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Among Iranians, aged 5\u201385\u00a0years, we aimed to determine the construct validity and reliability of the TMC and to examine associations between TMC test items and the participants\u2019 age, sex, and body mass index (BMI). We conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the TMC\u2019s factorial structure by age group and for the whole sample. We explored associations between the TMC test items and participant age, sex, and BMI using a network analysis machine learning technique (Rstudio and qgraph). CFA supported the construct validity of a unidimensional model for motor competence for the whole sample (RMSEA = 0.003; CFI = 0.998; TLI = 0.993) and for three age groups (RMSEA &lt;0.08; CFI and TLI &gt;0.95). Network analyses showed fine motor skills to be the most critical centrality skills, reinforcing the importance of fine motor skills for performing and participating in many daily activities across the lifespan. 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