Vol. 5, No 1, 2007 pp. 65 - 74
UDC 796.1034: 612.17
Scientific Paper

THE INFLUENCE OF BASIC MOTOR ABILITIES AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES ON THE SPECIFIC MOTOR SKILLS OF TALENTED WATER POLO PLAYERS
Marko Aleksandrović1*, Aleksandar Naumovski2, Dragan Radovanović1, Georgi Georgiev2, Dimitrija Popovski2
1Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Serbia
2Faculty of Physical Education, University "St. Cyrilus and Methodius", Skopje, Macedonia
*E-mail: markodurlan@yahoo.com
Abstract. The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of basic motor abilities and anthropometric measures on the specific motor skills of water polo players in latent space. The subject sample consisted of a total of 89 water polo players aged 12 ± 6 who have been training water polo for at least 2 years and who partook in at least 1 federal tournament of the Water Polo Association of Serbia. The ascertainment of the morphological characteristics (14 tests), of the basic (12 tests) and specific (6 tests) motor skills level was performed by applying standardized tests. Factor analysis has been calculated to determine the space structure of the morphological, basic and specific characteristics of motor skills. A regression analysis was performed in order to determine the correlation between the influences of manifest basic motor skills as well as the morphological ones on the latent space of specific motor skills. A statistically relevant correlation between the whole predictor and the criterion has been confirmed.
Key words: water polo, basic motor skills, morphology, specific motor skills

UTICAJ BAZIČNOMOTORIČKIH SPOSOBNOSTI I ANTROPOMETRIJSKIH MERA NA SPECIFIČNE MOTORIČKE VEŠŠTINE TALENTOVANIH VATERPOLISTA
Cilj je utvrditi uticaj bazičnih motoričnih sposobnosti i antropometrijskih mera na specifičnu motoriku vaterpolista u latentnom prostoru. Uzorak ispitanika sačinjavalo ukupno 89 vaterpolista, uzrasta od 12 godina ± 6 meseci, koji su se najmanje dve godine bavili vaterpolom i nastupali na najmanje jednom turniru saveznog ranga u okviru Vaterpolo saveza Srbije. Utvrđivanje nivoa morfoloških karakteristika (14 testova), bazično (12 testova) i specifično (6 testova) motoričkih sposobnosti izvršeno je primenom standardizovanih testova. Korišćena je faktorska analiza za određivanje morfološke, bazično i specifično motoričke strukture. Za utvrđivanje povezanosti uticaja manifestnog morfološkog i bazično-motoričkog prostora na latentni prostor specifične motorike, primenjena je regresiona analiza. Ustanovljena je statistički značajna povezanost prediktora i kriterijumske varijable.
Ključne reči: vaterpolo, bazična motorika, morfologija, specifična motorika