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Personal interests carry a great potential and are usually a drive to act. Therefore they usually point towards the activity of an individual in his interest area. An insight into the position of the interest in sports and recreation among other interests can be obtained by inspecting the interests of 7th grade elementary school students from Sremska Mitrovica and Jagodina. The sample consisted of 736 7th grade elementary school students of both genders. A non-experimental study of the students’ interests was done using a questionnaire that consisted of 5 interest indicators: job preference, self-estimation of affinity, use of free time, direct self-estimation of interests and reaction to key words-stimuli. Each indicator had 30 items that asses 30 interests. A t test was used to inspect the level of interest in sports and recreation. Also, factor analysis was done for each indicator separately. The reason for this approach is that there is no real confirmation that these 5 indicators are well suited for assessing the interests of young persons in the time we live in. Students’ interest in sports and recreation is about 4 on the scale of 1 to 5, on each of the indicators. The data shows that the interest of 7th grade elementary school students in sports and recreation is closely linked to interest in military, these two interests belong to the same factor regardless of the way the interests are assessed, that is, they belong to the same factor on each of the 5 indicators. The interest in adventure belongs to the same factor as the interest in sports and recreation on 4 out of 5 indicators, and interest in humor, interest in travel and hedonistic interest on 3 out of 5 indicators. These results might indicate that the motives for engaging in sports and recreation are unstable, because this composition of relatedness of the interests can be interpreted as the factor of fun. If that is so, these findings alert to the importance of building a system of human values in which the physical education, taken in a broader sense, will have a significant place. A high level of students’ interest in sports and education is a good starting point for reflecting upon the practice in the system of physical education and the system of sports of young persons. However, we must bear in mind the structure of interests. Professionals in the physical education area are obligated by the interests’ value orientation to positively influence the youth.

Evaluation of students in PE class is a complex process that requires detailed planning and grading is an important part of it. This is why the grading criteria need to be clearly defined and a constant approach needs to be developed for their applica¬tion. This paper describes a way to grade the motoric skills of students. Evaluation was conducted on a sample of seventh-grade students of both sexes N=51, male n=27, and female n=24. The tests encompassed tossing a medicine ball, long jump from standing, 30 meter dash, trying to stay in the knuckle, and bouncing a ball off the wall for 15 seconds. The results in the disciplines 30 meter dash, long jump from standing and bouncing a ball off the wall for 15 seconds are laid out here in accordance with the standard deviation of the results for the entire test group (all three seventh-grade classes) while the disciplines tossing a medicine ball and trying to stay in the knuckle were conducted using the formula that encompassed body mass and a corresponding coefficient. The results indicate students’ expected capabilities in motoric skills tests. Disciplines such as 30 meter dash, long jump from standing and bouncing a ball off the wall for 15 seconds can be evaluated in the absolute sense when compared to the appropriate results achieved by other students within the same age group but the disciplines such as tossing a medicine ball and trying to stay in the knuckle require additional measurements. Coefficients introduced into the formulae that are used to compute the results are derived from the standard motoric skills and morphological characteristics tests for the students of both sexes. The evaluation of students’ motoric skills must take into consideration their individual characteristics and model characteristics of the corresponding population that are determined from time to time. This kind of approach adds to a more objective view of students’ motoric skills.

Children aged 4 and 5 have great motor potential. Testing certain motor skills and measuring morphological characteristics are important steps in examining sport development of children. The subject of this paper is assessing motor skills and measuring morphological characteristics of students of sport school Sportomanija in Belgrade. The sample was made up of 16 male examinees aged 4 and 5. The battery of motor tests was composed of the following : deep reach (standing position), standing long jump, 20 metres running, 4x5 metres running, lying into sitting position in 20 seconds. Statistical analysis of results meant correlating results of motor tests and anthropometric measurment. The results show a statistically relevant negative correlation between body mass index (BMI) and long jump results (r=-0,55, p

Being a significant area of human activity, sport has multiple functions. One of the more important functions of sport, especially top sport, is the inventive heuristic function. Creative work, being a process of creating new values, represents a significant possibility for advancement of sport. This paper aims at pointing at the various dimensions of human creative work, at the creative work which can be seen in sport (in a narrow sense) and at the scientific and practical areas which borderline sport. The method of theoretical analysis of different approaches to the phenomenon of creative work , both in general and in sport, was applied in this paper. This area can be systematized according to various criterion : the level of creative work, different fields where it appears, the subjects of creative work - creators etc. Case analysis shows that the field of creative work in sport is widening and deepening constantly. There are different levels of creativity not only in the system of training and competition, but in a wider social context of sport as well. As a process of human spirit and mind the creative work belongs not just to athletes and coaches, but also to all the people and social groups who's creative power manifests itself in sport. The classification of creative work in sport according to various criterion allows for heuristic function of sport to be explained comprehensively and to create an image how do the sparks of human spirit improve the micro cosmos of sport. A thorough classification of creative work in sport allows for a detailed analysis of all the elements of creative work and each of it’s area in sport. In this way the progress in sport , as a consequence of innovations in both competitions and athletes’ training and of everything that goes with those activities, can be guided into the needed direction more easily as well as studied and applied.