The Relationship Between Physical Fitness And Motor Skills In Middle Childhood Children
Vol.11,No.1(2017)
The main aim of the research was to test the gross motor skills and physical fitness among middle childhood children with TGMD-2 and Fitnessgram tests and assessment of relations between components of these two tests. A partial goal was to analyse gender differences. The research sample consisted of 51 boys and 49 girls aged 9–11 years. The results indicated that the sample of boys have better results in most sub-tests of physical fitness and a higher level of manipulative gross motor skills. Girls had a higher level of flexibility and locomotor gross motor skills. Relations between subtests TGDM-2 and Fitnessgram showed mainly a positive correlation between manipulative skills and cardiovascular fitness. For middle childhood children it is important to choose physical activities developing cardiorespiratory fitness during their physical education classes. For girls it is especially important to choose a sport, which includes manipulative gross motor skills.
children; health related fitness; movement skills
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