POZIOM WYBRANYCH KOORDYNACYJNYCH ZDOLNOŚCI MOTORYCZNYCH A WYNIKI MIĘDZYNARODOWEGO TESTU SPRAWNOŚCI FIZYCZNEJ DZIECI W WIEKU 10 LAT.

Introduction. During P.E. classes primary school students (grade 4) ought to improve their level of physical fitness, including coordinative motor abilities, as well as to acquire motor skills which enable them to take part in various forms of physical activity in an active and safe way. Unfortunately, in physical education of children and young people the main emphasis is still placed on the improvement of fitness abilities. We have to bear in mind, however, that the level of coordinative abilities limits significantly the improvement of necessary fitness abilities and vice versa. Our research was aimed at determining what dependencies exist between the results of selected coordinative motor abilities and ten-year-old children' results of the tests designed by the International Committee for the standardization of Physical Fitness tests. Material and methods. the research group consisted of 93 students of primary schools in the town of Wołów. In order to determine the level of the particular components of physical fitness we employed the trials of the International Committee for the standardization of Physical Fitness tests (ICSPFT). For assessing the particular coordinative abilities we used the following tests: 'run for the balls', 'stopping the rolling ball', 'long standing jump with 50% of maximum possibilities', 'long standing jump forward and backward'. Results. According to research findings there is a relationship between the improvement of the selected coordinative motor abilities and some of the components of physical fitness. Conclusions. Therefore, a physical education teacher are advised caution in choosing physical exercises and games, taking into consideration comprehensive motor development of students, including their coordinative motor abilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]