Research was conducted on the sample of 256 football players at the age of 10-12. They were analyzed by a battery of 12 anthropometrical measurements for evaluation of morphological characteristics and 20 tests for assessment of the basic motor abilities and the criterion variable of precision in target hitting by legs at a short distance. General conclusion was that 6 out of 32 predictor variables had statistically significant partial effect. In hierarchical order, they are: running speed at 60 m from a standing start (BBTRČ60M), Cooper's test (BIKUPTEST), step backwards from lying position on stomach (BGZANTRB), leg slalom with two balls (BKSLNO2L), running at 20 m from a standing start (BSTRČ20M) and circumference of a lower leg (AVOBPOTK). Out of all statistically significant predictor variables relative to the criterion one, five were from the basic motor space and one was from the morphological one. Based on this analysis of such a relation, it can be concluded that speed, endurance and coordination and power of lower leg muscles are predominant factors affecting successful precision in target hitting by legs at a small distance. .
