地域別にみた運動能力 (I)

抄録

Motor performance of 29,O0O junior high school boy's and girls, aged from 12 to 14,in Tochigi prefecture were measured by means of sports test which had been ordained by Ministry of Education in 1938. The following results were obtained: 1. The boys and girls in cities showed the better performance of 50 meter run, vertical jump, and side-step than those in villages. 2. Superiority of village boys and girls was ascertained sn 1500meter endurance run, and especially the excellent performance was shown by the boys and girls in Nasu plateau, that is situated in the northern part of the prefecture and has the wide and flat slope. 3. It was found that the circulorespiratory capacity of city boys and girls was totally poor in spite of their good performance of agility and power. 4.It was also found that village boys and girls (in mountain villages rather than in plain villages) showed the superiority of the circulorespiratory capacity to city boys and girls, but had the boor performance of agility and power.