INFLUENCE OF HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS VARIABLES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

The study was designed to find out the relationship between health-related fitness variables and academic achievement in school boys. To achieve the purpose of the study 24 male high school boys are selected from government high school in Mysore. Their age is ranged between 14 to 16 years. The health-related fitness variables such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular flexibility, muscular strength and muscular endurances were tested through standard tests and academic achievement was collected from school records. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson product moment correlation. The result of the study shows that there was no significant relationship between achievement motivation and health related physical fitness variables such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular enduranc