Study on the Need to Update the Research Regarding the Biomotor Potential of Middle Schoolers

Abstract

School conditions are greatly modified in relation to the ones experienced by the previous generations. Mandatory school period was extended up to 16 years old. This study started from the observation that many physical education teachers in Bacau county still use the 1976 created SUVA system to assess their pupils. This paper aims to highlight the need for a national study regarding the measurement of the current biomotor potential of the Romanian school population, a study that could reveal the true face of the motor and physical development of children today.
This was an observational experiment without an independent variable, done by comparing the data gathered from measurements with the data from the professional literature, the ones provided by the MER as standards for the current physical education evaluation of pupils.
The results of the research proved that the pupils from the Elena Cuza Middle School are behind the current standards, but this author's belief is that, in reality, the standards must be updated, in accordance to the pupils' diet and mentality.
This study has a pronounced warning signal in regards to the way in which the Romanian middle school population is developing, from a psychomotor point of view.
This study could be continued also with a sociological research that would emphasize the causes leading to a decrease in the biomotor potential, and it would identify the pathways to attract children toward exercise.