Adaptation and validation of a test to measure Greek elementary students' basic cycling skills

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dc.contributor.authorPapanikolaou, Ioannis
dc.contributor.authorAdamakis, Manolis
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-03T10:31:19Z
dc.date.available2020-03-03T10:31:19Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-03-03T10:09:50Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to adapt a previously developed test to gain a detailed insight into the cycling skills of Greek children and examine the impact that sex, age and cycling experience have on cycling skills. Students (n=80) from a local elementary school in Attica region (Greece) took the adapted cycling skills test consisting of 12 test stations. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to investigate the factor structure of the cycling test. Descriptive statistics were performed on children’s cycling skill scores. Furthermore, independent sample t-tests and Pearson r correlations were executed to evaluate individual correlates of cycling skills. Two factors were extracted: the ‘during cycling skills’ and the ‘attention/handling cycling skills’ factor. Most children faced difficulties for skills that required more advanced attention skills and while cycling over obstacles. No significant differences in separate factors, as well as the overall cycling skill, were noted between boys and girls. Significant correlations were observed between years of cycling experience and cycling skills, while age was not correlated to these factors. The 12-item test battery adapted in the present study is suitable for the evaluation of cycling skills of Greek elementary students. Implications of the current research are further discussed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationPapanikolaou, I. and Adamakis, M. (2019) 'Adaptation and validation of a test to measure Greek elementary students' basic cycling skills', Journal of Science and Cycling, 8(3), pp. 9-17. doi: 10.28985/jsc.v8i3.509en
dc.identifier.doi10.28985/jsc.v8i3.509en
dc.identifier.endpage17en
dc.identifier.issn2254-7053
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Science and Cyclingen
dc.identifier.startpage9en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9719
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCycling Research Center, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jsc-journal.com/ojs/index.php?journal=JSC&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=10.28985%2F1920.jsc.03
dc.rights© 2019 Papanikolaou licensee JSC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectCyclingen
dc.subjectSkillsen
dc.subjectTesten
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectGender differencesen
dc.subjectCycling experienceen
dc.subjectValidityen
dc.titleAdaptation and validation of a test to measure Greek elementary students' basic cycling skillsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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