Physical Condition, Physical Development and Functional Parameters of Form 6 Schoolchildren of Riga General Education Schools

The aim of the research was to state the interrelations between 11 - 13 years old pupils' physical development and the parameters of their physical condition. The research was carried out in the framework of the project "Implementation of sports education at school - to promote pupils' health in a long - term period in Latvia". The research methods included testing (push ups against the bench (girls); pull-ups (boys); hanging from the lying position (girls); hanging with the arms bent (boys); sit-ups (the legs flexed, the arms on the chest) 30 s; standing long jump; shuttle run 3 x 10 m; 30 m running; endurance run 6 min; bending while standing on elevation), and anthropometry. 12 Riga schools with 371 pupils (196 boys, 175 girls) participated in the research. The obtained results were as follows: A great dispersion of the results was observed in all parameters of the pupils' physical development and the physical condition. Mostly there were correlative connections between the parameters of the pupils' physical development and physical condition, and it showed the dependence of the physical condition parameters on pupils' peculiarities of physical development.