2017, Volume 23, Issue 1

PHYSICAL FITNESS AND THE LEVEL OF LEARNING BY PILOT CADETS IN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF STUDYING IN THE POLISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY (PAFA) IN DĘBLIN

Piotr KRAWCZYK¹, Zdzisław KOBOS², Paweł MARCINKOWSKI¹, Robert JĘDRYS¹, Zbigniew WOCHYŃSKI¹
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¹Polish Air Force Academy
²Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University


Autor korenspondencyjny: Zdzisław KOBOS; Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University; email: z.kobos@uksw.edu.pl

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Introduction: The aim of the study is to analyze physical fitness taking into account the learning outcomes of pilot cadets of the Polish Air Force Academy.

Material and methods: Two groups of PAFA cadets were examined: from the second year of studies (Group I) and from the first year (Group II). The following exercise stress tests were used for the assessment of physical fitness: pull-ups, 100 m, 1000 m and 50m swim. Analysis of the average scores obtained during the semester examination session was performed in particular score ranges of physical fitness.

Results: The obtained results show that in both examined groups, the most physically fit candidates learn at a level higher than the average score of the whole cohort population.

Conclusions: The conducted studies may provide the basis for establishing a new minimum threshold of 60 points per possible 100 points, necessary for PAFA candidates during the recruitment process.

Słowa kluczowe

physical fitness, learning, pilot cadets