Componet 1 Flashcards
Health
A state of complete emotional/psychological, physical and solial well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity .
Fitness
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of an environment so for a sportsman, it means being in the right emotional/psychological and physical shape to be able to do what your sport requires of you.
Exercise
Physical activity that maintains or improves health and fitness.
Cardiovascular fitness
The ability to exercise your whole body for long periods of time.
Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against an resistance.
Muscular endurance
The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatably without getting tried.
Flexibility
The range of motion of your joints.
Body composition
The percentage of body weight that is muscle, fat or bone.
Agility
The ability to change position and control the body at speed.
Balance
Being able to keep the body stable while at rest or on the move.
Co-ordination
The ability to use two or move body parts together.
Power
The ability to undertake strength performances quickly. It can be written as a formula:
Power=strength x speed
Reaction time
The time between a stimulus and a movement in response to it.
Speed
He rate at which an individual can perform a movement or cover a distance.
What is glucose?
A major source of energy for most cells in the body.
What is anerobic respiration?
The process of releasing energy from glucose, using oxygen.
What is anaerobic respiration?
The process of releasing energy from glucose, without oxygen.
What is aerobic exercise?
Working at moderate intensity allowing the body time to utilise oxygen for energy production and to work for a continuous period.
What food stroes would a long distance runner need?
Complex carbohydrates
What food stores would a long jumper need?
Simple carbohydrates
What time do you eat before a game or training?
2 hours before. To allow the food to digest.
What is a lever?
In your body, the term lever refers to a system of muscles and bones working together to bring about movement.
What is FLE
V
Example of a saggital plane movement?
Front somersault
Example of a frontal plane movement?
Cartwheel
Example of a transverse plane movement?
Trampoline twist
What are the characteristics of a Frontal somersaults?
You move forward, with your left and right sides moving together in the same direction-in the sagittal plane, and your body bends on a line that runs horizontally from side to side-around your frontal axis.
What are the characteristics of a cartwheel?
You move sideways, from right to left or left to right - in the frontal plane. Your body rotates around a line that runs from the front to the back of your body - around your sagittal axis.
What type of plane are ou using when doing a cartwheel and what axis?
Frontal plane and around the sagittal axis
What type of plane are you using when doing a twist jump and what axis?
Transverse plane and around the vertical axis.
What are the charateristics of a twist jump?
The key movement is not up or down, or form side to side, but around one spot - in the transverse plane.
What type of plane are you using when doing a Frontal somersaults and what axis?
Saggital plane and around frontal axis.
What muscle fibre types is best suited for use in a 100m sprint?
Type llx
What is your normal heart rate?
60% to 80%
What os the immediate effect of exercise on systolic blood pressure?
Systolic blood pressure increases.
What two by-products are released while producing energy aerobically?
Carbon dioxide and water
Why is it improtant that your heart rate and breathing rate increase?
Provides more oxygen for the muscles that need it. Pump more oxygen to muscles.
Two immediate effects that during exercise respiratory system.
Deeper breaths
Oxygen debt
