Dependence of Motor Abilities on Height Parameters of Preschoolers

: A number of studies show that a certain correlation between the functional and structural characteristics of the organism exist as the structural ones play some role in the development and improvement of better physical fitness. The purpose of the study was to establish the dynamics in the character and level of the relationship between the motor abilities and the anthropometric parameter “height“ of 6/7-year-olds over a period of one school year. Methodology: theoretical analysis, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical testing, statistical methods. A total of 121 boys and girls were tested twice at the beginning and the end of the school year. Results: The initial study found a moderate correlation between the height and grip strength of both hands and the explosive strength of the upper extremities. In the final testing, a significant correlation was established between the height and grip strength of the right hand and a moderate one between the height and grip strength of the left hand, static back strength and the explosive strength of the upper extremities. The influence of height on the other motor abilities examined is weak and statistically unsignificant.