Dynamics of girls’ motor skills in a three-year research cycle

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Bieniek, Jacek Wilczyński
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Termedia Publishing House 2013-12-01
• Series: Studia Medyczne
• Subjects: motor skills; physical activity; general fitness tests; the period of adolescence
• Online Access: http://www.termedia.pl/Dynamics-of-girls-motor-skills-in-a-three-year-research-cycle,67,22100,1,1.html

Aim of the research: To evaluate the motor performance of girls from Swietokrzyskie Voivodship in a 3-year cycle of research, taking into account any additional physical activity. Material and methods: The study period covered the years 2008 to 2010. The study included 31 girls from birth vintage 1997 from Secondary School No. 11 in Kielce. To assess motor skills the Krzysztof Zuchora Physical Fitness Index was used. In order to obtain information about taking up additional physical activity a questionnaire technique was used. Results : The undertaken studies do not indicate a radical improvement or deterioration in the overall motor performance of girls in the three-year test cycle. Only analysis of individual motor skills gives a better picture of the direction of the motor skills development of tested students. Execution of continuous testing of motor skills of girls at puberty makes it possible to know the progress or regress of individual abilities. Conlusions : Studies confirm that taking up additional physical activity has a positive influence on the development of human motor skills. Girls at puberty require special interest and encouragement to take up physical activity during physical education classes or other forms of physical activity.