Original scientific paper
Somatic Characteristics and Motor Capacity of 10-Year Swimming Pools from Basic School No. 60 in Bydgoszcz
Mirosława Szark-Eckardt
; Department of Physical Education, Health and Tourism, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Marek Napierała
; Department of Physical Education, Health and Tourism, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Jerzy Eksterowicz
; Department of Physical Education, Health and Tourism, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Walery Zukow
orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-6117
; Faculty of Earth Sciences,Nicolaus Copernicus University Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Robert Łukaszewski
; Department of Physical Education, Health and Tourism, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the state of somatic traits and motor abilities of ten-year-old pupils from Primary
School No. 60 in Bydgoszcz. Two groups of children were tested – swimming and non-swimmers. There were five
attempts from the International Physical Fitness Test to assess motor skills such as strength, agility, speed, abdominal
strength, flexibility. Body height, body weight, BMI, Rohrer parameters were used to evaluate somatic features. The total
number of students was 54 students, 34 boys, 20 girls. Each of the students performed five fitness tests. The research
hypothesis is that children who practice swimming will show better physical fitness than children who do not practice
swimming and that the two groups will not differ in terms of somatic traits.
Keywords
somatic features; motor skills; swimming; sports classes
Hrčak ID:
200345
URI
Publication date:
6.10.2017.
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