The purposes of this study were to analyze the changes of somatotype to extract the factor structure of physical fitness and to examine the factors of physical fitness.
The subjects selected for this study were 360 middle school boys, aged 12 to 14 y...
The purposes of this study were to analyze the changes of somatotype to extract the factor structure of physical fitness and to examine the factors of physical fitness.
The subjects selected for this study were 360 middle school boys, aged 12 to 14 years old. The findings of this study were as follows.
1. Changes of somatotypes
According to its distribution, there was much in an endomorphic mesomorph mostly for Same results were come out for middle school boys.
2. Factors composed of physical fitness according to somatotypes
As for the whole group of middle school boys, there were factors for strength speed of change of direction, dynamic flexibility, agility and gross body coordination B-somatotype were of those for strength coordination, agility, speed of change of direction and static flexibility, and C-somatotype were of those for endurance, strength, flexibility, reaction time, dynamic balance and gross body coordination, D-somatotype were of those for strength agility, reaction time, dynamic flexibility and gross body coordination.