RESEARCH ON THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF 10- TO 11-YEAR-OLD MALE ATHLETES ON THE HO CHI MINH CITY SWIMMING TEAM, VIETNAM

Nguyen Van Vui, Tran Hoang Anh

Abstract


In the context of high-performance sports increasingly focusing on youth training, the development of a physical fitness evaluation system that aligns with age characteristics and specific sports is of great significance for swimming training. Male athletes aged 10–11 are in a stage of rapid physical and motor skill development, requiring scientific, objective, and practical evaluation criteria. The purpose of the study is to identify tests through which the physical fitness assessment of male athletes on the swimming team in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam can be applied. The study employs research methods such as literature review, interviews, pedagogical testing, and statistical analysis to address the research content. The research subjects are 24 male athletes aged 10-11 from the District 6 Swimming Team, Ho Chi Minh City, who have been training for 1 year, and 40 experts, professionals, coaches, and instructors with experience in teaching and coaching swimming. The research results have identified 06 tests to assess the physical fitness of 10 to 11-year-old male athletes on the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team, including: 30m high start run (s), standing long jump (cm), standing high jump (cm), 400m freestyle (s), shoulder flexibility with a stick (cm), 200m medley (s). The current state of physical fitness tests for male athletes aged 10-11 on the Ho Chi Minh City swimming team shows a high level of consistency (Cv<10%) and ensures the reliability and representativeness of the sample set (ε < 0.05).

Keywords


test, physical fitness, athlete, swimming, District 6 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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