DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR ABILITIES BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS IV. GRADE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Observing global development, it can be stated that boys and girls are much less physically active than before, which negatively affects the development of motor skills and overall anthropological status. The research was conducted on a sample of a total of N=450 IV students. grade of primary school, of which there were N=238 (53%) male respondents and N=212 (47%) female respondents. The research aimed to determine the differences in motor abilities between boys and girls in the 4th grade of elementary school with the help of the Eurofit battery of tests, namely: Balance (Flamingo), Speed of movement (Tapping with the hand), Flexibility (Grey reach), Explosive leg strength (Jump in standing distance), Static Strength (Hand Strength), Trunk Strength (Supine-Gray), Functional Strength (Squat Endurance) and Running Speed and Agility (Run 10x5m back and forth). The grades were based on the norms of the Eurofit battery of tests for students of IV. primary school grades by gender. Among the statistical methods, the following tests were applied: descriptive statistics and t-test. The statistical processing of the data in this research was done using the computer software SPSS Statistics 20.0 in the operating system Windows 10. By analyzing the results of the t-test, it was determined that there are statistically significant differences in the following tests: Reaching in the gray (Flexibility) and Lying in the gray (Trunk Strength) in favor of boys, and Standing Long Jump (Explosive leg strength) in favor of girls at the level of less than 1% (p<0.01). In the tests Flamingo (Balance), Hand Taping (Movement Speed), and Bending Endurance (Functional Strength) the results were in favor of boys, and Hand Strength (Static Strength) and Running 10x5m back and forth (Running Speed and Agility) were in favor of girls and these differences were not statistically significant. Based on the results obtained according to the norms for students IV. grade of primary school, we can conclude that there were a lot of bad grades among IV students. grade of elementary school. The results of motor skills were influenced by the way of spending free time, Body Mass Index (BMI), and playing a certain sport. The data obtained indicate a major problem today, which is caused by a sedentary lifestyle and bad lifestyle habits. Today, students are increasingly exposed to negative environmental influences. Television, computers, tablets, cellphones, and games lead to them spending too much time indoors, sitting. That is why parents, as well as school and society, have the greatest influence on the formation of personality and the adoption of eating habits. Students in elementary school buy food independently, and choose what tastes best to them, even though it may not be healthy. It is necessary to act preventively on time and conduct more frequent tests and measurements of elementary school-age students to change and properly grow and develop. Motivate students more to get involved in sports actively or recreationally. Correct habits that are adopted in childhood, in most cases, remain in other developmental stages. What we miss in childhood is hard to make up for later. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]