Professional Educator - Research – Catch, kick and throw: Motor skills and health

Barnett, L.M., Morgan, P.J., van Beurden, E. & Beard, J.R. (2008). Perceived sports competence mediates the relationship between childhood motor skill proficiency and adolescent physical activity and fitness: a longitudinal assessment. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 5: 1479-1458.

Barnett, L.M., van Beurden, E., Morgan, P.J., Brooks, L.O. & Beard, J.R. (In press). Childhood motor skill proficiency as a predictor of adolescent physical activity. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Barnett, L.M., van Beurden, E., Morgan, P.J., Brooks, L.O. & Beard, J. R. (2008). Does childhood motor skill proficiency predict adolescent fitness? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 40:2137-2144.

Booth, M., Okely, A.D., Chey, T. & Bauman, A. (2002). The reliability and validity of the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 34:1986-1995.

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van Beurden, E., Barnett, L.M., Zask, A., Dietrich, U.C., Brooks, L.O., & Beard, J. (2003). Can we skill and activate children through primary school physical education lessons? ‘Move it Groove It’: a collaborative health promotion intervention. Preventive Medicine. 36:493-501.

van Beurden, E., Zask, A., Barnett, L.M. & Dietrich, U.C. (2002). Fundamental movement skills: How do primary school children perform? The ‘Move It Groove It’ program in rural Australia. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 5:244-252.

Zask, A., van Beurden, E., Barnett, L.M., Brooks, L.O. & Dietrich, U.C. (2001). Active School Playgrounds: Myth or Reality? Results of the ‘Move It Groove It’ project. Preventive Medicine. 33:402-408.