Abstract: Based on adolescents’ physical development of, skill acceptance and psychological characteristics, the paper selected the torso muscle endurance tests designed by McGill, functional movement screening by Cook and physical fitness in "National Physical Health Standard" to verify their correlation. The results show that adolescents’ core stability, functional movement and physical quality performance are significantly correlated. The correlation focuses on the weak muscles of core area and symmetrical action patterns of adolescents. Analysis and researches on the characteristics of muscle strength and functional movement of Chinese adolescents in all ages are worth further explorations.

Key words: core stability, functional movement, adolescent, physical quality, function training