Healthy Active Lifestyle Flashcards
What are the three benefits of healthy active lifestyle?
1) Social - develop teamwork, work with others, make friends
2) Mental - for the mental challenge, increase confidence, enjoyment
3) Physical - increase fitness, improve performance, for the physical challenge
What are the REASONS for taking part in physical activity?
Cooperation - many sports are played in teams and working in groups helps to improve teamwork and cooperation
Competition - competition can be thought as psychological as it prepares the mind to compete and makes them forget about stress
Physical challenge - setting a task that’s challenging but achievable makes the athlete feel satisfied when it has been achieved
Aesthetic appreciation- appreciating the performance and not just winning
Social Mixing - being involved in a club means mixing with other people
What are the 6 influences on your healthy, active lifestyle?
People - family, peers, role models
Image - fashion, media coverage
Cultural factors - disability, age, gender and race
Resources - availability, location, access and time
Health and wellbeing - illness and ongoing health problems
Socio-economic - cost and status
Name two government initiatives
Sport England - create opportunities for people to ‘stay, start and succeed’ in sport
Youth Sport Trust - work with schools to encourage young people to participate in sport
What is the sports participation pyramid?
Excellence - peak of the pyramid, individuals reach sporting excellence
Performance - young people begin to develop talents in specific sports
Participation - young people begin to participate regularly in a specific sporting activity
Foundation - participants are likely to be experiencing and learning basic sport skills
What are the 6 benefits of taking part in physical activity?
Self esteem Mental challenge Enjoyment Relieve stress Fitness Improve health
What is the definition of health?
Health is a state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not just being free from disease.
What is the definition of exercise?
Exercise is a form of physical activity which maintains or improves health and physical fitness
What is the definition of fitness?
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment
What is the definition of performance?
Performance is how well a task is completed
What are the 5 health related components of exercise?
Cardiovascular fitness - exercise for long period of time
Muscular strength - the amount of force the muscle can exert against a resistance
Muscular endurance - using voluntary muscles for a long period of time
Flexibility - the range of movement possible at a joint
Body composition - the percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle and bone.
What are the 6 skill related components of fitness?
Agility - ability to change position of the body quickly and keep control
Balance - ability to retain the centre of mass of the body above the base of support
Coordination- ability to use two or more body parts at the same time
Power - ability to undertake strength performances quickly
Reaction time - the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of movement
Speed - how quickly a movement can be performed or a distance can be covered
