Dr. Hab., Professor N.I. Sinyavsky¹
PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Fursov¹
PhD, Associate Professor S.M. Obukhov^2
1Surgut State Pedagogical University, Surgut
²Surgut State University, Surgut

Corresponding author: nsin1967@yandex.ru

Abstract

Objective of the study was to analyze benefits of the physical fitness test toolkit for the public school physical education service as provided by the Federal health monitoring program.

Methods and structure of the study. The study was designed to test physical fitness of the 1-11 graders in the public school system. Specific physical fitness test results were summarized to produce integral physical fitness test rates. The specific physical fitness aspects test exercises were designed on an age-specific basis to rate the individual speed, movement coordination, speed-strength, strength, endurance and flexibility as follows: grades 1-3 were tested by 4 physical fitness tests; grade 4 by 5 tests; grades 5-9 by 6 tests; and grades 10-11 by 6 tests. Individual successes in the tests were scored by 1-3 points and failures by 0 points.

Results and conclusion. The physical fitness tests of the Surgut public school population under the Federal health monitoring program ranked 54.0% of the main health group sample (n=23,943) moderate, 34.9% (n=15,492) high and 11.1% (n=4,906) low on the physical fitness test scales. The physical fitness test data made it possible to objectively rate and analyze health of the municipal public school population, with the highest physical fitness test rates demonstrated by the 10-11 graders. The physical fitness test data are recommended for attention of the public school physical education teaching community for the physical education curricula updating and practical physical education service quality improvement purposes.

Keywords: physical fitness, students, 1-11^th grades, tests, scores.

Background. Presently the national public school system runs physical development and physical fitness tests to profile health of the school population. As required by the valid school physical education service concept, the schoolchildren’s physical development with harmonized progress in every basic physical quality will be facilitated and tested by standard physical fitness tests. One of the key problems of the public school physical education service is that the physical education teachers still have little means to effectively design and manage the physical education process without modern physical fitness testing and analyzing tools [1, 3, 4, 6]. This means that the public school physical education system needs standard modern physical fitness testing and monitoring methods to objectively track and correct individual physical fitness progress with a special emphasis on the health aspects in the school physical education service based on the relevant constructive management decisions [1, 5].

Objective of the study was to analyze benefits of the physical fitness test toolkit for the public school physical education service as provided by the Federal health monitoring program.

Methods and structure of the study. The study was designed to test physical fitness of the 1-11 graders in the public school system. Specific physical fitness test results were summarized to produce integral physical fitness test rates. The specific physical fitness aspects test exercises were designed on an age-specific basis to rate the individual speed, movement coordination, speed-strength, strength, endurance and flexibility as follows: grades 1-3 were tested by 4 physical fitness tests; grade 4 by 5 tests; grades 5-9 by 6 tests; and grades 10-11 by 6 tests. Individual successes in the tests were scored by 1-3 points and failures by 0 points: see Table 1.

Table 1. Integral physical fitness test data of the school main health group sample, points

We sampled for the study 50,211 public school students in Surgut city, including 44,572 (88.8% of the total) healthy individuals qualified with the main health group. Tested school population totaled 44,341 individuals (99.5% of the main health group).

Results and discussion. Given in Table 2 hereunder are the specific physical fitness (speed, movement coordination, speed-strength, strength, endurance and flexibility) test data of the sample.

Table 2. Age-specific speed, movement coordination, speed-strength, strength, endurance and flexibility test data of the main health group sample

Grade 4 tests ranked 611, 2538 and 1409 (13.4%, 55.7% and 30.9%) students low (0-5 points), moderate (6-10 points) and high (11-15 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 5 tests ranked 415, 2389 and 1567 (9.5%, 55.7% and 35.9%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 6 tests ranked 599, 1979 and 1410 (15.1%, 49.7% and 35.2%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 7 tests ranked 445, 2303 and 1474 (10.5%, 54.6% and 34.9%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 8 tests ranked 470, 2252 and 1310 (11.7%, 55.9% and 32.5%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 9 tests ranked 364, 1876 and 1234 (10.5%, 50.0% and 35.5%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. Grade 10 tests ranked 225, 1059 and 816 (10.7%, 50.4% and 38.9%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively. And Grade 11 tests ranked 173, 1027 and 811 (8.9%, 51.1% and 40.3%) students low (0-6 points), moderate (7-12 points) and high (13-18 points) on the physical fitness test scales, respectively.

Conclusion. The physical fitness tests of the Surgut public school population under the Federal health monitoring program ranked 54.0% of the main health group sample (n=23,943) moderate, 34.9% (n=15,492) high and 11.1% (n=4,906) low on the physical fitness test scales. The physical fitness test data made it possible to objectively rate and analyze health of the municipal public school population, with the highest physical fitness test rates demonstrated by the 10-11 graders. The physical fitness test data are recommended for attention of the public school physical education teaching community for the physical education curricula updating and practical physical education service quality improvement purposes.

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