Components of Fitness

Question 1

What are the two subsections of components of fitness?

Answer 1

Health and skill related components of fitness

Question 2

What are the health-related components of fitness?

Answer 2

Areobic capacity, balance, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength

Question 3

What are the skill related components of fitness?

Answer 3

Agility, coordination, reaction time, muscular endurance, muscular power, speed

Question 4

What is Muscular strength?

Answer 4

Is the force that a muscle or a group of muscles can exert against a resistance in a single muscular contraction. E.g. weightlifting

Question 5

What is muscular power?

Answer 5

Is the ability to use strength quickly to produce an explosive effort. Power depends on a tradeoff between strength and sped. Max power is achieved when speed and force are about 35% of max.

Question 6

What is muscular endurance?

Answer 6

Ability to work a muscle for long periods at less than maximal effort, where local fatigue rather than general exhaustion is the limiting factor.

Question 7

What is Aerobic capacity

Answer 7

It is defined as the ability of the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems to make ATP (energy) using oxygen. E.g. Cross country running.

Question 8

What is Anaerobic Power

Answer 8

The ability to put body parts into motion quickly and to sustain high intensity efforts for activities where anaerobic energy is required. E.g. 400m runner.
Also referred to as speed

Question 9

What is flexibility?

Answer 9

Is the ability of the muscles, ligament and tendons to allow large movements of the joints often called mobility or suppleness. Flexibility can be increased by stretching.

Question 10

What is agility?

Answer 10

Is the ability to change the position of the body quickly and precisely and still maintain equilibrium. To be agile you must be able to accelerate, change direction, doge and weave.

Question 11

What is balance?

Answer 11

is the ability to maintain the body in equilibrium while stationary (static) or moving (dynamic). You are in equilibrium if you do not fall over or off a piece of equipment.

Question 12

What is coordination

Answer 12

Is the ability of your body’s senses such as your nervous system and your muscles to work together so that you can prefer specific movements smoothy.

Question 13

What is body composition

Answer 13

Refers to the ratio of fat to non-fat components of the body. Body fat can be measured by doing a skin fold test.

Question 14

Give an example of body composition

Answer 14

The gymnast has a lean body composition to allow them to propel themselves through the air when preforming on the asymmetrical bars.

Question 15

Give an example of Cardiovascular fitness

Answer 15

Completing half a marathon with consistent split times across all parts of the run

Question 16

Give an example of flexibility

Answer 16

A gymnast training to increase hip mobility to improve the quality of their split leap on the beam

Question 17

Give an example of Muscular endurance

Answer 17

A rower repeatably pulling their oar against the water to propel the boat towards the line.

Question 18

Give an example of muscular strength

Answer 18

Pushing will all one’s force in a rugby scrum against the resistance of the opposition pack

Question 19

Give an example of agility

Answer 19

A Badmington player moving around the court from back to front and side to side at high-speed and efficiency

Question 20

Give an example of balance

Answer 20

A sprinter holds a perfectly still sprint start position and is ready to go into action as soon as the gun sounds

Question 21

Give an example of coordination

Answer 21

A trampolinist timing their arm and leg movements to perform the perfect tuck somersault.

Question 22

Give an example of muscular power

Answer 22

A javelin thrower applies great force to the spear while moving their arm rapidly forward.

Question 23

Give an example of reaction time

Answer 23

A boxer perceives a punch from their left and rapidly moves their head to avoid being struck.

Question 24

Give an example of speed

Answer 24

A tennis player moving forward from the baseline quickly to reach a drop shot close to the net.