The purpose of this study was to develop a physical education program based on fundamental motor skill development for infant. The 37 items were selected from 223 items by taking into account various conditions like a hierarchical structure in fundame...
The purpose of this study was to develop a physical education program based on fundamental motor skill development for infant. The 37 items were selected from 223 items by taking into account various conditions like a hierarchical structure in fundamental motor ability proposed by Gallahue, possibility of behavior observation, difficulty of task, and so on. As a results, 28 items representing each motor pattern of locomotion, manipulation, and stability domains were reselected. For the purpose mentioned above, using factor analytic procedures, eight motor pattern factors for three domains were extracted and interpreted as follows: 1) walking-jumping, 2) hopping, 3) climbing for the locomotion element, 1) catching, 2) throwing further, 3) throwing to aim for the manipulation element, 1) maintaining posture, 2) stability during action for the stability element. Physical education program was constructed in developmental aspects by eight motor pattern factors that is extracted by factor analysis.