Trampoline body coordination test
The trampoline body coordination test (TKT) is a motoscopic test method according to Ernst J. Kiphard , in which the two test leaders observe 33 different characteristics in the test person. The test is used to make a rough selection of motor disorders and brain damage .
Test execution
The test person is asked to step onto the trampoline to perform foot jumps. After jumping several times, you should jump a quarter turn.
The test managers have the opportunity to view the test person from all sides during the execution. The cyclical movements make it possible to identify recurring abnormalities. In particular, the flight phase after the jump is of interest, since uncertainties in posture and coordination are particularly noticeable here. This “magnifying glass effect” of the trampoline results from the fact that the jumper has to align his “own dynamics” with the “external dynamics” of the trampoline. If the test person suffers from a brain dysfunction, he or she does not succeed in this or only inadequately. The trampoline as a device should be unknown to the children in order to challenge the adaptation situation.
The TKT is primarily a screening method for the rough reading of coordinative abnormalities, so that no direct diagnostic consequences can be drawn from the TKT. If the result is abnormal, further tests and possibly neurological or medical examinations should follow.
After the first round, the child can jump again as they want. This retest also increases objectivity.
criticism
It is a very economical process, the test duration is around 2 to 4 minutes per child including retest, all that is required is a trampoline. Because of some serious accidents, which happened in top-class competitive sports, trampolines may only be used by trainers with a special trampoline license or not at all in various federal states . Only a few elementary schools still have a trampoline, which is why the test is no longer carried out often.
See also
literature
- Dordel, S. (2003): Promotion of physical activity in schools. Handbook of Remedial Physical Education. Dortmund. 4th revised and expanded edition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Letter from the Minister of Culture of Schleswig-Holstein from September 25, 1981, accessed on November 10, 2011