author(s): 奥田知靖
  • Organizer: 日本コーチング学会第39回大会
• [Presentation] Growth trends of agility evaluated by a novel agility test, N-Challenge, in Japanese elementary schoolchildren (2018)
  • Author(s): Okuda, T., Morita, N., Shide, N., Oyama, Y., Ambe, H., Yamamoto, R., Sato, T
  • Organizer: 23rd annual congress of the European College of Sport Science
  • Int'l Joint Research