The present study analyzed differences in certain morphological and motor indicators of high school pupils according to their gender, age and the type of programmes they attend. The study included 18,374 boys and 16,308 girls; 6,989 of the boys and 9,096 of the girls attended gymnasium programmes, 7,255 boys and 5,672 girls attended technical/professional programmes, while 4,130 boys and 1,540 girls attended vocational programmes. Data from the »sports education chart« information system were used to identify the status of their physical characteristics and motor abilities. The results revealed that the type of programme differentiates the boys and girls the most; however, the differences are smaller with boys than with girls. The biggest difference between the types of programme – whilst controlling for age and gender – was noticed in the results of the tests sit-ups and arm-plate tapping. Presumably, these differences occur as a result of the pupils’ different socio-economic environments. The less favourable morphological structure of pupils from vocational programmes is probably a result of their lower amount of physical activity and unsuitable eating habits; the results confirm the findings of other researchers stating that pupils from vocational schools have the worst nutritional quality. The poorer motor potential of pupils from vocational schools is probably a result of the more infrequent free-time sports participation, the smaller amount of physical education lessons in the school curricula and other attitudes to sports activity which serve as an indicator of a quality way of spending one’s free time.

University of Ljubljana Faculty of Sport Ljubljana

Srovnání morfologických proměnných a motorických schopností chlapců a dívek s odlišným typem středoškolského vzdělávacího programu

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