Trampolin Coordination Test in Psychomotor Diagnostics

Abstract

This research focuses on significance of psychomotricity diagnostic of body coordination skills of elementaryschool pupils. The level of body coordination skills is not only important for identificationof preconditions for sports talents, but also in many situations of everyday life. Clumsiness influenceseveryday activities, school performance and leisure time activities. Trampoline Body Coordination Testwas chosen for the purpose of evaluating the levels of body coordination skills in this research. The goalof this project was to verify whether it is possible to use Trampoline Body Coordination Test in schoolsin the Czech Republic, where the test is not standardized. The test could be useful for recognizing earlysigns of different kinds of developmental coordination disorder. Teachers need to undertake a courseto be able to use this test. The biggest concern is safety of pupils because using trampoline can be riskyif pupils do not follow the given rules of the test.