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Sex Differentiation, Sport Skill Intervention and Physical Fitness Status of in-School Adolescents in Two Selected High Schools in Nigeria

Aderonmu Kehinde Adebayo, Ogundiya Olaniyi*

This The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of sport skill acquisition in two selected sports on the physical fitness status of male and female in-school adolescence in secondary schools. Experimental research design was adopted for the study. The American Alliance for Physical, Health Education, Recreation & Dance (AAPHERD) Youth Fitness Test (1976). A battery test designed to measure both the performance-related and health-related components of physical fitness respectively was administered on 160 participants who took part in an eight-week structured exercise intervention using the pre-post- test method. The result revealed a significant effect of the sport skill training intervention on physical fitness status of participants. Thus, it could be concluded that basketball and badminton skill training had a significant effect on the physical fitness of adolescent based on their sex.