Approccio multidisciplinare alle difficoltà motorie dei bambini sportivi a sviluppo normo-tipico.

Many different aspects influence the motor development of the children. This project refers to Italian children aged between 7 and 12 years, who are practicing basketball at a competitive level for at least two years. The aim of this project is to identify which aspects influence the motor development. In particular we focus on cognitive, postural and kinematics variables. In the first part of this study we consider the postural attitude of the children; then, we highlight the importance of height and weight on the motor and the postural development. In the second part of the research, we investigate on the possible correlation between the motor and the cognitive skills. In this section we refer to motor skills -like manual dexterity, balance and aiming and catching- in correlation to the executive functions, in particular attention, working memory and motor memory. The third part of the project completes the assessment with a kinematic analysis of the countermovement vertical jump. In this section, we also investigate about the possible correlation of the working memory and the motor ability to jump. The results of the whole project support the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, in order to deeply understand the motor development and which aspects could impact on. The outcomes also suggest an early intervention on the motor difficulties in the pre-schooler population. In a context where there is little evidence about the assessment of the sporty typically developing children, this research we would be a contribution to support teachers, trainers and educators.