Objective criteria for determination of functional-reserve potentials of secondary school age pupils

Abstract

Purpose: to substantiate criteria for determination of functional-reserve potentials of secondary school age pupils. Material: 1017 pupils of 5-9 forms from 16 schools were questioned. Besides, 200 physical culture teachers from 75 schools of 25 Ukrainian cities were questioned. 154 schoolchildren were tested/ Physical fitness and health levels were tested by index. Pupils fulfilled 4 simple test exercises. Results: we determined indicators of physical condition, psychic state, scopes of motor functioning. We substantiated criteria for determination of schoolchildren’s functional-reserve potentials as well as values of boundary physical condition and physical fitness indicators, which guarantee strong health and optimal functional-reserve potentials of pupil’s organism. Conclusions: Deviation of these indicators’ complex from boundary values informs about pupils’ potential belonging to group of risk. It requires correction of pupil’s way of life and his (her) motor functioning.