Chapter 3: Health and Fitness

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

What is fitness?

Answer 2

The ability to cope/meet with the demands of the environment.

Question 3

What is agility?

Answer 3

The ability to move and change direction quickly (at speed) while maintaining control.

Question 4

What is balance?

Answer 4

Maintaining the centre of mass over the base of support. There is static (while still) and dynamic (while moving).

Question 5

What is cardiovascular endurance?

Answer 5

The ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles

Question 6

What is co-ordination?

Answer 6

The ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently.

Question 7

What is flexibility?

Answer 7

The range of movement possible at a joint.

Question 8

What is muscular endurance?

Answer 8

The ability of a muscle or a muscle group to undergo repeated contractions avoiding fatigue.

Question 9

What is power?

Answer 9

Strength * speed. The product of strength and speed.

Question 10

What is reaction time?

Answer 10

The time taken to initiate a response to a stimulus.

Question 11

What is speed?

Answer 11

The maximum rate at which an individual can perform a movement or cover a distance in a period. Distance/time

Question 12

What is strength?

Answer 12

The ability to overcome resistance. This can be static, dynamic or explosive and maximal:
Maximal strength - Largest force possible in a single maximum contraction.
Explosive strength - strength * speed
Static strength- Hold a body part in a static position
Dynamic strength - muscular endurance (be able to undergo repeated contractions avoiding fatigue).

Question 13

What is the Illinois agility test?

Answer 13

Tests the agility of players.
Players have to run around cones as fast as they can.
The time is measured and recorded.

Question 14

What is the stork balance test?

Answer 14

Tests the balance of players.
Players have to stand with one leg, the other leg against the inside of their knee and put on their tiptoes.
Time is measured and recorded on how long you can stand for.

Question 15

What is the multistage fitness tests?

Answer 15

Also known as the bleep test.
Test the cardiovascular endurance of players
Players have to run from cone to cone, 20 metres long and have to stay in time with the bleeps.
As the levels get higher, the bleep gets faster and faster.
Three strikes and you’re out
The level is measured and recorded.

Question 16

What is the wall toss test?

Answer 16

Tests the coordination of players.
A Tennis ball is thrown with one hand onto the wall and caught with the other. This is done repeatedly for 30 seconds. It is done as fast as possible.
Amount of times will be measured and recorded.

Question 17

What is the sit and reach test?

Answer 17

Tests the flexibility of players.
The individual sits with legs flat against the reach board. The player stretches their hands and pushes the slider as far as possible.
Length is measured and recorded.

Question 18

What is the sit-up bleep test?

Answer 18

Tests the muscular endurance of players
The individual sits up and down on the bleeps. The bleeps get faster and faster as the levels increase.
The score is measured and recorded after the participant can not do anymore.

Question 19

What is the vertical jump test?

Answer 19

Tests the power/explosive strength of the player.
Player stretches their hand out with feet flat to mark the zero point.
The individual then jumps as high as they can and marks the point on the wall.
This is measured form the zero point and is recorded.

Question 20

What is the ruler drop test?

Answer 20

Tests the reaction time of the player
A thirty cm ruler is placed above the player’s hand at 0 cm. It would then be dropped and the person has to catch it as quickly as they can.
Wherever it is caught, it is measured and then recorded.

Question 21

What is the one rep max test?

Answer 21

Tests the maximal strength of the player
Either bench press or weighted squats.
The amount of weight gradually increases until the participant can not do it.
The weight is then divided by the participants’ mass and then recorded.

Question 22

What is the handgrip dynamometer test?

Answer 22

Tests the strength of the player.
The dynamometer is held at 90 degrees and gripped as hard as possible
The score is measured and then recorded.

Question 23

What is the speed test?

Answer 23

Tests the speed of the player
Individual runs 30 metres with a flying start
Time is measured and recorded.

Question 24

What are the limitations of fitness testing?

Answer 24

. Tests are often not sport-specific and can be too general
. They do not replicate the movements of activities
. Do not replicate competitive conditions in sport
. Have questionable reliability
. Must be carried out with correct procedures and protocols