MATERIAL 1 Flashcards
Physical educators agree that the basic aim is
Fitness
is the ability to live a healthy, satisfying, and useful life.
Fitness
This kind of life is what
the educational philosophers and thinkers term as the good life.
Fitness
4 aspects of fitness
- Physical fitness
- Social fitness
- Emotional fitness
- Mental fitness
refers to the ability of an individual to perform his daily task
efficiently without undue fatigue and has some extra reserve in case of emergency.
Physical fitness
is the ability to mingle with different types of people and with
interest and concern for others.
Social fitness
refers to the ability of an individual to control his emotion or
feelings.
Emotional fitness
is the ability to cope up with the common problems of everyday
living.
Mental fitness
8 specific components of physical fitness
Organic Vigor
Endurance
Strength
Power
Flexibility
Agility
Balance
Speed
refers to the soundness of the heart and lungs which contributes to the ability to resist disease.
Organic Vigor
the ability of the muscle to exert effort against a resistance.
Strength
is the ability to sustain long continued contractions where a number of muscle groups are used
Endurance
the capacity to bear or last long in a certain task
without undue fatigue.
Endurance
refers to the ability of the muscles to release maximum force in the shortest period of time.
Power
is a quality of plasticity which gives the ability to do a wide range of movement.
Flexibility
– is the capacity to sustain the application of force without yielding or breaking;
Strength
ability of the individual to change direction or position in space with quickness and lightness of movement.
Agility
ability to control organic equipment neuro – muscularly; a state of equilibrium.
Balance
ability to make successive movements of the same kind in the shortest period of time.
Speed
two basic components of physical fitness:
Health – Related Components:
Skill – Related Fitness