Aptidão física relacionada ao desempenho motor de adolescentes de Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul Motor performance related physical fitness in adolescents from Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

The physical fitness of young people has been wide ly studied. The main rationale for it is the association of their variables with health indi cators. Another set of physical fitness variables r elates to the task execution capacity. These variables are ca lled motor performance related physical fitness. In this case, there is a lack of studies compromising the i ndication of a profile for the motor performance re lated physical fitness in adolescents. The aim of this st udy was to describe the level of physical fitness r elated to motor performance in adolescents. We evaluated 1,463 students between 10 and 17 years of both sexes, attending public schools (state and local) in the c ity of Uruguaiana-RS. To evaluate the motor performance related physical fitness we used the battery of tes ts (running 20 meters square test, throwing medicin e ball, standing long jump) and the criteria of classificat ion suggested by Brazil Sport Project (PROESP-Br). The highest frequencies for all variables were the "wea k" classification, having the agility the higher fr equency in both genders. Over 50% of adolescents had their performance classified as "weak" or "reasonable", a nd the agility and strength of lower limbs variables w ere the ones that had the highest frequencies of th is classification. From the results found, the level o f motor performance related physical fitness of adolescents from Uruguaiana-RS was considered low. Interventions for increasing sport participation an d physical activity in general are to be compiled.