Exam Flash Cards
6 Skill Components
Agility, Balance, Coordination, Reaction Time, Power, Speed
Agility
Ability to change direction quickly
Balance
Ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving
Coordination
Ability to use your senses with your body parts or use more than 2 body parts
Power
Ability to perform maximum effort in short period of time
Reaction Time
Ability to react or respond quickly to what you see, hear , or feel
Speed
Ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short period of time
5 Principles of Fitness
Overload, F.I.T.T., Specificity, Rest and Recovery, Use it or Lose it
Overload Principle
Most important, body will adapt when a workload is placed on it
F.I.T.T. Principle
Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
Frequency
How often you exercise
Intensity
Amount of effort or work completed in specific exercises
Time
How long you exercise
Type
What type of exercise you do
Specificity Principle
Exercising a certain body part, component or skill
Rest and Recovery Principle
States that you need to rest muscles in order to reach goals
Use it or Lose it Principle
If you use it you keep it, if you don’t use it you lose it
5 components of fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance, Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength, Flexibility, Body Composition
Cardiovascular Endurance
Ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to function efficiently when a person exercises the body
Aerobic Exercise
With oxygen, activity that uses large groups of muscle, rhythmic, can be maintained for 20-30 minutes
Anaerobic Exercise
Without oxygen, short bursts of activity, muscles work so hard they create energy without oxygen
Muscular Strength
Amount of force a muscle can exert
Muscular Endurance
Ability to contract muscles many times without tiring, hold on contraction for long time
Set
Number of cycles of reps
