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Table 5 An overview of the elements of physical literacy covered by assessments included within the physical domain

From: Assessments Related to the Physical, Affective and Cognitive Domains of Physical Literacy Amongst Children Aged 7–11.9 Years: A Systematic Review

Assessment tool

Object control

Stability

Locomotor

Movement skills—land

Movement skills—water

Moving using equipment

Cardiovascular endurance

Muscular endurance

Coordination

Flexibility

Agility

Strength

Reaction Time

Speed

Power

Rhythmic

Aesthetic/expressive

Sequencing

Specific to an environment

Progression (simple-complex)

Explicit physical literacy assessments

 CAPL-2

  

 

 

 

    

 PLAYfun

    

           

 PFL

  

 

        

Physical domain

 ALPHA

   

  

 

 

      

 AST-1/2

    

           

 BOT-SF

    

 

 

      

 EUROFIT

 

 

  

 

 

 

      

 FITNESSGRAM

  

  

 

        

 GSPA

  

    

      

    

 MABC-2

 

    

           

 MOBAK-3

 

  

 

   

 

  

 MUGI

    

      

    

 PARAGON

 

     

        

 

 SEBT

 

 

                

 Stability Skills

 

 

                

 TGMD-3

 

                

 Y-BT

 

 

     

          
  1. ALPHA ALPHA Fitness Battery, AST Athletic Skills Track ½, BOTMP-SF Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, EUROFIT, FG FITNESSGRAM, GSPA Golf Swing and Putt skill Assessment, MOBAK-3 Motorische Basiskompetenzen in der 3, MABC2 Movement assessment battery for children-2, MUGI Motorisk Utveckling som Grund för Inlärning, OP Obstacle Polygon, PARAGON PA Research and Assessment tool for Garden Observation, SEBT Star Excursion Balance Test, SS Stability skill test protocol, TGMD-3 Test of Gross Motor Development-3, YBT Y Balance Test, CAPL-2 Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy, PFL Passport for Life