ABSTRACT

Participation in youth sport is positively associated with physical fitness and performance. The purpose of the current study was to examine if physical fitness measures during childhood and early adolescence predicted high school sport participation. Participants included youth in the Michigan State University Motor Performance Study. Measures consisted of the endurance shuttle run, Wells sit-and-reach, jump and reach, standing long jump, agility shuttle run and 30-yard dash. Individual, generalized estimating equation models were used to estimate the association between each measure and the odds of participating in high school sport. For both sexes, the endurance shuttle run and agility shuttle run were related to sport participation. For boys only, the long jump and 30-yard dash were also associated with sport participation. Better physical fitness and performance across several dimensions in childhood, including those related to motor skills, enhanced the likelihood of sport participation in high school.

摘要

参与青年运动与身体健康和表现成正相关。本研究的目的是检查儿童期和青春期的体能测量是否能预测高中体育的参与。参加者包括密歇根州立大学运动表现研究的青年。措施包括耐力飞梭跑，韦尔斯的坐姿和伸手，跳跃和伸手，站立跳远，敏捷飞梭跑和30码短跑。使用单独的广义估计方程模型来估计每个量度与参加高中运动的几率之间的关联。对于男女来说，耐力飞梭和敏捷飞梭都与运动参与有关。仅对于男孩来说，跳远和30码短跑也与运动参与有关。