TITLE: Relationship between motor fitness and emotional intelligence among children at the age of five SUMMARY: In childhood, monitoring of children's emotional and motor development is indicated by parents, but even more by the professional team in the institutions of early and preschool education. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential impact of motor components on the emotional intelligence of preschool children. The study involved 59 children, aged 49 to 78 months or between 4.1 and 6.8 years. The President's Challenge battery test was used to test fitness, particularly, general physical fitness. Also, anthropometric measurements were performed. Emotional intelligence data were obtained by using the adapted version of the emotional intelligence questionnaire (Rating Scale from Children’s Emotional Intelligence (4-8 Years Old, Kajbafnezhad, 2016). Children who are more motor-efficient have achieved better results in all components, thus it can be concluded that motor-skilled children have a positive impact on the general physical fitness of preschool children. The main objective of the study was to examine the potential correlation between general physical fitness and emotional intelligence of children at the age of five. According to the results, a positive correlation was found between the sum of emotional intelligence and torso lifting, as well as a correlation between torso lifting and the perception and expression of emotions. This could indicate, as in the previously mentioned research, that children who are more motor-skilled have a higher emotional intelligence, which means that they are more emotionally mature. A negative correlation was found between alternating running and emotional management and assessments. This negative correlation could indicate that alternating running is not one of the components associated with children’s emotional management and assessment. In motor tests, the strongest negative correlation was found between mobility and alternating running tests.