Flexibility Program Among Lower Secondary School Students And Physical FItness Indicators Assessed In The Convention Of Health-Related Fitness (H-RF)
Journal Title: Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 15, Issue 3
Abstract
Flexibility is one of the elements – components which support physical fitness and health as well (Howley, Franks, 1997; Bouchard, Shephard, 1994; Skinner, Oja, 1994). The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of additional flexibility exercises on physical fitness in lower secondary school students, evaluated by means of IPFT (the International Physical Fitness Test). The study was conducted in two experimental groups, where extra flexibility exercises were added to all obligatory PE lessons, and one control group. 1. The decreased standard deviation observed in particular IPFT attempts in the experimental class is the correct tendency showing the favorable influence of flexibility exercises on students’ physical fitness and health. 2. An improvement and considerably better, though statistically insignificant, results were obtained by the students involved in the additional exercises, in all assessed motor skills (strength, speed, endurance and flexibility) and in the scoring reflecting the level of physical fitness. 3. After one year of exercises the control group had worse average results in two attempts – 50 m run (to assess speed) and standing forward bend (to measure flexibility). This trend indicates the importance of flexibility exercises as regards speed and agility.
Authors and Affiliations
Hanna Żukowska, Dariusz Krygowski, Mirosława Szark-Eckardt, Magdalena Zając
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP214159
- DOI 10.18276/cej.2016.3-06
- Views 80
- Downloads 0
Characteristics of Re-gripping Techniques Preceding Scored Throws in International-level Judo Competition
Significant changes in kumite tactics were verified after the 2013 International Judo Federation rule revision, which mandated that competitors initiate sparring immediately at match outset. The research contained in thi...
Effect of Aqua Aerobics on Selected Somatic, Physiological and Aerobic Capacity Parameters in Postmenopausal Women
The world’s population is aging. Aquatic exercises can improve the physical function in humans and raise the quality of their lives in middle and older age. The study aimed to determine the effect of aqua aerobics on the...
REVIEW OF TRADITIONAL AND NATURAL METHODS OF TREATING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
The most common form of dementia in the elderly population is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). World Health Organization (WHO) thus defines Alzheimer’s disease: “a set of neurodegenerative brain symptoms, resulting in progressi...
SOCIOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF PHISICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN THE WEST POMERANIA IN THE YEARS 1945–1950
The article presents a pionieer period of organization of the education system in West Pomerania in the years 1945–1950. The author shows the social and political aspects of this process and the financial conditions of e...
Students of the University of Szczecin as Candidates for the Olympic or Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Balancing sports practice at the highest world level with university education is a difficult – but feasible – task. An example of such skilful balance are some graduates of the Higher Pedagogical School in Szczecin, Uni...