Final Exam Flashcards
What is RAE (Relative Age Effect)?
The relative age effect is a phenomenon in which children born in, or close to, a critical age cut-off period may have an advantage in both athletic and academic endeavours.
What is contextual interference?
involves mixing up your practice structure, either by adding different tasks and/or adding practice variability when learning a skill
What is Quiet Eye
the final fixation or tracking gaze at a task-relevant location prior to the initiation of the final phase of the movement
What is Autonomy?
the right of or to self govern
What is skeletal age?
a measure of the degree to which a skeleton has matured
Ways to measure skeletal age?
X-Rays of wrist and hand
Size/Space between bones
Interstitial Growth
Growth in bone length/height
Appositional Growth
Growth in bone width
Why are schools a good place to promote physical activity?
- It’s mandatory
- Long days already, gives kids a break
- Infrastructure
What is physical education positively associated with?
- Cognitive Skills
- Academic Attitudes
- Academic Performance
What is the take home message for schools?
Promote Physical Education
How can children stunt growth when working out?
- Too intense training
- Restricted Diet
Positives of Strength training for more obese children?
- Self esteem
- body satisfaction
- self confidence
How do we feel about Zero Score?
makes kids feel bad about themselves
What age is it safe to start strength training?
7rys of age or of coordination
When would you start strength training as a child?
Middle School
What strength training workouts are appropriate for children?
Body Weight
Bands
Dumbbells
Machines
Why should you offer different levels of exercises?
Creates fair opportunities for everyone to participate and having more options for children to choose from the better
When should you increase weight for a child during a workout?
When it becomes easy for the child to finish sets
General Recommendation for lifting per week?
2-3 times a week or give targeted muscles a day of rest between
Is strength training for children safe?
Yes, as long as it’s done properly and supervised by a proper instructor
Flexibility Definition?
Ability to move joints through a range motion without causing injury
Flexibility (Childhood)
Stable
Flexibility (Infant)
Very flexible
Flexibility (Adolescence)
Mostly Stable
Flexibility (Adulthood)
Gradual Loss
Flexibility (Elderly)
Difficult, Nearly gone
Adipose System
Body Fat %
Why do obese children need to work harder?
They carry a heavier load/more weight
Why is it important that children should not be put on caloric restricting diets?
Children need sufficient calories to promote normal growth…vitamins, proteins, fibers.
Can also cause stress/unhappiness or eating disorders
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Coordination skills below expectations
Consequences for children who suffer from DCD?
- Increased Risk for anxiety and depression
- Difficulties making friends
- Lower odds of being physically active
- Higher odds of obesity
