Comparative Analysis of Motor Skills Between 10–12-Year-Old Boys Volleyball Players and Physically Inactive Peers

Background. The gross motor function of team sports athletes is superior to that peers who do not participate in additional physical activity, but it clear what extent skills differ between boys attend volleyball training and those training. aim. To compare the functional stability trunk 10–12-year-old volleyball-playing physically inactive boys. Methods. 30 subjects, aged 10–12, participated study. research group consisted playing (n=15), control – (n=15). Test tools: Bruininks Oseretsky Motor Skills Profciency Test, 2nd Edition Matthiass Functional Trunk Stability Test. Results. Boy players showed signifcantly better results only three ten evaluated tasks compared boys: side jumps with legs together (8.07±1.03 points vs. 7.27±0.88, p=0.026) push-ups (5.93±1.28 4.53±0.99, p=0.002), V-up (4.73±1.28 3.20±1.27, p=0.009). result test was than non-players (24.67±9.26 16.53±9.34, p=0.013). Conclusions. Boys play had strength agility are inactive. No signifcant differences were found bilateral coordination, balance upper extremity coordination boys, Keywords: skills, stability, volleyball,