PROBLEM ISSUES IN TESTING PHYSICAL FITNESS OF PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

The purpose of the research is to discuss the main problems that researchers face when assessing physical abilities and physical fitness in general; attempts to systematize and analyze the proposed tests and sets; the different results that experts come to when testing different and the same physical abilities of children of the same age and gender. 

Research materials and methods. Review and analysis of modern scientific and methodological works of Russian specialists. 

The research results and the conclusion. The discrepant results of research on the dynamics of identical indicators of physical fitness of children of preschool and primary school age, in terms of their growth rates, taking into account gender, individual differences, etc. are explained by the following facts: 1) the authors made their conclusions based on the use of a different number of tests (from 3-6 mainly up to 20); 2) in some cases, tests were used to assess physical fitness, the results of which depended on the level of mastery of the technique of a particular exercise; 3) separate similar tests, for example, «strength» or «endurance», were performed from different starting positions, they were of different duration or different coordination complexity; 4) when assessing physical fitness, some authors used mainly «condition tests», while others used the coordination component. Recommendations are given on how to reach a consensus among experts on the creation of a unified set of tests for assessing children's physical fitness, both in scientific and practical terms.

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