Abstract
Physical fitness is considered as a process of directed development of physical qualities, contributing to the formation of the necessary range of motor skills and abilities. The study of students’ physical fitness was conducted by gender. Physical fitness testing was carried out according to the guidelines developed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. The study of physical qualities showed that the maximum increases of the indicators of physical fitness being studied do not always coincide with the rates of puberty, however, in general, the biological development of adolescents is determined by gender differences in the dynamics of physical fitness. An integral assessment of the general physical fitness of schoolchildren showed that students of all age groups, regardless gender, are at the average level of physical fitness when they are involved in sports.
Highlights
The study of the patterns of natural age-related development of physical qualities is central to the theory and methodology of physical education, because it allows us to determine biologically grounded periods of students directed improvement
The data obtained from various tests indicate that among boys of middle and senior school age, training loads are most significantly manifested in the increase in the results of seated forward bend in grade 7, shuttle running 4 × 9 m in grade 8, high pull-up in grade 7, standing long jump in grade 5, running 1500 m in grade 5, running 30 m in grades 7-8
The data of the study of the physical fitness of schoolchildren in ontogenesis indicate that the maximum increases in the studied indicators of physical fitness do not always coincide with the rates of puberty, in general, biological development of adolescents is determined by gender differences in the dynamics of physical development
Summary
The study of the patterns of natural age-related development of physical qualities is central to the theory and methodology of physical education, because it allows us to determine biologically grounded periods of students directed improvement. A number of researchers have noted a decrease in the motor activity of school-age children, and, as a consequence, a decrease in the level of physical fitness [1,2,3,4,5,6]. In this regard, the solution to the problem of increasing the general physical fitness of students is of particular importance. Middle and senior school age is the age period when a biological predisposition to the directed development of many physical qualities remains [7]
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