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Metrical characteristics of the battery of body power tests suitable for pres-school children

The main goal of this experimental study is to apply and examine the suitability of the new battery of 24 body power tests and its parameters of descriptive statistics. Measurements were carried out on 180 preschool children ; 74 or 41, 11% girls and 106 (58, 88%) boys, aged 5 years (M=5, 27 years, SD=0, 42), participants in extracurricular sports programme which has been organized in the kindergartens in Rijeka. The pre-school children were measured by 24 tests ; 6 tests for explosive body power ; 5 composite and 1 one-item test, as well as 9 tests (one item) for dynamic and 9 (one item) tests for static body power. It could be concluded that the battery is suitable for preschool children and due to some of the tests which have to be modified it is necessary to test it on the on larger samples of pre-school children divided into several age groups (for example ; 5, 6 and 7).

pre-school children, new battery, power body

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