Measuring Physical Fitness among Secondary School Students of ages between 10 to 15 Years

• Qasid Naveed, Muhammad Badar Habib2, Badar Mohy ud Din, Muhammad Zia ul Haq, Masood Mafooz, a Muhammad Tahir Nazeer Lecture, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Palabras clave: Physical Fitness, Strength, Agility, Speed, and Flexibility

Resumen

Physical inactivity globally problem whereby a
large number of the population do not take part in the sports and
physical activity in order to increase health benefits. Sedentary
behavior is a primary risk factor among children. The main purpose of
the study was to measure the norm of physical efficiency test among

students aged 10 to 15 years. Methods: The total of 506 students
participated in the study aged between 10 to 15 Years. They were
regularly participating in physical activity and sports in their daily
routine life. The norms of physical efficiency test were used for
collecting data from the male students. The age, endurance, speed,
muscular strength, explosive strength, and agility of all subjects were
measured. Results: On the base of analysis of the study the strength of
students ages between of 10-15 years were almost half of the students
standing broad jump range was between 5-6 feet while almost onethird
of the students were range between 4-5 feet. Conclusion: This
study expressed that the norms of the physical efficiency test is valid
and reliable to assess the level of fitness among the students. Future
research can use these instruments for measuring the level of fitness
among the participants.