Evaluation of some physical fitness characteristics at age 11 to 13

Abstract

Many studies indicate that an adequate physical fitness is an important marker for a healthy body and a healthy mind. The aim of the study was investigate the level of physical fitness of students aged 11-13. Depending on the results, we will determine the type of measures to propose in order to improve the obtained data.251 volunteer students participated in this research, including 95 boys and 156 girls aged 11 to 13, who participated in the physical education class two times a week. Subjects underwent six anthropometric characteristics and five physical tests. For the statistical analysis the mean, standard deviation, and multiple comparisons were used in order to find the differences between genders, using Anova and Bonferoni Test for differences between certain age groups. Anthropometric measurements included height, weight, arm span, waist, hip, body mass index and physical testing as agility, balance and strength.The findings suggest some differences between male and female subjects, as well as between age groups, namely boys obtained higher mean results compared to girls.

Determining Youth Profile using Principle Component Analysis for Identifying Talent in Sports

“…Besides, anthropometrics have the major advantage of studying the physique of different populations, athlete and non-athletes. There was true evident that measurement of anthropometric variables can create a profile of athlete within specific sports [37]. Conversely, such finding from PCA discloses that the participant varies from the other participant based on their performance on flexibility test (sit and reach).…”

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“…Karena Setiap indivitu memiliki kebutuhan kebugaran jasmani untuk bergerak dan melaksanakn pekerjaan tidaklah sama, sesuai dengan pekerjaan atau tugas gerak yang dilaksanakan. Kebugaran fisik adalah penanda kesehatan yang penting mulai dari usia muda (Pavovici, Popescu & Radu, 2016).…”