Abstract
The physical fitness of young people has been widely studied. The importance of good motor development for theeducation of the body as well as the overall development of the person lies in its preventive role in school difficulties. The purposeof this cross - sectional descriptive study was to perform a survey of motor performance indicators of the students of a privateschool in the neighborhood of the Tabuleiro, located in the city of Maceio - AL. The sample consisted of 14 students, 8 boys and 6girls. For data collection, the tests of the PROESP-BR manual, composed of tests that estimate the physical fitness and the motorperformance of children and adolescents, were used. The results showed that the vast majority are classified as very physicallyweak. The low results indicate that the students studied are in need of an improvement in motor performance, whichdemonstrates the need to introduce in Physical Education classes activities that promote the improvement of the physicalcapacity and agility of the students, resulting in an improvement in the Avoiding the development of diseases related to lack ofphysical activity.
Highlights
Physical exercise has always been present in the daily life of man since primitive times, where prehistoric man to ensure his survival used hunting, swimming, fishing, planting and harvesting, that is, he was an extremely physically active being
We have the results in graph form, first with the results separated between boys and girls and soon after a general result of boys and girls, with the numbers reached it is possible to infer that there is a need to improve the physical capacity of the students of the private school Used as the basis for this study
Gráficos do Teste de força explosiva de MMII In the agility test, two replications were performed for each student, as suggested by the PROESP-BR (2016) test for both male and female, respectively
Summary
Physical exercise has always been present in the daily life of man since primitive times, where prehistoric man to ensure his survival used hunting, swimming, fishing, planting and harvesting, that is, he was an extremely physically active being. Tassitano (2007) is emphatic in his study when stating that the benefits of practicing physical activity for the health and quality of life of people of all ages are well documented in the scientific literature. It has already been scientifically proven that physically active people have a better quality of life, have greater longevity and a lower risk of developing degenerative and cardiovascular diseases. The characteristics and particularities determined by the physical development levels of a child and adolescents are important data to be known, and it becomes essential in the planning of physical education classes, for different objectives can be directed, as well as the contents and processes Of learning and training of these young people (SILVA, 2001).
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