The correlation between motor skills and running speed over 50 meters of primary school students

Abstract

The predictive value of motor skills in relation to the running speed results over the distance of 50 meters running (high start) was tested on a sample of 46 primary school students aged 12 and 13 in East Sarajevo. Six variables were used for the assessment of motor skills (as a predictive system) and one sprint sports skill: sprint over 50 metres with high start (as a criteria variable). The research results were determined by using regression analysis. The goal of the research was to determine the degree and characteristics of the correlation between motor skills, as the predictive system, and the running speed results over 50 metres, as the criteria variable, of primary school students in East Sarajevo, attending physical education classes as part of their regular school curriculum. The regression analysis results showed that there is a statistically relevant correlation between the applied motor skills and the running speed over the distance of 50 meters of primary school students at multivariate level Q= .00412*. When it comes to univariate level, a statistically relevant correlation with the running results over 50 metres was found with squats (MČUČ .01), and hand tapping (MTAP .02).