Identifying the interconnection between self-esteem and the development rate of agility and speed of girls at the age of 13 in the process of physical education

Abstract

Тhe aim of the study is to identify the interconnection between self-esteem of girls at the age of 13 and the development rate of physical qualities (agility and speed). To develop and verify experimentally the effectiveness of the methods for the formation of self-esteem and to discover its influence on the development of physical condition. The experiment involved 13-year-old female students of the standard training group (healthy school students) who study at general secondary school. The number of respondents was 97 schoolgirls (48 girls in the control group and 49 girls in the experimental group). A significant interconnection has been discovered between self-esteem of 13-year-old schoolgirls and their physical condition. It has been proved that the indices characterizing the level of self-esteem have a statistically significant influence on the development of agility and speed. The implementation of the original methods (a set of fitness exercises from fitness yoga, body-ballet, fly-yoga), as well as the use of modified psychotechnics (the autogenic training) have contributed to raising self-esteem and, as a consequence, accelerating the development rates of the level of physical qualities, in particular speed and agility.