Physical fitness is an important aspect of life which can generally be achieved by exercise, appropriate nutrition and enough rest and it has a lot advantages. Proper physical fitness will reduce the risks of having vascular diseases, early death and obesity. It will also improve the bones and the muscular skeleton structure and it will affect the psychological variables such as depression, anx...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of exercise and fitness education on physical fitness factors. 84 healthy non-athlete student (mean age 12.5±0.49 yrs, mean height 153.8±6.1 cm, mean wieght 46.25±7.3 kg) who had not regular activities for more than 6 months were voluntarily participated in this study. They were randomly divided among three groups: training-education (n=28),...

Ackerman (1988) states intelligence and motor ability as the two important abilities in three learning stages (cognitive, motor and autonomic) of Fitts and Posner. Therefore, the present study aims at investigating the relationship between Intelligence Quotient (IQ), motor fitness and anthropometric characteristics with basic basketball skills learning stages. The population includes all s...