Athletics in elementary school

THE TITLE OF THE THESIS Athletics in elementary school THE TARGET OF THE THESIS The target of the thesis is a comparison of four-year-grade performance in the chosen athletics disciplines reached by boys from the second grade of two elementary schools. In one of them expanded sport education is taught. Next we want to draw a comparison of the relation between pupils' extracurricular sport activity and their performance in the chosen athletics disciplines. THE METOD The thesis is elaborated as a observational study. Within the research the method of collecting data - panel survey is applied. Data of these athletics disciplines are elaborated in the research: running at 60 m, long jump, shot - put and high jump. There is also used the inquiry method on the subject of extracurricular sport activities. CONCLUSION The gathered data concerning the chosen athletics disciplines of pupils from the elementary school with expanded sport education prove a higher growth performance. From the inquiry was found out that two thirds of respondents engage in extracurricular sport activities and their performance grew more continuously in the chosen athletics disciplines than the performance of those respondents who did not devote to these activities. KEY WORDS Athletics, performance, elementary school, extracurricular sport..