Pelemiš, Vladan Pavlović, Slobodan Mandić, Danimir Radaković, Milan Branković, Dragan Živanović, Vladimir Milić, Zoran Bajrić, Senad application/pdf 275096 bytes eng MDPI Sports volume: 12 number: 6 startpage: 1 endpage: 13 Differences and Relationship between Body Composition and Motor Coordination in Children Aged 6–7 Years https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:35496 doi:10.3390/sports12060142 ISSN: 2075-4663 Abstract: Background: The primary goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between body composition and motor coordination performance, and the secondary goal was to determine sex differences in body composition and motor coordination of preschool children. Methods: Forty-eight children (23 boys and 25 girls) underwent assessments for body composition and motor coordination using the Köperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK). Results: Linear regression analysis revealed significant associations between body composition and motor coordination in boys (p < 0.05) but not in girls. In boys, Body height (p = 0.01), Total muscle mass (p = 0.03), Total fat (p = 0.03), and Total water (p = 0.02) show statistically significant influence on single-leg jumps. Similar results were obtained for lateral jumps where there was a statistically significant influence of Body height (p = 0.01), Total muscle mass (p = 0.03), and Total water (p = 0.02). Interestingly, predictive variables showed no statistically significant influence on KTK overall score in boys (p = 0.42) nor in girls (p = 0.90). Conclusions: The predictive system of morphological variables demonstrated significance only among boys in this age group and sample. Girls outperformed boys due to early maturation, resulting in better average KTK scores. Keywords: KTK test; motor skills; relations; preschool age https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/12/6/142 2024 All rights reserved info:eu-repo/semantics/article