determining the physical fitness levels of children aged 10-14 during the covid-19 pandemic

Inactive lifestyle can cause a decline in the physical fitness levels of individuals in all age groups. it is thought that the inactive life caused by the covid 19 epidemic process leads to a decline in the physical fitness levels of individuals. the aim of this research is to determine the physical fitness levels of children between the ages of 10-14 during the covid-19 epidemic. a total of 30 students (15 girls, 15 boys) who study at secondary and high schools affiliated to the ministry of national education in the çayıralan district of yozgat province in the 2020-2021 academic year voluntarily participated to this study. within the scope of the research, in order to determine the performance-related physical fitness of the participants, triple hop, medicine ball throwing, star agility run, 50 m sprint and 9 min. endurance running tests were carried out. descriptive statistics data were used in the analysis of the data obtained from the applications of the tests. one sample t-test was used to compare the means of dependent variables, one-way anova was conducted to compare the sample according to age groups, scheffe multiple comparison test was used to determine the difference between groups. as a result; the mean values expressing the physical fitness performances of the participants of our study (excluding the mean value obtained from the 50 m sprint test for 14-yearold men) were compared to the average percentage values that were performed before the epidemic and accepted as a standard in terms of physical fitness (golle et al., 2015) were found to be below the 30% tranche. as a result of the comparison of the age groups of the participants, it was observed that there was a significant difference in the medicine ball throwing test averages in the 12-year-old and 14-year-old participants (p<0.05). in general, after the covid 19 epidemic, it was determined that the physical fitness parameters of children in the 10-14 age group were far below the values accepted as the norm across europe.