COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL ABILITY OF 14-15 YEARS OLD STUDENTS

• Main Authors: M. Borukova, P. Mavrudiev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trakia University 2020-12-01
• Series: Trakia Journal of Sciences
• Subjects: teaching; secondary school; girls; boys
• Online Access: http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/TJS%20-%20Suppl.1,%20Vol.18,%202020/135_M.Borukova.pdf

PURPOSE of the study is revealing the level of physical activity of 14-15 year olds, to establish differences in the level of physical abilities between classes and genders to be able to improve the learning process in physical education in secondary school. METHODS: 36 students from one school were tested against 5 indicators, bearing information on the major signs of physical preparedness: running 30m; two-foot-long jump from a place; throwing a tight ball 3 kg. with two hands over head from standing; running 200 m; a test of agility and coordination. Statistical analyzes were performed with SPSS23 and variation and comparative analysis were made, Student tcriterion and Mann-Whitney U-criterion were used. A sigmatic evaluation method was also applied. RESULTS are indicating, that in the population surveyed, the differences in the studied parameters are only by gender and are in favour of boys, the differences are statistically significant and supported by 95 percent guarantee probability. CONCLUSIONS: It has been found that in this age group, gender differences have a major impact on the physical capacity of students, which requires teachers to carefully select, apply and dosage physical education tools when working at PE classes.