The term motor ability has been in taped in different ways the component of motor fitness, physical fitness and motor ability are more or once, since motor ability are more or less looked as each components must contribute in a successful performance of a movement still how over this is not agreement on that components are may of components possible.
Motor ability has been defined as the present acquired of a general or fundamental role excellence or highly specialized sports gymnastic techniques. - BARROW
Motor ability is the immediate capacity of an individual to perform many various stunts or many athletic events. - MATHEIVS
BARROW MOTOR ABILITY TEST
Purpose: To measure the motor ability for purpose of classification guidance and achievement.
Level & gender: College men, junior senior high school boys.
1. Standing broad jump
1. Leg explosive power
2. Soft ball throw
2. Muscular strength speed
3. Zig zag run
4. Wall pass
4. Eye and hand coordination
5. Medicine ball put
5. Shoulder explosive power
6. 60-yard dash
1. Standing Broad Jump
Purpose: To measure the athletic power of the legs in jumping forward.
Level & gender: Age 10-18 yards boys &girls.
Course and Marking:
Either mat or floor may be used for the test marking material is needed for the starting line along with a tape measure to mark off increment of distance along the standing area.
Description:
With the feet parallel to each other and behind and swings the arms and jump as far as possible.
The number of inches between the starting line and the nearest heal upon landing is the point, then the best of three trail is the final score.
2. Soft Ball Throw
Purpose: To measure to muscular strength and speed
Level& gender: Age ten through eighteen years.
Floor may be used for this test marking material is needed for the starting line along with the tape measure to mark of increment of distance along the standing area.
Description:
With the feet parallel to each other and behind the starting mark the performer swings the arms and throw the softball as far as possible.
The number of feet between the starting line nearest point of landing is the score. Three trails are permitted, and then best trial is recorded as the score.
3. Zig-Zag Run
Purpose: To measure the agility
Equipment: Stopwatch 5 standard and separate enough to accommodation the 16*10 course.
Course Marking:
Description:
This test requires the athlete to run a course in the shortest possible time. A standard zig-zag course is with four cones placed on the corners of a rectangle 10 by 16 feet, with one more cone placed in the center. If the cones are labeled 1 to 4 around the rectangle going along the longer side first, and the center cone is C, the test begins at 1, then to C, 2, 3, C, 4, then back to 1.
Then elapsed time to nearest tenth of the second is recorded if the student should grasp or move a standard run the wrong pattern or otherwise fall to follow the directions he should run again after a suitable rest period.
4. Wall Pass
Purpose: To measure eye and hand coordination .
Equipment: Regulation basketball, stopwatch.
Description:
The subject send behind a restraining line then passes the ball against the wall in any manner he chooses he attempt to catch then he should pass it again as many times as possible for fifteen seconds, must remain behind the restraining line. If he should loss control of the ball, he must retrieve it and return to the starting line and continue passing.
The score is the number of times the ball hits the wall in fifteen seconds.
5. Six Pound Medicine Ball Put
Purpose: To measure shoulder explosive power.
Equipment: Space 90*25 and tape for measuring .
Description:
The subjects stands between two restricting which the fifteen feet apart he then attempts to propel the medicine ball out as for as possible without stepping on over the restraining line should hold the ball the junction of his neck and a shoulder and thrust it away from his body at an angle of approximately forty five degrees. He is given three throws.
The best of three throws is records the distance is computed to the nearest foot. A throw which the subject commits a foul is not scored however if all three trials are foul, she should be allowed until makes a fair put.
6. 60 Yard Dash
Purpose: To measure speed.
Equipment : Stopwatch whistle smooth surface at least yards long with start and finish.
Description:
The subject starts from standing position on the single to go and runs as rapidly as possible to the finish line one trial is given.
The time is recorded in second to the nearest tenth of a second the time beginning when the commend “go” is given in 60 yards dash there should be no appreciable time long due to the relative speed or sound verses speed of the light.
