6.4 to 6.6 Flashcards
What are the six components that health related fitness had βΒ‘d to help protect your body from being injured and ill
Cardiovascular endurance (stamina )
Flexibility
Muscular endurance
Power
Speed
Strength
Cardiovascular endurance
Allows you to work for a long periods of time with the lungs, heart and blood working efficiently to supply oxygen to the muscles. Needed in many sporting activities, such as football, netball and swimming
Flexibility
Is the range of movement around a joint, demonstrated on activities such as bowling in cricket, gymnastics, karate and taekwondo
Muscular endurance
Is the ability of your muscles to work continuously without getting tired. Used in activities such as climbing, long distance running events and cycling
Power
Refers to being able to perform strength movements at speed and includes boxing, shot put and smash shots in tennis and badminton
Speed
Is the ability to perform a movement quickly over a distance, such as the 100m sprint, or throwing a rounded ball to a base
Strength
Is the ability to exert the maximum amount of force in one go. This can be either explosive, such as a weightlifter lifting a maximum amount in one attempt or static such as rugby players in a scrum pushing against the other team
Health related fitness
The components of physical fitness directly related to good health and meeting the demands of everyday life
Skill related fitness
The components of physical fitness that focus on skills and abilities needed to perform successfully in sporting situations
List the four components of skill related fitness
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Reaction
Agility
The ability to change the body position quickly under control
Balance
Being able to maintain a position either static (still ) or dynamic (moving )
Coordination
The ability to use two body parts at the same time
Reaction
The time it takes to respond to a stimulus (such as a starting pistol )
Ways to improve training and performance
Comparing health related and skill related components between people in the same sport