Perceived difficulties in sports exercises: typical assessment of specific physical abilities

We have investigated the relationship between performance in sports exercises and perceived difficulties inphysical ability tasks for boys and girls. In order to assess physical abilities in sport, we conducted experimentsconcerning methods for self-evaluating the difficulty of physical ability required in sports exercises throughimplementation of creative vaulting tasks in addition to Eurofit and Evareg tests. Based on a hypothesis thatspecific physical abilities could predict performance in physical education for boys and girls, we distinguishedthe relationship between genders concerning perceived difficulty for varied ability tasks. Although sportingexercises performance was high among boys rather than girls, there was no significant difference in perceiveddifficulties of physical tasks between genders. We highlight how perceived difficulties among students appears tohave resulted in higher student motivation levels, and increased desire to improve performance for more effectivelearning and teaching experience. We recommend that methods of perceiving difficulties in sport exercises needmore exploration for better practices