Physical Demands of Performance

Question 1

2A. Health Related vs Performance Related Fitness

Answer 1

Health Related:

• Involves physical capacities that contribute to health.
• Important for daily routines.

Performance Related:

• Skills that will improve a person’s ability to perform.
• Core capacities that enable performance.

Question 2

2A. Health Related Components

Answer 2

Cardiorespiratory:

• Ability to perform prolonged dynamic exercises involving large muscle groups.
• Ability of the heart and lungs to work together and fuel your body with oxygen.
• Cardio = heart, respiratory = lungs.

Muscular Endurance:

• Ability of a muscle or muscle groups to remain contracted/contract repeatedly.
• Ability of the muscles to repeatedly do work without becoming too tired.

Muscular Strength:
- Amount of force a muscle can exert with a single maximum effort.

Flexibility:
- Ability of each joint to work to it’s full range of motion.

Body Composition:
- Proportion of fat and fat-free body mass.

Question 3

2A. Performance Related Components

Answer 3

Agility:

• Ability to change the position of the body with speed and accuracy.
• Evasion and reaction skills.

Coordination:

• Ability to use senses together with your body parts.
• Used to perform tasks smoothly and accurately.
• Senses used to guide movements.

Balance:

• Ability to maintain equilibrium while moving or stationary.
• Maintaining an upright posture while on the move.

Power:

• Person’s ability to perform a maximal effort in as short time as possible.
• Combination of speed and power.

Reaction Time:

• React or respond as quickly as possible to something that they feel hear or see.
• The quicker an athlete responds, the better their chance of success.

Speed:
- Ability to perform a movement, or cover a distance within a short period of time.

Question 4

2A. Designing a Fitness Test Battery

Answer 4

• Depends on the athlete and the sport they participate in.
• Tests used repeatedly to measure their performance.
• Consideration of physiological demands of the sport.
• Selection of tests that replicate the energy demands of the sport.

Question 5

2A. Considerations when Designing a Fitness Battery - V.R.F&E.A.

Answer 5

Validity:
- Extent to which a test measures what is is suppose to measure.

Reliability:

• Extent to which the result an athlete gets in a test is repeatable.
• Different scores = unreliable test.

Facilities/Equipment:

• Equipment is chosen because;
  1. Low cost implication.
  2. Practical for use.
  3. Most valid and reliable tests available.

Accurate Recording of Scores:

• Accurately recording tests is a paramount.
• Used for comparison at a later date.
• Attention to the unit and precision of measurement.

Question 6

2A. Considerations when Designing a Fitness Battery - T.H&S.S.N

Answer 6

Tester Competence:

• Quality of a test is only as good as the tester administering it.
• Tester must be trained.
• Test should be ran as a trial beforehand.
• No variation in how the test is ran.

Health and Safety:

• Health and safety ensured for athletes.
• Athletes are of an appropriate fitness level.
• Athlete’s aren’t carrying an injury.
• Environmental considerations.

Sequence of Tests:

• Essential for reliability and safety.
• Ensures athletes can perform to their maximal potential for each of the components being measured.

Normative Data:

• Collective data from a specific population.
• Comparison for individuals.
• Represented in percentile ranks.
• Athlete who ranks 55th scores higher than 55% of the people who did the test.