Establishing related fitness for motor skill for senior high school students

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to establish related fitness for motor skills for students in the Sandema and Fumbesi schools in the Builsa district and whether taking part in physical activities during Physical Education lessons will help improve their related fitness for motor skills. This study involved 700 final year students comprising of 400 males and 300 females in Sandema SHS and 400 final year students in Fumbisi SHS in the Builsa District. The researchers employed two types of instruments, the modified University of Illinois six motor tests were design by Corbin, Lindsey and Welk (2000) in Illinois, United State of America and Scale of motor skills related Attitude Questionnaire to collect the data. The 6-item motor test was designed to detect the participants‟ motor skill related fitness along the dimensions of Strength, Coordination, Speed and reaction time and the questionnaires were used to find the participants‟ attitudes towards motor skills related activities. The results of the test were coded and the statistical package for social sciences P.C windows 18.0 statistical software was used for the data analysis Students showed positive attitude towards all the variables measured. Implications of the findings were discussed and recommendations made.