Abstract
The research was focused on the influence of sport climbing on the selected motor skills. For our purposes was assembled a test battery and prepared a 10-weeks-long intervention.
The aim was to compare groups of beginners and advanced climbers of the same age and also to monitor changes within the groups. The analysis revealed that the effect cannot be clearly demonstrated in our program of all selected motor tests.
There were significant differences in improvement between groups in the tests: one arm hang (4,8 s), pull up hang (4,4 s). The influence of intervention has affected the group of beginners in the following tests: one arm hang (7,3 s), pull up hang (9,6 s), at advanced in: one arm hang (2,3 s) and sit ups (3,7 repetition).
The advanced group improved less, but the average results were better and well above the general average for that age. In none of the tests there was a deterioration of which we can conclude an effect on all selected motor skills.
Based on the data (advanced group) we can be also confirm a long term influence of climbing on chosen strength tests, which is confirmed by other studies (Baláž, 2007, Grant et at., 1996, Watts et al., 2000).