Nivel de flexibilidad de deportistas en formación a través del Test de Sit and Reach, Tocancipá, Cundinamarca

The study determined the level of flexibility through the Sit and Reach test in children of different sports in formation of the Municipal Institute of recreation and sport of Tocancipa. Descriptive study with quantitative approach, with an age range of the population between 8 and 17 years old, with the participation of 334 children. The best record in the Sit and Reach test, arose in girls at age 14 with a value of (25, 9±6, 4 cm), in children's (19, 3±7, 6 cm), a value is obtained for the variable sport in which measured 13 sports, capoeira in girls of (29, 5±3, 8 cm) , in children (24, 5±7, 1 cm), being capoeira sports with best result in both sexes, according to the percentile 90,87 children are above the value, while 65 children and girls are below the 20 percentile, confirming the alternative hypothesis (p: 0,0087).