A Study on the Decline of Physical Fitness in Our School Girl Students

We have measured students\u27 physical fitness and physique in our school each year, inquiring into the departments, the kind of matriculation and extracurricular sports activities at junior high or high schoo1s. The aim of this paper is to compare the deviation value of eighteen-year-old girl students\u27 physica1 fitness and physique with that of ten years ago. Through the discussions we conclude: their physique does not change in ten years. But their physical fitness shows a marked decline. In particular, decline of vertical jump, grip strength and standing trunk-flection is remarkable. The tendency of the decline is almost the same in the departments, the kind of matriculation and extracurricular sports activities