Figure 4

Cohort-related change of components of physical fitness. Points are observed means with 95% CIs. Lines are third-order polynomial trends fitted to children’s scores along with 95% error. Note the much smaller range of the y-axis (i.e., from − 0.10 to + 0.10) compared to age effects shown in Fig. 2. Endurance = cardiorespiratory endurance (i.e., 6 min run test), Coordination = star run test, Speed = 20-m linear sprint test, PowerLOW = power of lower limbs (i.e., standing long jump test), PowerUP = power of upper limbs (i.e., ball push test).