Untersuchungen zur Auswirkung von Ausdauerübungen im Sportunterricht auf die körperliche Leistungsfähigkeit von Gymnasiasten

Summary

Increasing lack of exercise as a factor in disease has influenced school sports to the extent that preventive measures have been adopted as a central aspect of the new sport curriculum.

A learning-oriented physical education program, intensified in training phases (3 times 30 min per week) was studied to ascertain whether it had the effect of improving endurance. At the beginning and at the end of the project (an interval of 12 weeks) a test class and a control class were examined (body measurements, ergometry, vital capacity, blood pressure, Cooper’s running test). The sports chosen in the test period were track, gymnastics and basketball.

In the Cooper running test the performance of the test class at the end of the project was statistically significantly better. The ergometry results were less clear-cut, but there was a tendency towards a lower heart rate for the same workload. Above all, the motivating effect of the endurance-oriented training became apparent.