This study was carried out to clarify the relation between the physique and the physical fitness of middle school girls(12 to 14 years old) who were at the second elongation stage in their growing process.
The statistical analysis was made based on t...
This study was carried out to clarify the relation between the physique and the physical fitness of middle school girls(12 to 14 years old) who were at the second elongation stage in their growing process.
The statistical analysis was made based on the observations which were randomly chosen from the result of the physique and physical fitness test for girls enrolled in The Attached Girls' Middle School of Chosun University in Gwangju city
Sampling was made by randomly choosing every 500 observations from each of three differently aged groups; 12 years old group, 13 years old group, and 14 years old group respectively.
Obtained results are as follows;
1. The physique of the sampled middle school girls are shown on Table 1. The physique of the sampled girls were better those of the same aged girls in Jeonnam area. As the age was getting old, the growing races of the height and the were decreased, while the physical progression was not shown a certain tendency according to the different ages.
2. The summarized result of the physical fitness test are shown on Table 2. In case of 100 m sprint, the ball throwing, and the flexed arm hanging, the improvement of physical fitness during the period of 13 to 14 years old were more rapid by the double rate than those of 12 to 13 years old. But, for the case of the standing broad jump and sit up, slight improvements were shown by the increased age.
3. The result of correlation analysis on physiques themselves are shown on Table 3. There were significantly high positive correlations between the height and the weight, and the weight and the physical progression as well. But no correlation was found between the height and the physical progression.
4. The result of correlation analysis on physical fitnesses themselves are shown on Table 4. There were strong positive correlations between the 100m sprint and the standing broad jump, the 100m sprint and the ball throwing, the 100m and the sit up, the standing broad jump and the ball throw-ing, the standing broad jump and the sit up, and the flexed arm hanging and sit up as well. These results suggested us that the track and field events such as the 100m sprint and standing broad jump were the essential exercises for the achievement of good scores in all kinds of athletic aports.
5. The results of correlation analysis between physiques and physical fitnesses are shown on Table 5. There were low correlations between the height and the weight for the 12 to 13 years old groups, while no correlation was found from 14 years old group. No correlations were found between the weight and the physical fitnesses, and the physical progression and the physical fitnesses. But, there existed negative correlation between the weight and the flexed arm hanging.
Consequently, for the case of the middle school girls, there were no significant correlations between the physique and the physical fitness.