Sport Scientific And Practical Aspects

Differences in anthropometric and morphological characteristics, as well as motor abilities, between boys and girls aged thirteen to fifteen.

Adis Bekrić — 2025-04-24

This paper aims to determine whether there is a difference in anthropometric, morphological characteristics, and motor abilities, between boys and girls at the age of 13-15 years. The study included 95 subjects of which 49 were boys (51.6%) and 46 girls (48.4%), with mean age girls 14.14 and boys 14.40 years. The sample comprised students who belong to the urban area of the City of Tešanjka. The sample of variables in this study consisted of 15 tests of motor abilities and 10 morphological characteristics (body height, body mass, body mass index, etc.). This paper aims to determine whether there are differences in anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities between boys and girls aged 13-15 years. The results obtained in this study were compared with those of previous research, and the conclusions reached through a summary analysis were explained. Boys were taller and heavier at the age of 14. The results show that boys achieved statistically better results in most tests compared to girls of the same age.

WEEKLY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Branko Đukić — 2025-04-24

Everyone who practice sports shows a developed awareness of the importance of physical exercise by developing their performance in sports training and diet, which together certainly contribute to the sports result, and above all to the improvement and preservation of health. The aim of this work is to determine the way of conducting physical activities of athletes who play table tennis on a weekly basis, as well as to establish whether there are differences between the categories of physical activities between men and women. The research includes a total of 40 respondents, of which 18 are male table tennis players and 22 are female table tennis players who play for clubs participating in the First League of Serbia in the 2023/24 competition season. By comparing the level of physical activity of table tennis players, it was concluded that there is no statistically significant difference in physical activity expressed in MET values on a weekly basis between male table tennis players and female table tennis players, as well as in daily sitting next to small screens, at work or with friends

DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

Anđelko Šimić — 2025-04-24

Hypokinesia is one of the main threats to the preservation of human health and the fight against it helps to preserve our entire population. Accordingly, it should be pointed out that the most suitable for raising awareness in society of the necessity of physical activity are educated experts in the field of education and health. The aim of this paper is to determine the differences in physical activity between first – year female students of the Faculty of Kinesiology in Osijek and first – year female students of the Faculty of Economics in Osijek by using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The research was conducted on a sample of a 133 respondents, 15 first – year female students of the Faculty of Kinesiology and 118 first year female students of the Faculty of Economics of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. International physical activity questionnaires (IPAQ) were distributed to the participants when they arrived in the hall. The questionnaires contain a part with general data: name of the faculty, chronological age and gender of the respondents. A multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA of different groups was used to determine the differences between the applied physical activity assessment tests (IPAQ) between groups of subjects classified by college attended. Expectations were confirmed about the difference manifested in the variable Total average physical activity (PATA), where female students of the first year of the Faculty of Kinesiology have statistically significantly higher values compared to female students of the first year of the Faculty of Economics.

DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR ABILITIES OF SUCCESSFUL AND LESS SUCCESSFUL GROUPS OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS FROM 12 TO 14 YEARS OLD

Aleksa Stanković — 2025-04-24

The research is based on a sample of 132 cadet basketball players (the more successful group counts 69, and the less successful 63 respondents) from 12 participating clubs of the Sarajevo Canton cadet basketball league. The set of variables in this research is composed of 12 motor tests. Among the motor tests for evaluating locomotor speed, agility and reflex power, the following tests were applied: time to run sections of 5, 10, 15, and 20 m, T - agility test, Line agility test, Zig - Zag agility test, vertical reflection on feet - hands on to the side (sqaut jump), vertical reflection on the feet with a swing of the hands (sqaut hand free jump), vertical reflection after jumping from a height of 40 cm (drop jump), 10 consecutive vertical reflections on the feet (repeating vertical jumps), one-legged horizontal jump from a standing position (standing long jump). After determining, i.e. adjusting the data values to characteristics that are suitable and valid for the use of designed analyzes and providing exact answers to the defined hypotheses, the following procedures were used for data processing and analysis in this paper: measure of central tendency, variability and shape of distribution of 12 motor tests, univariate F tests to determine the classification of respondents into groups based on the level of success, multivariate analysis of variance (Manova) to determine the differences between groups of successful and less successful basketball players in terms of motor skills. The information and results obtained from the analyzes can serve as a basis for modeling programs for the recognition of talents in basketball

DIFFERENCES IN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA

Belmin Bujaković — 2025-04-24

This research is aimed at the importance of the value of a healthy lifestyle, especially among the younger population (students), and as an indicator of the level of health, the optimal level of sugar in the blood and the normality of the Body Mass Index represent an established prerequisite for longer-term life and cell health. The researchers used the Mann- Whitney U test for differences between a total of 73 female students of the University of Tuzla (N-35 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, N-38 Law). The research showed that the students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports who have a significantly higher number of physical activities in their daily activities have lower body mass index values and that showed a statistically significant difference between the students of these two faculties at the significance level of 99% (p<0.01 ) , also in the blood sugar level between these two groups of students, a statistically significant difference was shown at the level of 99% (p<0.01), and in this area of research, the female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports have lower values (MEAN = 4.989 mmol/l) from students of the Faculty of Law (5.545 mmol/l). It is important to note that in both groups in both researched areas the results are in the normal criterion ranges, and based on the values of arithmetic averages, it can be seen that female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports have lower values of blood glucose and body mass index, which would could lead to a connection with the specifics of the study programs, for example the scope of daily movement activities.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE AREA OF HERZEGOVINA-NERETVA CANTON

Amel Jazvin — 2025-04-24

The aim of this research was to determine the physical activity of primary school students in the area of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. The research was conducted on a sample of N=2589 elementary school students from I to IX grades. The obtained data show that out of the total number of respondents, there are more students who do not play sports (54.4%) than students who play sports (45.6%). Only among fourth grade there are more students who play sports (57.8%) than students who don't play sports (42.2%). In all other classes, there are more students who don't play sports.