Physical preparedness of schoolchildren aged 15-16 years old who are engaged in sports tourism

Demyanchuk Olena. Physical preparedness of schoolchildren aged 15-16 years old who are engaged in sports tourism. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(1):874-886. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4464891 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7844 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 27.03.2017. Revised 28.03.2017. Accepted: 27.01.2017. Physical preparedness of schoolchildren aged 15-16 years old who are engaged in sports tourism Olena Demyanchuk Lesia Ukrainka East European National University, Lutsk Abstract The article provides information about the physical preparedness of adolescents who are engaged in sports tourism. The purpose of the study is to determine the levels of development of physical qualities of adolescents aged 15-16 who are engaged in sports tourism. The indicators of speed, agility, flexibility, strength, endurance, speed-strength qualities and static balance in tests with open and closed eyes were determined by means of pedagogical testing. The results obtained were processed by the methods of mathematical statistics, which made it possible to determine the levels of development of the studied physical qualities and their dynamics in the age aspect. Key words: adolescents; physical preparedness; physical qualities; level of development