Current situation of physical activity in schools aged 10 - 14 in the Normandia neighborhood of Soledad – Atlántico (Original)

Abstract

The practice of physical activity at an early age in children is of vital importance since it contributes to their integral development, the inadequate foundation of this can cause irreversible errors in the development of the biomotor capacities of individuals. The objective of this research was to determine the current situation in which the practice of physical activity is found in schoolchildren aged 10 - 14 from the Urbanización Normandia neighborhood of Soledad-Atlántico. The transectional research designs (transversal) are those investigations which are in charge of collecting the data at a single moment in which the process occurs, in order to analyze its variables and describe their impact on the process. The sample of this research project is of a simple random type, since it allowed us to choose a part of the population, which met certain characteristics taken into account in the inclusion criteria. Consequently, this research project had a sample of 20 schoolchildren aged 10 - 14 years (12 boys - 8 girls) in the Urbanización Normandía neighborhood of Soledad - Atlántico.