In the past various studies were undertaken to
establish the fact that there are physical differences
between the various races. As there is not much known
about the motor ability of especially the Coloured and
Indian schoolboys, this study was undertaken to ascertain
whether there is any difference in motor ability
between the White, Coloured and Indian boys in this
age group.
After a careful study of the known facts and the
various test batteries for the measurement of motor
ability, a test battery, consisting of six items was
selected. The six items were the 75 yard dash, 220
yards, pull ups on the horizontal bar, shotput,
standing long jump and cricket ball throw for distance.
The length and weight of the body were also taken.
This test battery includes all the components of motor
ability and meets the requirements of a good test.
The six item test battery was administered to 120
Indian, 140 Coloured and 90 White schoolboys. The
selected data was statistically compiled and the
achievement of 12 and 13 year old Whites, 12 and 13
year old Indians and 12 and 13 year old Coloureds were
compared. Thereafter the results of the 12 and 13
year old Whites were compared with that of the Indian
and Coloured boys and the achievement of the Indian
boys was compared with that of the Coloured boys.
The following results were established:
1. No significant differences were found between the
12 and 13 year old Whites except in the shotput where
there was a highly significant difference and a
significant difference in the 75 yard dash and pull ups
in favour of the 13 year olds. The other two races
showed highly significant differences in favour of the
13 year olds in all the test items.
2. The Whites surpassed the other two races highly
significantly in all the test items. The Coloureds,
although highly significantly shorter and significantly
lighter than the Indian boys, surpassed the latter
highly significantly in the cricket ball throw for
distance, the standing long jump; significantly in the
220 yards and insignificantly in the shotput, 75 yard
dash and pull ups, compiled according to McCloy's
formulae.
3. A comparison between the Indian Moslem and Hindu
boys showed that the Moslem boys surpassed the Hindus
highly significantly in all the items except in the
shotput. There is no significant difference between
the 12 and 13 year old Hindu boys.
4. The physical differences between the three racial
groups are inherited and cannot be attributed to
environmental factors only. / Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9368 |
| Date | January 1970 |
| Creators | Human, Gideon Jacobus Jordaan |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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