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Component 1-9 Flashcards

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Health

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A state of complete emotional/ psychological, physical and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

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Exercise

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Physical activity that maintains or improves health and fitness.

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Fitness

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Ability to meet the demands of the environment.

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Performance

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How well a task is complete

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Sedentary

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Lacking in physical activity

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Hypokinetic disease

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A disease caused by a lack of physical activity or sedentary lifestyle

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Cardiovascular fitness

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The ability to exercise your whole body for long periods of time

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Muscular strength

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The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance

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Muscular endurance

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The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatedly without getting tired

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Flexibility

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The range of motion of your joints

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Body composition

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The percentage of body weight that is muscle fat or bone

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Agility

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The ability to change direction and control the body at speed

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Balance

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Being able to keep the body stable while at rest or on the move

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Co-ordination

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The ability to use two or more body parts together

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Power

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The ability to undertake strength performances quickly it can be written as a formula: power = strength x speed

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Reaction time

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The time between a stimulus and a movement in response to it

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Speed

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The rate at which an individual can perform a movement or cover a distance.

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SMART goals

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Specific 
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic 
Time-bound
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Principles of training

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Specificity
Progressive overload
Individual needs
FITT (frequency, intensity, time type)

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Overtraining

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Training beyond your ability to recover

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Reversibility

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Means gradualy losing fitness rather than gaining

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Comtinuous training

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Working the entire body for a long period of time

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Farklek

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A method of training where the terrain amd speed are constantly changing

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Circuit training

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A series of exercises completed for a certain ammount of time/reps, after one another

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Interval training

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Physical training involving alternating stages of high and low intensity activity

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Plyometrics training

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Exercises where muscles use maximum force in shortintervals of time

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Weight training

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Involves shifting weight to increse the strength of the muscle using a programme of exercises

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Concussion

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This is an injurynormally caused by a blow to the head

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What are the different type of fractures

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Compound
Simple
Stress
closed

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Compund fracture

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The broken bone is shown through the skin

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Simple fractures

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Takes place in one line, with no displacement of the bone

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Stress fractures

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(Overuse injury) this can be caused by fatigue

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Dislocations

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This is when a joint is forced out of it’s normal position

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Torn cartilage

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Cartilage is a firm elastic substance which lines adjoining bones

Torn cartilage often occur through wear and tear from overuse injury

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Soft tussue injury

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Joints are where two or more bones meet. They are particular prone injury because movement past the range can tear or pull tendons and ligaments.

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Strains

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A strain is a twist, pull or tear of a muscle or a tendon

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Sprains

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A sprain is a damaged ligament.

Sprains often occur when stretching too far past the normal range of a joint, but can also be caused by falling or colliding with an opponent

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Abrasions

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Abrasions or grazes can be caused by friction of the skin against a rough surface

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