RESEARCH INTO MOTION PERFORMANCE CHANGES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS

This research tested 950 primary school pupils in the age from 7 to 10 years. All of them attended primary schools in East Slovakia at the time of testing. We employed the Eurofit test and compared our results to those provided in Turek (1999). The Eurofit test was used for the sake of compatibility with Turek's research. Based on the measured and computed data we identify the trend in motion performance and somatic parameters. The data collected in 2019 is evaluated by standard statistical methods. It is compared to Turek's (1999) data by means of the parametric one sample t-test. The results indicate worse motion performance in primary school pupils compared to the 1999 measurements.