| Abstract [eng] |
The physical fitness has a positive effect on children‘s physical, psychical, social and emotional welfare (Heyward, 2009; Kasović ir kt., 2021). Despite the scientific evidence justifying physical fitness influence upon versatile welfare, the children physical fitness is insufficient (Cerero, 2011; Gruodytė-Račienė ir kt. (2017), also the tendency of its decrease is stated (Brunet, Chaput, Tremblay, 2007; Fu, Guo, Zang,2011; Семенов, 2014; Ketelhut, 2022). The research problem is being detailed with the questions: • What is the health related physical fitness of sixth grades pupils? • How did the health-related physical fitness vary during the three years (2018-2021)? The research object – physical fitness of 6th grade pupils, engaged and non- engaged in sports. The research aim- to investigate health related physical fitness of sixth grades pupils engaged and non- engaged in sports. The research goals: 1. To reveal theoretical aspects of sixth grades pupils’ health related physical fitness training. 2. To explore and to evaluate the health related physical fitness of sixth grades pupils. 3. To compare the research results of years 2018 and 2021 of sixth grades pupils engaged and non- engaged in sports. The research was fulfilled in Klaipeda city Gedminu progymnasium, in 2018 and 2021. Altogether 143 sixth grades pupils participated in the research. 75 sixth grades pupils (53.0% girls) participated in first research level in 2018. 50.2% of children in research quite once a week attended in organized after-school physical education activity, i.e. non-formal physical education. The duration of activities – 1‒2 hour. In 2018, the most part of researched (89.4%) were at the age of 13 and were assigned into basic medical physical fitness group (82.5%). 72 pupils (47.7% girls) of sixth grades participated at the second research in 2021. Like in the first reseach, the most part of children were at the age of 13 (93.3%) and were assigned into basic medical physical fitness group (87.4%). The tests of sixth grades pupils’ physical fitness were fulfilled by the author. He was assisted by a physical education teacher N. T. The children were introduced to research aim before the research performance. They were properly explained the methodology of physical development measurements and tests performance. The gained data were analyzed and compared to data of research in 2018 and Lithuanian pupils’ physical fitness (Eurofit, 2017). The research methods of literature source analysis, document analysis, tests, physical development measurements, comparative analysis, and statistical data analysis were applied in the research. |
