THE INFLUENCE OF MOTOR ABILITIES ON MOTOR SKILLS AND CHILDREN SELECTION IN FOOTBALL

Ciljevi ovog istraživanja bili su utvrditi povezanost između motoričkih sposobnosti mladih nogometaša i razine njihovih motoričkih znanja te utvrditi razliku u razini znanja i sposobnosti između bolje, već selekcionirane grupe u natjecateljskom nogometu te lošije grupe mladih nogometaša. Uzorak ispitanika sastojao se od 22 mlada nogometaša u dobi od 7 do 8 godina (12 selektiranih i 10 neselektiranih), a uzorak varijabli sastojao se od 11 testova, od kojih su 6 testovi motoričkih sposobnosti, a 5 motoričkih znanja. Rezultati su pokazali da postoji značajna statistička razlika u varijablama poligon natraške (MKOPLN) te gađanje horizontalnog cilja rukom (MPGHCR) u korist selektirane grupe ispitanika. Također, postoji značajna razlika u varijablama dodavanje dominantnom nogom (DDN), šut dominantnom nogom (ŠDN) te vođenje lopte dominantnom nogom (VDN) u korist selekcionirane grupe ispitanika.The aims of this research were to determine if there is a connection between motor abilities of young football players and a level of their motor skills, as well as determining if there is any difference in the level of motor skills and the level of motor abilities between the group of footballers selected for competitive football and the group unselected for competitive football.. The sample of participants was consisted of 22 young footballers in the age of 7 to 8 years (12 selected and 10 unselected). The sample of variables was consisted of 11 tests, 6 of them measured motor abilities and 5 of them measured motor skills. The results showed that there is statistically significant difference in the variables polygon backwards (MKOPLN) and shooting at horizontal target by hand (MPGHCR) in the favour of the selected group of participants. Also, there is a statistically significant difference in the variables passing with dominant foot (DDN), shooting with dominant foot (ŠDN) and dribbling with dominant foot (VDN) in the favour of the selected group of participants