Children's Sports Research Articles

Factors promoting collaboration between community sports leaders and guardians in urban areas of Japan: A cross-sectional study.

BackgroundCommunity sports leaders (CSLs) are expected to play an important role in promoting regional sports in Japan. Increased opportunities for CSLs to work in schools and engage with guardians could encourage middle-aged adults to participate in regional sports activities. However, few CSLs work with guardians, and there is no evidence regarding what CSL characteristics encourage collaboration. The present study aimed to ascertain the aspects of coordination for CSLs collaborating with guardians in urban areas.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire survey was mailed to all 1,489 CSLs through 59 municipalities using the CSL out of 62 in Tokyo, Japan, from July to November 2021. The questionnaire covered sociodemographic data, variables related to CSL activities, coordination functions, and experience collaborating with guardians. We conducted a binomial logistic regression analysis using experience collaborating with guardians as the dependent variable, coordination function as the explanatory variable, and gender, age, residence duration, years of CSL experience, and the number of activities as covariates.ResultsThe analyzed sample comprised 478 CSLs. Binomial logistic regression analysis revealed a significant relationship between experience collaborating with guardians and the coordination function of internal/external CSL organizations, such as participation in non-CSL community activities, experience teaching and supporting their own children's sports, activity initiatives, number of times they used the school gymnasium, awareness of the regional sports plan, and cooperation with the chairman of the neighborhood association.ConclusionsCollaboration with guardians was related to CSL's individual experience engaging in regional sports from parenting and community collaboration, such as participation in non-CSL community activities and their relationship with the chairman of the neighborhood association. CSL activities may have the potential to encourage middle-aged adults to participate in regional sports.

S01-2 Providing policymakers with the evidence of the true value of physical activity to individuals and communities

BackgroundWith many countries and communities suffering from budget cuts, policymakers are coming under increasing pressure to provide the true value of public health interventions. Owing to the scale of conclusive findings over the past decade, we now have a robust evidence base regarding the impact of physical activity on individuals and communities. However, more work needs to be done to bridge the gap between policymakers and academics.MethodsWe conducted both a review of the leading academic research as well as primary analysis of existing open-access datasets to determine the impact of physical activity on the risk of health and social outcomes across the life course. This evidence base was then modelled with the latest figures on disease prevalence and its economic impact to quantify the social and economic value of physical activity.ResultsThis methodology has currently been applied to a city population, as well as a national scale evaluation of the impact of individual sports on children alone. Results have shown that the average value of physical activity, across four cities around the world including London, Stockholm, Singapore and Auckland, is US$1900 per person in economic, health and social outcomes. In addition to this when looking specifically at the 4 million children who participate in team sports across England, preliminary findings estimate the total value to be £6.5Bn annually.ConclusionsThese initial findings are already being used by policymakers to make the case for additional investment and change the way they evaluate the outcome of their policies and programmes. For example, Aktive Auckland has secured an additional NZ$120M for sport and recreation in the 10-year annual national budget after they used results which showed the annual contribution of physical activity was $1.9Bn to the local economy. Sports federations in the UK are also reshaping their strategies towards childhood sport and activity based on the emerging findings of the report.

Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Violence Against Children in Australian Community Sport: Frequency, Perpetrator, and Victim Characteristics.

Childhood sport participation is associated with physical, social, and mental health benefits, which are more likely to be realized if the sport environment is safe. However, our understanding of children's experience of psychological, physical, and sexual violence in community sport in Australia is limited. The aims of this study were to provide preliminary evidence on the extent of experiences of violence during childhood participation in Australian community sport and to identify common perpetrators of and risk factors for violence. The Violence Towards Athletes Questionnaire (VTAQ) was administered online to a convenience sample of Australian adults (>18 years), retrospectively reporting experiences of violence during childhood community sport. Frequencies of experience of violence were calculated and Chi-square tests were conducted to determine differences between genders. In total, there were 886 respondents included in the analysis. Most survey respondents were women (63%) and about a third were men (35%). About 82% of respondents experienced violence in sport as a child. Psychological violence was most prevalent (76%), followed by physical (66%) and sexual (38%) violence. Peers perpetrated the highest rates of psychological violence (69%), and the rates of physical and psychological violence by coaches (both >50%) were also high. Age, sexual orientation, disability, and hours of weekly sport participation as a child were all associated with childhood experience of violence in sport. The rates of interpersonal violence against children in sport were high. This novel data on perpetrators of the violence and the risk factors for experiencing violence provides further context to inform safeguarding strategies in sport. A national prevalence study is recommended to advance our understanding of the childhood experiences of violence in Australian sport.

Tracking Progress towards the International Safeguards for Children in Sport

In 2018, a review was conducted to explore sporting organisations’ use of global safeguarding policies. Due to an increase in the number of organisations now adopting these policies, it is thought that an up-to-date review should be conducted to reinstate what is known. As such, this study aims to assess the current state of sporting organisations on the adoption and implementation of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport. Global organisations were contacted to take part in an online questionnaire which explored their use of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport and adopted a novel use for the activation states theory. Results indicated an international, multi-sector use of the International Safeguards as well as supported the relevancy of these Safeguards. There was some stabilisation in activation states since the last review whilst others have progressed from reactive to active. Similarly, thematic analysis highlighted multiple key indicators important in creating a broader impact through safeguarding, such as an increase in disclosures. Furthermore, the results appear to support the newly developed Safeguarding Culture in Sport model. Overall, this research appears to demonstrate an improvement in organisations’ engagement with safeguarding but also highlights areas where this can be further improved.

Associations Between Kindergarten Participation in Organized Physical Activity and Subsequent Healthy Body Weight and Leg Strength by the End of Second Grade.

Childhood sport helps children develop growth and maturation, while simultaneously offering self-regulation, motor, and social skills training. This study aims to estimate the influence of sport participation at age 6years on indicators of health at age 8years, using a prospective longitudinal birth cohort design. Participants were 1492 children aged 6-8years from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Lower muscular power was measured with the standing long jump test. Girth used the children's waist circumference in centimeters. Body mass index was computed from child height and weight. We regressed these directly measured health indicators at age 8years on parent-reported physical activity at age 6years using linear Ordinary Least Squares regression. Boys who participated in more physical activity at age 6years had better lower muscular power (b = 2.368; 95% CI, 0.341 to 4.395) and higher body mass index (b = 0.340; 95% CI, 0.055 to 0.626). No significant results were found for girls. Our findings suggest that physical activity in kindergarten has a positive impact on muscular power by the end of the second grade in boys. This supports the pertinence of implementing physical activity to a routine early in life to help children improve their general health.

Модель психологического сопровождения подготовки юных спортсменов

Insufficient development of the problem of psychological support in youth sports in modern science validates the relevance of the following study.
 The purpose of the research is to develop a model of comprehensive psychological support for the training of athletes in the system of youth sports. The author used theoretical analysis, and the method of psychological modeling.
 It is assumed that the modeling of the system of psychological support in children's and youth sports allows to present this system in a most clear and practical way, including all its elements: tasks, functions, means (tools), objects and subjects, as well as to identify the relationship between these elements and the conditions for the effective functioning of the system.
 As a result of the conducted research, the main tasks, functions, and tools of the model of psychological support for the training of young athletes were identified.
 The main tasks of psychological support are:
 - increasing the level of psychological preparedness of athletes in the context of the implementation of the tasks of the training process and competitive activity;
 - personal development of athletes, which is especially relevant for children and youth;
 - maintaining the mental health of young athletes and a high level of their psychological well-being.
 The following functions of psychological support are highlighted: education, evaluation, development, support and prevention.
 The main tools of psychological support include psychological assessment; psychological counseling; psychological trainings, workshops and discussion groups; special trainings and methodological recommendations.
 An important condition for the implementation of the proposed model of psychological support is the use of a synergetic approach, which manifests itself, first of all, in the rejection of excessive formalization of the pedagogical process, significant autonomy of its participants, as well as the multivariance of the vector of psychological training of athletes — the availability of alternative methods and methods that are most effective in certain situations and current conditions.

Student-athletes’ dual career as a psychological and educational phenomenon

Introduction. The article analyzes psychological and educational aspects of dual career development for student-athletes. The purpose of the research is to summarize modern ideas about the phenomenon of a dual career pathway, to expand and deepen the knowledge of practitioners providing psychological and educational support for student-athletes. Materials and Methods. By adopting prospective and scientific approaches to studying dual career development of student-athletes, the authors analyzed 45 articles from 250 selected sources on the problem, published on the Web of Science search platform from 2017 to 2021. The keywords for the search engine included the following: ‘mental health’, ‘dual career’, ‘student’ and ‘sport’. In accordance with the research goal, the authors used the following theoretical methods: comparison, clarification and generalization. Results. The study clarifies the content of dual career as a psychological and educational phenomenon in children's and youth sports. The authors have analyzed Russian and international research evidence on supporting dual careers of student-athletes, investigated variants of the structure of dual career support programs, taking into account the socio-cultural component in the development of national scales for evaluating the effectiveness of student-athletes’ dual careers. Contradictions between conceptual approaches to arranging dual careers in the studies of Western European and Eastern European researchers have been revealed. The authors identified different levels of interrelated determinants (from the individual to the macro level) affecting student-athletes’ dual career development. Conclusions. Although the theory of dual career pathway is sufficiently developed in the international scholarly literature, there are significant differences between conceptual approaches to organizing a dual career in different countries. The main difference lies in the content of educational programs for student-athletes, especially their psychological and educational components. The orientation towards basic values (artistic and aesthetic education, respect for the opponent, ‘team spirit’ and others) is characteristic for Russia and Eastern countries, while the technocratic approach and the dominant role of commercialization in the training of student-athletes are emphasized in the USA and Western countries.

Development of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children in the Transition From Kindergarten to Basic School According to Participation in Organized Sports.

Purpose: This study examined the development of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in children in the transition from kindergarten to basic school according to participation in organized sports and estimated the associations of CRF and body composition indices during the transition from childhood to preadolescence. Methods: Children participated in the three-staged study (kindergarten, 6.6 years, n = 212; 1st grade, 7.6 years, n = 136; and 5th grade, 11.5 years, n = 142) for 5 years and were categorized into three groups according to their participation in organized sports in the study period (whole period, episodically, and never). Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by performing a 20-m shuttle run test, while body composition was measured by skinfold thicknesses, and physical activity was registered with an accelerometer. International gender- and age-specific CRF reference normativities were also used to characterize the participants. Results: Children who participated consistently in organized sports had significantly higher CRF levels and lower body fatness (31.3 ± 13.5 laps in 20 m shuttle run; 21.1% ± 6.3% body fat) in 11.5 years than in children who had never participated in sports clubs (20.7 ± 12.0 laps in 20-m shuttle run; 26.1% ± 6.8% body fat). Body composition and CRF did not associate in consistently trained children. The proportion of 5th grade children demonstrating age-appropriate healthy CRF was almost threefold higher in the group of consistent sports training among both boys and girls than among non-members of sports clubs. Conclusion: Consistent attendance in organized sports in childhood and early preadolescence ensures higher CRF and healthier body composition than in children who had no experience of organized sports.

Development and Validation of Parental Support Scale of Children's Sports Training in China: Socio-Ecological Approach.

ObjectivesTo promote Chinese children participation in sports training and acquisition of sports skills, we combined a social ecological research framework with parental support to develop the Parental Support for Children’s Sports Training Scale (PSCSTS).MethodsThe scale was initially developed based on literature review, group interviews, and expert evaluations. A complete reliability and validity test was conducted on 1,594 parents of primary and secondary schools in Shanghai.ResultsThe PSCSTS has 37 questions, and exploratory factor analysis has formed 10 factors: policy support, parents’ financial support, community support, media support, sports development, school activity participation, parents’ exercise habits, training quality support, development of school sports activities, learning skills. The higher-order models constructed by validated factor analysis fit well (χ2/df = 2.130, RMSEA = 0.038, SRMR = 0.042, GFI = 0.911, CFI = 0.928). The Parents of children of different sexes have measurement invariance in the PSCSTS.ConclusionThe PSCSTS developed in this study based on a social-ecological framework has high reliability and validity, and can be used as a comprehensive measure of parental support for their children’s sports training.

Athletics adherence determinants: a comparative study between Brazil, Portugal and Spain

Introduction: sports adherence can occur due to several reasons. In this sense, it seems fundamental that sports practice be in accordance with the needs and desires by practitioners, so that the modality offer corresponds to their expectations. The consumer understanding together the service analysis and athletics practice with a focus on the target audience can help to identify promote determinants and greater practitioners adherence. Objectives: analyzing the determinants factors for athletics choice among the education responsible for children between 5 and 10 years old in Brazil, Spain and Portugal. Comparing the answered by the education responsible for each country, and identifing the determinants that contribute to athletics adherence. Methods: it is a qualitative-quantitative study with two different samples: the first one, composed by athletics clubs in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, being used field research techniques in classes observation, clubs functioning and structure observations; the second one, composed by fifity-two education responsible, who answered a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed through content and observations analysis, in addition to descriptive statistics, performed through the SPSS software (version 25.0 for windows) to analyze quantitative data from the questionnaires. Results: were found significant differences between determinants factors to athletics adherence in Brazil, Portugal and Spain. The most important determinants athletics adherence are related with family's acceptance of the child's sports practice, while the determinants factors that least interfere with athletics adherence are related to athlete's training, that is, related to become athletes potentiality. Conclusions: our results indicate that the main orientation in clubs observed is the athletes training, with a focus on children's performance. However, the goals by education responsible are mostly connected with “Personal Factors” dimension. These findings indicate a discrepancy between the athletics training offer by clubs and the purpose for athletics practice by education responsible, which can lead to low athletics practice adherence. These results also collaborate with the identification sports business models determinants that involve the athletics practice, with the aims to increasing modality adhesion, in addition to demonstrating a importance in constant clubs adaptation to market demands. Keywords: Sport management, sport participation, practice reasons, education responsible perception.

A Qualitative Exploration of Parental Views When Comparing Individual to Group Sports in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Pilot Study.

(1) Background: Physical activity is important for children with autism spectrum disorder. This study aimed to analyse autistic children’s and their parents’ preferences between group and individual physical activity, while exploring potential social barriers that they might encounter. (2) Methods: Retrospective analysis identified 701 new referrals received by the Maltese national child and adolescent mental health service, between 2016 and 2017. Of them, 24 received a sole diagnosis of autism and 10 were chosen via purposive sampling. A semi-structured interview guide was created, including readability testing, translation/back-translation, inter-rater agreements, and focus group testing. Parents were informed, consented, interviewed and thematic analysis carried out. Further quantitative data were tabled accordingly. (3) Results: Only one child met World Health Organisation recommendations for physical activity. More children preferred individual sports while parents described more benefits with group sports. Parents’ perceived benefits with group sports included better socialization, while improved levels of self-esteem and coping with anxiety were highlighted benefits for individual sports. Parents felt misunderstood, burnt out, and described a lack of autism-friendly sports facilities, including geographical disproportionation of adequate facilities on the island. Too much screen time was a major parental concern. (4) Conclusion: Recommendations aim to develop sport therapy systems and well-resourced services in Malta. Staff training is recommended to improve service quality.

Design of Sports Training Simulation System for Children Based on Improved Deep Neural Network.

With the development of AI technology, human-computer interaction technology is no longer the traditional mouse and keyboard interaction. AI and VR have been widely used in early childhood education. In the process of the slow development and application of voice interaction, visual interaction, action interaction, and other technologies, multimodal interaction technology system has become a research hotspot. In this paper, dynamic image capture and recognition technology is integrated into early childhood physical education for intelligent interaction. According to the basic movement process and final node matching in children's sports training to judge children's physical behavior ability, attention is paid to identify the accuracy and safety of movement. The input images and questions are from the abstract clipart dataset of dynamic image recognition and the self-made 3D dataset of Web3D dynamic motion scene with the same style, which is similar to the action content in the actual preschool training teaching. Therefore, according to the idea of process capture and target recognition, on the basis of the original conditions of the recognition model, a new recognition model is developed through Zheng's target detector. The modified model is characterized by higher accuracy. Weapons need to combine process recognition and result recognition. The experimental results show that the improved model has the obvious advantages of high precision and fast speed, which provides a new research idea for the development of children's physical training simulation.

Relationship Among Motor Behavior, Motor Development, and Motor Performance in Children Aged 7-8 Years in China.

For children aged 7–8 years in China, “immobility” is a key problem hindering their physical and mental development in recent years. It is widely accepted that motor performance development in children is accompanied by physical and mental growth and development. However, few studies have clarified the relationship among motor behavior, motor development and motor performance. To bridge this knowledge gap, an empirical analysis of children aged 7–8 years in China was conducted. This study developed scales for testing motor performance, motor behavior and motor performance, respectively, and collected data of these tests on children aged 7–8 years in China. Canonical correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlations among motor performance, motor behavior and motor performance, and partial least squares regression was used to evaluate the relationship between dependent and independent variables. It was found that, for the children aged 7–8 years in China, there were significant positive correlations among the motor performance, motor behavior, and motor development. The three tests were closely related and could be applied to promote children's sports performance through improved training activities for targeting specific indicators. The study found there was no significant differences in the application of the three tests for children with different age and gender. This finding lays a foundation for further testing in older children and meets the measurement requirements of modern medicine's “bio-psycho-social model of health promotion”. Additionally, the theoretical motional quotient model of “The Bio-Behavior-Task” is constructed as a comprehensive motor performance evaluation system, aligning with students' physical and mental development standards.

Pendampingan Prinsip FITT pada Olahraga bagi Guru PKG-PAUD Kecamatan Bojongsoang Kabupaten Bandung

Sport is an activity carried out systematically to improve physical and spiritual health. Exercise is also like a double-edged sword; on the one hand, exercise can improve health and avoid various diseases, but on the other hand, exercise can also cause injury if not done properly. Especially in early childhood, those who play sports can pose a danger to themselves, so the role of the teacher is vital in directing sports to early childhood children. The FITT principle (Frequency, Intensity, Type, and Time) is one of the principles that teachers can use to direct sports in early childhood correctly. The purpose of this PkM is to increase teacher knowledge to apply the FITT principle in sports at PKG-PAUD, Bojongsoang District, Bandung Regency. The method of implementing this activity goes through four stages firstly; a situation analysis is carried out on activity partners; secondly, a pretest is carried out by measuring the teacher's knowledge of the FITT principle in sports; the third is providing sports material and practice to children using the FITT principle, fourth at the end of the activity, post-test and activity evaluation are carried out. The results of this PkM show an increase in teacher knowledge about the FITT principle by 89.43%. Thus, in general, teachers have developed sports training programs for early childhood using the FITT principle.

Automated control and management system physical loads in skiing

Until recently, there is no research data and research on the control and modeling of training loads in skiing for children of children's and youth sports schools using modern databases in the training process. The purpose is to show one of the possible approaches to the analysis and generalization of training loads in the training of skiers, help scientists and trainers-practitioners, as well as encourage them to find alternative ways, forms and methods of studying the creative activity of the coach. Research methods: study, analysis and synthesis of literature, pedagogical observations, methods of mathematical statistics using Access database management system. Result. The automated information system of pedagogical control of educational and training loads on the example of skiing is presented, which is developed on the basis of the Access database management system. Its use allows: to carry out unified collection of information; to calculate derived indicators and do statistical data processing; to reflect the dynamics of the main parameters of training and competitive loads; to compile various types of reports for the period of any duration; to create models of various structural formations of the educational and training process in skiing.

Тактична підготовка в командних ігрових видах спорту на ранніх етапах багаторічного удосконалення спортсменів: постановка проблеми

The purpose of the study was to identify the importance and features of tactical training of athletes in team games in the early stages of long-term sports development. Materials and methods. The most common team game sports are singled out, in which the main game tools are the ball, namely: volleyball, handball, basketball and football. Curricula for children's and youth sports school and others are analyzed in each sport in order to identify the place and features of tactical training of athletes in the early stages of long-term sports improvement. Also, Ukrainian and foreign basic works in the field of sports and specialized literature for each of the above sports were developed. Results and discussion. Tactical training of the athlete is one of the determining factors in the effectiveness of his/her performances during competitive activities in team sports (football, volleyball, basketball, handball, etc.). At the same time, in sports theory to this day, it is considered that tactical training is a priority in the preparation of later stages of long-term improvement. In contrast, some domestic and foreign experts in the field of sports argue that athletes who are at the stage of preliminary basic training are already fully capable of effective implementation of tactical tasks during training and competitive activities in the chosen sport. In Ukraine, most children who specialize in team sports are involved in state sports organizations. When building a long-term process of training athletes, these organizations are guided by approved training programs in sports. Most of these programs are outdated and cannot provide effective training for Ukrainian athletes. One of the main conditions for the active development of team sports abroad is a change in approaches to building the educational process of young athletes. In fact, the content of these approaches is to increase the overall share of tactical training within the training process of young athletes, through the active use of games and competitive exercises. This is actively followed in the training of young players in leading European and world private clubs. The use of modern approaches to the training of young athletes in team sports in Ukraine will improve their level of training (including tactical). Conclusion. The study found that tactical training is an integral part of the training process of young athletes in team sports. However, the role of tactical training in the early stages of long-term training is insignificant. The need to update curricula to improve the training of young Ukrainian athletes in the early stages of long-term sports development has been identified. Also, differences between the theoretical and practical support of the process of tactical training of young athletes in Ukraine are identified

Psychological Program to Increase the Level of Emotional Intelligence of Children's Coaches of Sports Associations

The subject of the study is a psychological program aimed to increase the level of emotional intelligence in children's coaches of sports associations. To date, the problem of emotional intelligence is expressed in contradiction, where, on the one hand, a child needs the necessary emotional support during training and competitions, on the other hand, there are insufficient funds in the scientific literature to improve it. The purpose of the work is to develop a program to increase the level of emotional intelligence among children's coaches of sports sections. The study was conducted with 21 trainers of children's sports sections on the basis of the youth "Technical Design Center" in the city of Krasnoyarsk. A program was developed to increase emotional intelligence among children's coaches of sports sections. It was built in accordance with a certain logic of working with emotions, which includes awareness of one's own and others' emotions in various situations, mastering the ability to manage one's own and others' emotions and mastering the ability to manage one's behavior in non-standard situations. The program, tested on a group of trainers, helped to increase their emotional intelligence. The results of this study can find practical application in various fields of psychological practice: psychological education, counseling, etc. They can be used in the development of professional training programs, retraining and advanced training of teachers – trainers.

Can sports cartoon watching in childhood promote adult physical activity and mental health? A pathway analysis in Chinese adults

Physical activity is essential to maintain physical and mental health. Unfortunately, insufficient physical activity has become a common phenomenon worldwide in the past decade, and the absence of interest in physical activity is assumed a reason. Therefore, strategies for fostering interests and promoting public engagement are in need. We conducted a questionnaire survey during September 2021 that involved 1202 adults to capture data on sports and relevant cartoon watching experiences during childhood; Intensity and frequency of physical activity, depression (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7) during adulthood. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine pathways between watching sports cartoon in childhood and physical activity and mental health in adulthood. The results suggest that childhood sports cartoon watching may have indirect and positive impacts on adult physical activity and, in turn, on mental health. Childhood sports experience is a critical mediator role linking childhood sports cartoon watching, adult physical activity, and adult mental health. In conclusion, watching sports cartoon may help cultivate sports interests and promote children's participation in sports, and the sports experiences may be a continuous and beneficial factor that connects childhood and adulthood. These findings indicate a framework to understand the durative positive impact of cartoons and maybe other children's film and television works.

Технологія програмування тренувального процесу кваліфікованих біатлоністок у макроциклі

The article presents a theoretical and methodological review of the peculiarities of biathlon training at the stage of specialized basic training according to the skiing curriculum for children's and youth sports schools. The necessity of reorganization of training by the newest technologies, namely programming, is determined. The key characteristics of the concepts of "programming" and "technology" are determined. The criteria of technology manufacturability, implementation algorithm and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of technology are identified and analyzed. The key factors necessary for the introduction of programming technology in the process of training biathletes are identified. The structural and logical schemes aimed at correcting and improving general physical, special physical, technical, tactical and integral fitness are developed. It is noted that the programming technology has a certain specificity, namely the unpredictability of the final result due to a number of aggravating factors.

Influencing factors of children\u2019s physical activity in family

BackgroundChildren's physical activity (PA) is an important guarantee for children's physical and mental health. Influencing factors of children's PA in family is related to the healthy growth of children and the happy life of families.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study of influencing factors of children's PA in family. Parents whose children in 15 kindergartens(i.e., children are aged from 3 to 6 years) were sampled.ResultsGovernment had a significant negative impact on parents’ perceived risks. Community has a significant positive effect on parents’ perceived benefits and a significant negative effect on parents’ perceived risks. Kindergarten has a significant positive effect on parents’ perceived benefits, but has no significant effect on the parents’ perceived risks. Children sports club has a significant positive effect on parents’ perceived benefits. Parents’ perceived benefits has a significant positive impact on children's PA in family, while perceived risks has a significant negative impact.ConclusionGovernment should play a leading role in the development of children's PA in family. Community provides supplementary support. Kindergarten is the key point of developing children's PA in family. Children sports club is the auxiliary force of children's PA in family.