The purposes of this study were to identify typical motor patterns that indicate elementary school children's level of proficiency in squat-vault movement and to consider teaching points according to this level. The analysis subjects were 215 elementary school children (98 boys, 117 girls) from the 5-6th grade. A squat-vault was performed and the motion was recorded from the left and front sides. The motions were scored using evaluation criteria based on the consideration of motion causality. Latent class analysis was used to extract characteristic motions based on the response patterns to the criteria.
The research conclusions were as follows:
1. The squat-vault movements of elementary school children can be summarized as failed vaulting movements, arm-dependent vaulting movements, and strong take-off vaulting movements.
2. Looking at the proficiency of the elementary school students in the squat-vault movements in detail, there were failed vaultings with strong take-off movements and stable vaulting movements.
3. There was a tendency for more failed vaultings with strong take-off movements when the vaulting box was in a portrait orientation and for more arm-dependent vaulting movements in a landscape orientation.
