Kinesiology, Vol. 42. No. 1., 2010.
Original scientific paper
Judo, soccer and track-and-field differential effects on some anthropological characteristics in seven-year-old boys
Saša Krstulović
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia
Boris Maleš
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia
Frane Žuvela
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia
Marko Erceg
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia
Đurđica Miletić
; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia
Abstract
In this paper we studied the effects of nine months of physical training by comparing seven-year-old boys
participating in the 9-month-training in soccer, track-and-field and judo, with non-additionally physically
engaged same-aged controls. The experimental programmes consisted of additional 45-minute exercise
routines 3 times weekly. The morphological measures, motor-endurance changes and differences were
studied. No significant differences were found between the groups at the study’s onset, except in the 20m
dash, where the track-and-field group was superior to the control group. All the experimental programmes led to significant improvements in some anthropological characteristics among the participants compared to the control group. In conclusion, it is difficult to rank the experimental programmes in terms of multidimensional implications on some anthropological characteristics. It is much more appropriate to conclude that each programme had a specific influence on the variables of some anthropological characteristics that are highly important in a particular sport.
Keywords
motor abilities; morphology; experimental programmes
Hrčak ID:
54242
URI
Publication date:
21.6.2010.
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