Associations of process-and hybrid-oriented motor competence assessment in spanish adolescents

Introduction:despite the discrepancies between process and product-oriented motor assessments, some hybrid tests exist in the literature thatprovide a more comprehensive approach.Objective: thestudy explored the associations between process and hybrid-orientedmotorassessments in Spanish adolescents to test possible overlapping motor competence (MC) constructs.Methodology: asample of 82 Spanish public high school studentsunderwent assessments using the Test of Gross Motor Development –3rd edition (TGMD-3) and the Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (CAMSA) on separate days within the same week.Results: in boys, all variables showed significant associations, with a moderate correlation observed between TGMD-3 manipulative skills score (TGMD-3-MS) and CAMSA skill score (CAMSA-SS) (r = 0.30-0.49). For other variables, correlations were classified as high (r ≥ 0.50). Among girls, significant associations were found between TGMD-3-MS and CAMSA-SS, TGMD-3-MS and CAMSA total score (CAMSA-T), TGMD-3 loco-motor skills score (TGMD-3-LS) and CAMSA-T, TGMD-3 total score(TGMD-3-T)and CAMSA-SS, and TGMD-3-T and CAMSA-T. All associations for girls were moderate (r = 0.30-0.49). Boys exhibited statistically significant higher means in height (effect size [ES] = 0.65), TGMD-3-MS (ES = 1.74), TGMD-3-T (ES = 1.07), CAMSAtime score(ES = 1.09), and CAMSA-T (ES = 0.97).Discussion: the significant associations found betweentestsalign with the established patterns observed in other hybrid and process-oriented tests in the literature.Conclusions: theseresultssuggest that both tests may measure similar MC constructs. However, caution should be exercised in Spanish adolescent girls, where fewer correlations were observed between tests and the associations were weaker.