Selected Physical Fitness Tests for Evaluate Teakwando in Elective Class in University

Abstract

Background and Aim:  As one of the elective courses of physical education at Hanshan Normal University, taekwondo has the problem of most students' low physical fitness in the classroom teaching process. Taekwondo elective the students’ need to develop physical fitness in the following aspects: strength, speed, flexibility, and endurance, and the improvement of these qualities can improve students' physical level in class. The objective of this research was: (1) to select the most appropriate physical fitness test method to evaluate the physical performance of students in the elective taekwondo course; (2) to find out the basis for the relevant standards of physical fitness tests for students in taekwondo elective courses; (3) to formulate the physical fitness assessment standards for the students in the elective courses, and assess the students' physical fitness through the physical fitness test.

Materials and Methods:  This research is experimental. In this study, 141 female students will be selected to voluntarily participate in the experiment. The main test tools in this study are a set of tests in the constructed physical fitness test, including a core strength test tool, speed test tool, flexibility test tool, endurance test tool, and data analysis tool. Data analysis techniques included descriptive statistics; mean, standard deviation, and percentages. Then using comparative statistics t-test to compare the data.

Results:  The results showed that (1) the taekwondo courses offered by universities have a very good impact on the physical improvement of college students; (2) the taekwondo courses offered by universities have a very important guiding value; (3) the taekwondo courses also provide the rich sports training content in the course; and (4) allow students to experience different sports knowledge and learning methods.

Conclusion:  Through the design of targeted courses and the analysis of the test data before and after experiments, we can understand that the taekwondo courses offered by universities have a very good impact on the physical improvement of college students, and have a very important guiding value. It can not only bring about the shortcomings brought by regular sports, but also provide rich sports training content in the course, but also allow students to experience different sports knowledge and learning methods.