Let's consider the standards for physical education for grade 4 for their compliance with the parameters of the TRP Complex for passing the 2nd stage tests (for participants 9-10 years old).
Let's look at the standards for physical education for grade 4 for boys and girls in the 2019 academic year, highlight the added (in comparison with grade 3) disciplines, and analyze the level of complexity of the results.
Disciplines in physical training: grade 4
So, here are the exercises that fourth-graders take in physical education lessons:
- Shuttle run (3 p. 10 m);
- Running 30 meters, cross-country 1000 meters;
Please note, for the first time, the 1 km cross will need to run against the clock - in the previous classes it was enough just to keep the distance.
- Jumping - in length from the spot, in height by the step-over method;
- Rope exercises;
- Pull-ups;
- Throwing a tennis ball;
- Multiple hops;
- Press - lifting the torso from a supine position;
- Exercise with pistols.
This year, children are still doing physical training three times a week, one lesson each.
Take a look at the table - the standards for grade 4 in physical education according to the Federal State Educational Standard have become noticeably more complicated in comparison with the level of the previous year. However, proper physical development just presupposes a gradual increase in load - this is the only way to build up the child's sports potential.
What is included in the TRP complex (stage 2)?
A modern fourth-grader is a proud ten-year-old, that is, a child comes to an age when active mobility becomes something for granted. Children love to run, jump, dance, successfully master the skills of swimming, skiing, and enjoy visiting sports sections. However, the unhappy statistics indicate that only a small percentage of grade 4 students easily pass the tests of the "Ready for Labor and Defense" complex.
For a 4th grade student, the tasks of the "Ready for Labor and Defense" Complex should not seem overly difficult, provided that he regularly goes in for sports, has a 1-step badge and is determined decisively. He overcomes the physical education standards for grade 4 schoolchildren without the slightest difficulty - his level of training is quite solid.
- The TRP complex was introduced back in the 30s of the last century, and 5 years ago it was revived again in Russia.
- Each participant passes sports tests within their age range (11 steps in total) and receives an honorary badge as a reward - gold, silver or bronze.
- In fact, for children, participation in the tests "Ready for Labor and Defense" is an excellent motivation for regular sports activity, maintaining a correct lifestyle, and forming healthy attitudes.
Let's compare the table of TRP standards for the 2nd stage and the standards for physical training for grade 4 for girls and boys in order to understand how well the school is preparing for passing the tests of the Complex.
| TRP standards table - stage 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - bronze badge | - silver badge | - gold badge | |||
To successfully pass the tests for a gold badge of the 2nd stage, you need to pass 8 exercises out of 10, for a silver or bronze one - 7 is enough. In total, children are invited to fulfill 4 mandatory standards, and the remaining 6 are given to choose from.
Does the school prepare for the TRP?
- Having studied the standards of both tables, we came to the conclusion that the tests of the Complex, in general, are more difficult than school assignments;
- Similar parameters for the following disciplines: 30 m running, shuttle running, pull-ups;
- It will be much more difficult for children under the TRP program to pass the 1 km cross, lifting the body from a supine position, throwing a tennis ball;
- But it is easier to jump in length from a place;
- The table with school standards for physical education for grade 4 does not contain disciplines such as swimming, skiing, long jump from a run, bending and extending the arms in a prone position, bending forward from a standing position with straight legs on the floor;
- But it has exercises with a rope, multi-jumps, tasks with pistols and squats.
Based on our mini-research, let me make the following conclusion:
- The school strives for the all-round physical development of its students, therefore it considers it mandatory to pass many additional disciplines.
- Its standards are somewhat easier than the tasks of the TRP Complex, but all of them must be passed, in contrast to the mentioned possibility of deleting 2 or 3 to choose from in the case of the Complex.
- For parents who train their children to pass the TRP standards, we recommend thinking about the mandatory attendance of additional sports sections, for example, swimming pool, skiing, athletics.
