Yr 9 Jan Exam

Question 1

What is the definition of health?

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not nearly the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 2

What is the definition of fitness?

Answer 2

The ability to meet/cope with the demands of the environment

Question 3

What is the relationship between health and fitness?

Answer 3

Decreased fitness, because of ill health, i.e. poor health, can result in inability to train, lowers fitness

Question 4

What is agility?

Answer 4

Keeping the body under control (netball)

Question 5

What is balance?

Answer 5

The maintenance of the centre of mass over the base support (paddle boarding)

Question 6

What is cardio vascular endurance

Answer 6

Aka aerobic power. It is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles (running)

Question 7

What is coordination?

Answer 7

The ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently. (tennis)

Question 8

What is flexibility?

Answer 8

The range of movements possible at a join (gymnastics)

Question 9

What is muscular endurance?

Answer 9

The ability of muscles or muscle groups to undergo repeated contraction, avoiding fatigue (swimming)

Question 10

What is power/explosive strength?

Answer 10

Speed x strength. To throw something far and fast so it stays in the air longer (Shot put)

Question 11

What is reaction time?

Answer 11

The time taken make a response to a stimulus (sprints, gun start)

Question 12

What is strength?

Answer 12

The ability to overcome a resistance (rowing)

Question 13

What is speed?

Answer 13

The maximal rate at which an individual is able to perform a movement or cover a distance in a period of time (sprints)

Question 14

What are the 2 different types of strength?

Answer 14

Maximal strength and Explosive strength

Question 15

What is maximal strength?

Answer 15

Largest force in a single maximal contraction (weightlifting)

Question 16

What is explosive strength?

Answer 16

Burst of maximum effort (kicking a ball)

Question 17

Why is agility needed in netball?

Answer 17

To dodge players and get the ball and to run out to receive the centre passes

Question 18

Why is balence needed in paddle boarding?

Answer 18

To stay stable stood up on the board while the water is moving below you e.g. waves

Question 19

Why is coordination needed in tennis?

Answer 19

When the ball is coming towards you to make sure the racquet and the ball will touch in the middle creating the most power

Question 20

Why is flexibility needed in gymnastics?

Answer 20

To perform moves like backbends using the spine

Question 21

Why is cardio vascular endurance needed in running?

Answer 21

So you can keep going for a long time, stamina

Question 22

Why is muscular endurance needed in swimming?

Answer 22

Training sessions can last long periods of time legs and arms are used repetitively

Question 23

Why is power/explosive strength needed in shot put?

Answer 23

To throw the ball fast and far so it’s in the air for longer

Question 24

Why do you need reaction time in sprints?

Answer 24

To respond to the fan/whistle at the start of the race

Question 25

Why do you need strength in rowing?

Answer 25

To push the boat forward and go fast

Question 26

Why do you need speed in sprinting?

Answer 26

So that you can run fast but because it’s shorter distance it’s ran at a faster pace then long distance

Question 27

Test for agility

Answer 27

The T-test: field tear of agility that’s usually performed on the athletes regular playing surface

Question 28

Test for balance

Answer 28

Standing balance test: stand on one leg for as long as you can. Try different ways

Question 29

Test for cardio vascular endurance

Answer 29

Bleep test: cones placed 20m apart you have to run between them in the time of the bleeps. They get shorter and shorter time as the test goes on

Question 30

Test for coordination

Answer 30

Hand-eye coordination test: throw the ball agents a wall with one hand and catch it with the other, still 1 handed

Question 31

Text for flexibility

Answer 31

Sit and reach test: requires a person to flex there hips and touch there toes reaching as far as they can

Question 32

Test for muscular endurance

Answer 32

The sit up bleep test: you have to complete a sit up within the bleeps. They slowly get closer together

Question 33

Test for power/explosive strength

Answer 33

Shot put test: throw different weighted balls getting heavier

Question 34

Test for reaction time

Answer 34

Choose reaction time test: multiple stimulus’s to respond to but each on you have to respond to differently

Question 35

Test for strength

Answer 35

Pull up test: complete as many pull ups (chin ups) as you can until you can no longer/fatigue

Question 36

Test for speed

Answer 36

30m sprint test: repeat multiple times to show maximum running speed and execration

Question 37

How is data collected to measure progress durning fitness tests?

Answer 37

Complete the test over many weeks and record the results in a table to gradually see the progression

Question 38

Why can fitness test not be completely accurate?

Answer 38

Because if they are completed incorrectly then they may not change your fitness that your trying to improve or may even injure you

Question 39

What is ‘SPORT’

Answer 39

S - specificity P - progression O - overload R - reversibility T - tedium

Question 40

Specificity, meaning

Answer 40

How specific is it to that sport, relevant?

Question 41

Progression, meaning

Answer 41

Does it get progressively harder?

Question 42

Overload, meaning

Answer 42

Does it push the individual to work harder than usual?

Question 43

Reversibility, meaning

Answer 43

The effect of training reversed due to taking a break

Question 44

Tedium, meaning

Answer 44

Avoiding boredom and injury, is training is varied

Question 45

What is ‘FITT’

Answer 45

F - frequency I - intensity T - time T - type

Question 46

Frequency, meaning

Answer 46

How many sessions per week, ect.

Question 47

Intensity, meaning

Answer 47

How hard is individual working?

Question 48

Time, meaning

Answer 48

How long does training last/are they working for?

Question 49

Type, meaning

Answer 49

Method of training

Question 50

What would you do if the test was repeated for multiple months?

Answer 50

Increasingly make it harder, overload

Question 51

What should a warmup include?

Answer 51

Pulse raiser - heart rate and pulse going faster Dynamic stretching - loosen muscles Skill based activity - gets your mind back into the way you have to move Mental preparation - getting your mindset into gameplay

Question 52

What should a cool down include?

Answer 52

1. Start at a jog slow into a walk 2. Gradual reduction in intensity 3. Dynamic stretching 4. Stretching

Question 53

Why is important to walm up and cool down?

Answer 53

To prevent injury

Question 54

Benefits of warming up

Answer 54

Help reduce muscle soreness and lessen your risk of injury

Question 55

Benefits of cooling down

Answer 55

Allows for a gradual recovery of pre-exercise heart rate and blood pressure

Question 56

What is quantitative data?

Answer 56

Data that refers to any information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value. Based on numbers

Question 57

What is qualitative data?

Answer 57

Data is descriptive in nature, expressed in terms of language rather than numerical values. Based on words