Health-related physical fitness and its relationship to the level of academic achievement among a sample of secondary school students in the city of Amman

Abstract

This research set out to determine whether or not there was a correlation between students' levels of healthrelated physical fitness and their academic performance in Amman, the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. An independent sample of (841) male pupils from Amman's public schools was used for the research. Their anthropometric data were used to quantify health-related physical fitness, and the school average was culled from students' final grades. The results showed that the study sample was split into six categories based on their level of health-related physical fitness, that there was a direct correlation between health-related physical fitness and academic achievement at the 0.001 level, and that the average percentage of body fat was 25.29%. In light of the findings, the researcher concluded that there is a direct and close relationship between the level of health-related physical fitness and the academic achievement among secondary school students. This is because the negative effects of a high percentage of fat and low physical fitness are not confined to the public health; rather, they extend to a low level of academic achievement and the associated psychological problems among students. As participating in sports has been shown to improve kids' health, mental well-being, social skills, and academic performance, the study's author suggests ramping up the number of sports offered to Amman's school students.