physcical training Flashcards
health
a person’s complete state of physcical, mental and social wellbeing not just the absence of disease
fitness
a persons ability to effectively meet or cope with the demands of their physcical enviroment
agility
the ability to move and change direction quickly whilst maintaning control
balance
the maintanace of the centre of mass over the base of support
cardiovascular endurance
the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles
coordination
the ability to use two or more body parts together smoothly and efficently
flexibility
the range of movements possible at a joint
muscular endurance
the ability of a muscle group to undergo repeated contraction without fatigue
reaction time
the time taken to respond to a stimulus
speed
the ability to move body parts to perform an action quickly
strength
the ability to overcome resistance
maximal strengh
maximum force exterted in one contraction
dynamic strength
the ability to apply orce when the muscles are continually contracting and extending
power
strength x speed
reasons for fitness testing
identify strengths and weaknesses, monitor improvement, to motivate and set goals
limitations of fitness testing
not sport specific, dont have competitive conditions, dont replicate the right movements
stork stand test
balance one foot on the other,hands on hips, lift heel, use stopwatch
illanois agility test
8 cones measured distance apart, stopwatch to time them in seconds
multi stage fitness test
must run 20m before each bleep
wall toss test
stand 2 meters from a wall, throw and catch the ball as many times in 30 seconds
sit and reach test
use a sit and reach box, feet on the bottom, reach forward to move the slider, mesured in cm
sit up bleep test
sit up and down at the rythm of the bleeps
vertical jump test
jump as high as you can and touch the wall with chalk, mesaure in cm
ruler drop test
drop the ruler randomly and catch it as fast as possibe