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Developmental characteristics of motor abilities of secondary school girls 2014 796.012.1 http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/2/2707 http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUPhysEdSport/index A. Milojevic E. Markovic A. Gadžić V. Stankovic This study was conducted on a sample of 710 high school girls, ranging from freshmen to seniors, who were divided into four sub-samples according to their chronological age: 180 female freshmen, 177 female sophomores, 177 female juniors and 176 female seniors. The aim of the study was to determine the differences in the developmental trend of motor abilities for students from 14 to 18 years of age. The testing of their motor abilities was done during regular physical education classes with 11 tests of motor skills that assessed speed, strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. The characteristics of the variables and sample size allowed the application of univariate analysis of variance and multivariate statistical factor analysis. The results showed the uneven growth of some abilities from the ages of 14 to 18. Students achieved the best results at the age of 15 and after that they halted or slightly declined. The largest decline in the results was determined for the balance test (MSUK) and static strength test (MVIS). A somewhat lesser decline was determined in the flexibility test (MDPK), and that is probably because of the decreased activity of the female population in this age group (a trend recorded in several studies), and it is known that flexibility is developed and maintained exclusively by exercise. An explanation of these results may be in the students’ generally reduced level of physical activity, inadequate effects of physical education classes and insufficient engagement of society in general in solving these problems. article 12 3 261 273 1451 740X Facta Universitatis, Series: Physical Education and Sport