The evoluation of physical fitness related to performance of primary and secondary school students in the age group 8-12

Purpose of this study is according to gender and age investigation of physical fitness related to performance of primary and secondary school students who are 8-12 years old. 118 students who were from primary and secondary schools in Gaziantep were participated in this study. Measurements were applied as physical and physiological parameters such as age, height, weight, body mass index, body fat percentage, flexibilty, MaxVO2, hand grip strength, back strength, vertical jump and anarobic power. SPSS 16.0 program used for statistical analysis. Independent Samples T test vas used for binary groups, One Way ANOVA and Scheffe tests used for multiple groups. According to gender variable, significance was found in height, weight, body mass index, MaxVO2, right and left hand grip strength, back strength parameters. According to age variable, significance was found in height, weight, MaxVO2, vertical jump and anarobic power. As a result, it is said that physical fitness parameters have shown paralel development with age; and female students had higher results than male students because of development period.