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Assessment of Motor Abilities and Physical Fitness in Youth in the Context of Talent Identification—OSF Test

(1) Background: Physical fitness during childhood is an important indicator of current and future health status. Defining physical fitness levels is a key element of talent identification in the training of children and adolescents. It is also crucial in developing a sports career path. This study s...

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Autores principales: Baj-Korpak, Joanna, Stelmach, Marian Jan, Zaworski, Kamil, Lichograj, Piotr, Wochna, Marek
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361182
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114303
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author Baj-Korpak, Joanna
Stelmach, Marian Jan
Zaworski, Kamil
Lichograj, Piotr
Wochna, Marek
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description (1) Background: Physical fitness during childhood is an important indicator of current and future health status. Defining physical fitness levels is a key element of talent identification in the training of children and adolescents. It is also crucial in developing a sports career path. This study sought to validate a physical fitness test (OSF test) and to determine fitness norms for children and adolescents with a special focus on talent identification within its particular sub-tests of endurance, speed, strength and power. (2) Methods: A total of 27,187 athletes who participated in the ‘Athletics for all’ (AFA) programme were included in the analysis. Physical fitness was assessed using a validated OSF test (3 × 10 shuttle run, standing broad jump, 1 kg medicine ball overhead throw, 4-min run). (3) Results: Four key motor abilities (speed, power, strength and endurance) were assessed in children and adolescents. The OSF test was normalised, i.e., a reference frame in the form of centile charts was developed. (4) Conclusions: The centile charts developed for particular parts of the OSF test make it possible to interpret scores in particular motor sub-tests and, first and foremost, enable users to compare a given score with results obtained by their peers.
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spelling pubmed-96550082022-11-15 Assessment of Motor Abilities and Physical Fitness in Youth in the Context of Talent Identification—OSF Test Baj-Korpak, Joanna Stelmach, Marian Jan Zaworski, Kamil Lichograj, Piotr Wochna, Marek Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Physical fitness during childhood is an important indicator of current and future health status. Defining physical fitness levels is a key element of talent identification in the training of children and adolescents. It is also crucial in developing a sports career path. This study sought to validate a physical fitness test (OSF test) and to determine fitness norms for children and adolescents with a special focus on talent identification within its particular sub-tests of endurance, speed, strength and power. (2) Methods: A total of 27,187 athletes who participated in the ‘Athletics for all’ (AFA) programme were included in the analysis. Physical fitness was assessed using a validated OSF test (3 × 10 shuttle run, standing broad jump, 1 kg medicine ball overhead throw, 4-min run). (3) Results: Four key motor abilities (speed, power, strength and endurance) were assessed in children and adolescents. The OSF test was normalised, i.e., a reference frame in the form of centile charts was developed. (4) Conclusions: The centile charts developed for particular parts of the OSF test make it possible to interpret scores in particular motor sub-tests and, first and foremost, enable users to compare a given score with results obtained by their peers. MDPI 2022-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9655008/ /pubmed/36361182 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114303 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655008/
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