著者

若吉 浩二 高橋 豪仁 今枝 和与 岸田 珸 長谷川 芳彦 石川 元美 田辺 正友

出版者

奈良教育大学

雑誌

奈良教育大学紀要. 自然科学 (ISSN:05472407)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.54, no.2, pp.39-47, 2005-10-31

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in physical fitness and exercise habits of elementary school children over two years, and to compare the physical fitness and exercise habits of children who had not participated in the sports class with those of children who had. In addition, this study aimed to obtain basic data to make a physical fitness program to be held over the long term. A total of 622 children, from the 1st to the 6th grade, participated in the physical fitness test. 102 children had participated in a sports class held twelve times and for approximately 18 hours in total over twelve weeks. The physical fitness of the children in this study was lower than the average for Japanese children. However, the improvement rate of the scores in the physical fitness test over two years was higher than that of the average for Japanese children. In the comparison of the children who had not participated in the sports class with the children who had, there was no significant difference in the results of the physical fitness tests. When the results about the child's physical fitness were fed back to parents to investigate the parents' attitude, approximately 95% of parents answered, "I am interested in my child's physical fitness and exercise habits". However, there was a tendency for parents of children in the upper grades not to be interested in their child's physical fitness and exercise habits in comparison with parents of children in the lower grades, even though the physical fitness of the children in the upper grades in this study was remarkably lower than the average for Japanese children. Therefore, it is thought that it is necessary for the physical fitness test and the sports class to continue to be held over a long period of time so that daily exercise and sports may influence the improvement of physical fitness.