CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FITNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF FEMALE STUDENTS

Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, ali obstajajo razlike v gibalni učinkovitosti med skupinami različno športno dejavnih študentk. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 167 študentk Pedagoške fakultete Univerze v Mariboru, smer razredni pouk, starih od 19 do 20 let. Gibalne sposobnosti študentk so bile izmerjene z Eurofit testno baterijo, za meritve športne dejavnosti pri posameznih študentkah pa je bil uporabljen vprašalnik. Za ugotavljanje razlik gibalnih sposobnosti med različno športno dejavnimi študentkami je bila uporabljena analiza variance (ANOVA), za natančnejšo opredelitev razlik pa je bil uporabljen Post-Hoc Scheffe preizkus. Statistično značilnost smo ugotavljali na ravni tveganja p≤0,05. Rezultati raziskave kažejo, da se statistično značilne razlike pojavljajo med skupinama manj športno dejavnih študentk in zelo športno dejavnih študentk v celotni gibalni učinkovitosti ter moči trupa. Pri vseh drugih gibalnih sposobnostih, ki smo jih obravnavali (aerobna vzdržljivost, eksplozivna moč nog, moč roke, hitrost alternativnih gibov, vzdržljivost v moči, ravnotežje, hitrost in agilnost, gibljivost) ni statistično značilnih razlik med skupinami manj, srednje in zelo športno dejavnih študentk. S pomočjo raziskave smo torej ugotovili, da je šport eden izmed dejavnikov, ki učinkujejo na stanje splošne gibalne pripravljenosti študentk. Športna dejavnost se je namreč izkazala kot pomemben dejavnik pri ohranjanju doseženega nivoja gibalne učinkovitosti in moči trupa med skupinama manj in zelo športno dejavnih študentk.The aim of the study was to determine potential existence of various physical fitness levels across groups of female students with a different degree of sports activity involvement. The study was conducted upon a sample of 167 females aged 19 to 20, students of the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, course programme: Primary Education. Physical fitness of the students was assessed by means of the Eurofit Test Battery, with a survey questionnaire having been used to measure a degree of individual\u27s sports activity. Determination of various fitness levels based on a degree of sports activity was carried out through the analysis of variance (ANOVA) while a more accurate definition of the above resulted from the Scheffe Post-Hoc Test. Statistical characteristic was defined at a risk level of p≤0,05. The results of the study show the presence of statistically characteristic differences in overall physical fitness level and trunk strength between the group of students with a low degree of sports activity involvement and that of an extremely high involvement degree. The analysis of other fitness performance parameters tested (aerobic endurance, explosive leg power, arm strength, speed of alternate limb movement, functional strength, balance, speed and agility, flexibility) demonstrated no statistically characteristic differences present in the groups of students with a low, medium or high degree of sports activity involvement. The present study led to the following conclusion: sports activity is one of the factors affecting a general physical fitness level in female students since it proved to be an important instrument in maintaining the achieved physical fitness level and trunk strength within the group of students with a low degree of sports activity involvement and that of an extremely high involvement degree