A IMPORTÂNCIA DA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL COMO UM AUXILIAR NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA FLEXIBILIDADE

Abstract

The present work presents a research that was carried out in order to demonstrate the development and importance of motor coordination and flexibility in children and, thus, it is justified by reaffirming the importance of guidance from a Physical Education teacher and regular classes in this discipline for that may represent a differential in improving flexibility. Its objective was to verify if the study group complied with the Brazil Project flexibility levels table as a parameter in the analysis of the obtained results and also to compare the flexibility levels between genders. Data were collected through the analysis of literature documents, scientific articles and bibliographies related to the theme and application of the sit and reach test in the Wells Bank. The tests were applied on three different days, in two moments: before and after Physical Education classes, being, in a second moment, performed the tabulation and descriptive analysis of the obtained results. From the research carried out, it can be concluded that Physical Education classes can contribute to the improvement of flexibility and both boys and girls are above the flexibility level of Projeto Esporte Brasil, which suggests that there are factors benefits in this population studied, in relation to flexibility, but this research did not raise which aspects could be these. It was also noticed a better result in girls compared to boys. Thus, it is reaffirmed the importance of guidance from a Physical Education teacher and regular classes in this discipline so that it can represent a differential in improving flexibility.