SPORTS YOKOHAMA Vol.39 : Feature(2/3)
The New Physical Test is conducted to examine the physical fitness and athletic performance of people from children to adults.
In the test, participants are classified into four age groups: elementary school boys and girls aged between 6 and 11 (in all elementary school grades), men and women aged between 12 and 19, men and women aged between 20 and 64, and men and women aged between 65 and 79.
Elementary school pupils are tested in eight types of exercise.
Grip strength Muscle power: Ability of muscle to generate force
Sit-up Muscle power/muscle endurance: Abilities of muscle to generate and maintain force
Sitting trunk stretch Flexibility: Ability to bend and stretch the body
Side step Agility: Ability to repeat a specific type of exercise rapidly
20-meter shuttle run Whole-body endurance: Ability to continue to exercise with the whole body
50-meter sprint Speed: Ability to move fast
Standing long jump Instantaneous force: Ability to start to move quickly
Ball throw Motor skill/instantaneous force: Abilities to regulate movement and start to move quickly
Since test results are scored for each type of exercise on a scale of 1 to 10, participants can find out which of their abilities are superior and which are inferior. They are also rated on a five-point scale (A to E) according to age, allowing them to check their physical fitness level against the national average of their respective age groups.
Municipal elementary and junior high schools in Yokohama City record physical test results along with health checkup results and other growth-related data in the health handbook distributed to every pupil and student. Since many schools store health handbooks on their premises, there may be few occasions when parents have access to the health handbooks of their children. But these health handbooks are instrumental in health management and guidance.
The National Recreation Association of Japan runs a website intended to enhance the physical fitness of children. When a visitor enters the New Physical Test results of his or her child, the website displays the entered data in graph form. Other features of this website include a web page for learning by parents and children and a list of national averages and other numerical values.
While the New Physical Test is not meant to rank individuals, the test results help you find out about the physical fitness and athletic performance of your children by comparing their scores with the national averages. Also, displaying your children’s test results in graph form lets you identify which types of exercise they are good at and which types of exercise they are poor at.
Website for enhancing the physical fitness of children
- インフォメーション
- 横浜国際女子マラソン/横浜マラソン/bj開幕
- 2020年オリンピック・パラリンピック開催地は「東京」に決定!!
- 特集 子どもに「もっと」スポーツを!!
- 子どもを取り巻くスポーツの現状
- 新体力テストの結果、よく見てみましょう
- 知っていますか? 横浜で実施しているさまざまな活動
- Feature
Give Kids More Opportunities to Do Sports!! - Present Situation of Sports for Children
- Closer Look at the Results of the New Physical Test
- Sports Promotion Activities in Yokohama
- スポーツナビゲーター
- 市外野外活動施設情報
- スポーツ医科学センター
- ウォーキングで健康を手に入れよう
元気に歩くためのチェックポイント - 横浜ビー・コルセアーズ
メディカルトレーナーの現場から
ケガのリハビリ2〜アイシング - 横浜熱闘倶楽部
- 4チーム 取組紹介
- 地域だより
- 区体育協会紹介
- 総合型地域スポーツクラブ
- 姿勢測定と姿勢デザイン教室
- 夜のフィットネスプログラム
- 健康の森ウォーキング
- 読者アンケート
- 【SPORTSよこはま】一覧へ
The New Physical Test is conducted to examine the physical fitness and athletic performance of people from children to adults.
In the test, participants are classified into four age groups: elementary school boys and girls aged between 6 and 11 (in all elementary school grades), men and women aged between 12 and 19, men and women aged between 20 and 64, and men and women aged between 65 and 79.
Elementary school pupils are tested in eight types of exercise.
Grip strength Muscle power: Ability of muscle to generate force
Sit-up Muscle power/muscle endurance: Abilities of muscle to generate and maintain force
Sitting trunk stretch Flexibility: Ability to bend and stretch the body
Side step Agility: Ability to repeat a specific type of exercise rapidly
20-meter shuttle run Whole-body endurance: Ability to continue to exercise with the whole body
50-meter sprint Speed: Ability to move fast
Standing long jump Instantaneous force: Ability to start to move quickly
Ball throw Motor skill/instantaneous force: Abilities to regulate movement and start to move quickly
Since test results are scored for each type of exercise on a scale of 1 to 10, participants can find out which of their abilities are superior and which are inferior. They are also rated on a five-point scale (A to E) according to age, allowing them to check their physical fitness level against the national average of their respective age groups.
Municipal elementary and junior high schools in Yokohama City record physical test results along with health checkup results and other growth-related data in the health handbook distributed to every pupil and student. Since many schools store health handbooks on their premises, there may be few occasions when parents have access to the health handbooks of their children. But these health handbooks are instrumental in health management and guidance.
The National Recreation Association of Japan runs a website intended to enhance the physical fitness of children. When a visitor enters the New Physical Test results of his or her child, the website displays the entered data in graph form. Other features of this website include a web page for learning by parents and children and a list of national averages and other numerical values.
While the New Physical Test is not meant to rank individuals, the test results help you find out about the physical fitness and athletic performance of your children by comparing their scores with the national averages. Also, displaying your children’s test results in graph form lets you identify which types of exercise they are good at and which types of exercise they are poor at.