Оцінювання впливу занять з карате на показники фізичного здоров’я у дітей 8–10 років

Objective: to determine the effectiveness of karate (WKF) sessions on the improvement of physical health of children aged 8–10 years. Меthods: analysis of literary sources; studying the bodt morphofunctional state, physical recreation; pedagogical experiment; mathematical statistics. Rеsults. Almost all examined children had a predominantly lower than average level of physical health, as well as abnormal posture in the frontal and sagittal planes. The most common abnormalities in the study group were stiffness and scoliostic posture. All detected disorders are functional (non-fixed) and subject to correction. As a result of a six-month training cycle with regular training three times a week, the level of physical health has significantly increased, posture indices have improved both in the frontal and sagittal plane (general results of the survey according to posture ranking map and the shoulder index), the results of flexibility tests have improved significantly.  ­ onclusions. The use of karate means, namely sections of the program «kihon» (reduction of moveC ment and movement in stances) and «kata», promotes the increase of the physical health, allows children to form an idea about the correct posture and reduce the risk of the development of its disorders, and is an effective means in correction of non-fixed posture disorders in children.