Principle of Fitness Flashcards
What is the Definition of Fitness?
The Ability to Meet the Demands of the Environment
What is the Definition of Health?
A State of Complete Emotional, Physical and Social Well-Being and not Merely the Absence of Disease and Infirmity
What is the Definition of Exercise?
A Form of Activity Done to Maintain and Improve Health or Physical Fitness
It is not a Competitive Sport
What is the Definition of Performance?
How Well a Task is Performed
What is the Explanation of Fitness?
Are you Fit Enough to do your Everyday Tasks in your Everyday Life?
What is the Explanation of Health?
Not Only are you Free From Disease and Infirmity, you are Socially Active, Physically Fit and Have no Emotional Problems such as Stress
What is the Explanation of Exercise?
Exercise can be Going to the Gym to Improve your Health Such as to Lose Weight or it Could be to make you Physically Fitter Such as Improving your Strength
What is the Explanation of Performance?
When Taking a Free Kick did you:
- Demonstrate a High Level of Performance
- Hit the Ball with Fluency and Accuracy
- Did you Make any Mistakes
What are the two Acronyms for the Principles of Training?
Big Fat Men Munch Cookies / All Boy Can’t Play Racket Sports
(Body Composition, Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength, Cardiovascular Endurance)
(Agility, Balance, Coordination, Power, Reaction Time, Speed)
What is the Definition for Cardiovascular Endurance?
The Ability to Exercise the Entire Body for Long Periods of Time Without Getting Tired
What is the Definition for Muscular Endurance?
The Ability to Exercise the Voluntary Muscles Many Times Without Getting Tired
What is the Definition for Flexibility?
The Range of Movement Possible at a Joint
What is the Definition for Reaction Time?
The Time Taken to Respond to a Stimulus
What is the Definition for Power?
The Ability to do Strength Performances Quickly
Power = Strength x Speed
What is the Definition for Speed?
The Amount of Time it Takes to Perform a Particular Action or Cover a Particular Distance