Physical capacity of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius

Object of the work – physical capacity of the 9th grade schoolboys. Aim of the work is to determine the physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius. Objectives: 1. To determine physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian schools in Vilnius according to the Eurofit tests. 2. To determine physical capacity of 9th grade schoolboys of the Polish schools in Vilnius according to the Eurofit tests. 3. To compare the results of physical capacity testing between 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius. Conclusions. It was determined that the body mass of most of the 9th grade schoolboys is proper and the fifth part of them has the mass that is too small. The arm and shoulder muscle endurance of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian schools is of average and low level, and the balance, speed of the hand movements, flexibility, running speed, dexterity are of average level, leg muscle explosive force, abdominal muscle endurance are of average and high level. It was determined that the body mass of the most of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Polish schools is proper while every tenth schoolboy has a small overweight. The 9th grade schoolboys‘ of the Polish schools arm and shoulder endurance is of average and low level, balance, flexibility, leg muscle explosive force, running speed, dexterity are of average level, hand movement speed, abdominal muscle endurance are of average and high level. Physical capacity of the 9th grade schoolboys of the Lithuanian and Polish schools in Vilnius did not differ according to the indicators of balance, flexibility, abdominal muscle endurance, and arm and shoulder muscle endurance, running speed, dexterity. The results of hand movement speed were better among the schoolboys of the Polish schools, and the schoolboys of the Lithuanian schools showed better results of leg muscle explosive force