Importance of Physical Activity & Importance of Subjective Experiences

Chapters 3 & 4Jeffry Mathis & Minerva Duke-Caruso

Student Learning Objectives

• Gain appreciation of physical activity as it contributes to & expresses humanity

• Appreciation for the various ways that experience can expand this human potential for physical activity

SLO’s

• Explain some principles governing the relationship among skill, practice, and learning & among physical capacity, training & conditioning

• Discuss how heredity & other factors can modify the effects of experience

Physical Activity Experience

• Exercise

Continue w/Exercise

Important

Physical Activity Experience

• Intelligence based

• Aesthetically based

Physical Activity Experience

• Planned experienceOnly humans

• Conflicting ResultsDesire + Means = resultAlso only in humans

Physical Activity Experience

Write a small paragraph

• What factors have influenced your physical activity patterns?

Reasons

1.

2.

3.

Motivation

EXTERNAL INTERNAL

Social Interaction

• Parents

Social Interaction

Peers Teachers/Coaches

Individual Circumstances

They both come together

Quality and Quantity of physical activity experiences

Experience Changes Our Capacity to Perform Physical Activity

Physical activity type of experience EffectqualitySKILL PRACTICE LEARNING

P.P.C. TRAINING CONDITIONING

PhysicalPerformancecapacity

Skill Practice Learning

PRACTICEo Proper practice?

LEARNINGo Always Positive?o Changeo Neural or Muscularo Learning is relatively permanent

Quality and Quantity

• Practice

PPC Training Conditioning

PPC?• Physical Performance CapacityTraining• Not neural

Conditioning• Through any activity conditioning

occurs

Chapter 4 SLO’s

• Discuss 4 overlooked truths about physical activity

• Describe subjective experience & its place in physical activity

• Explain factors that influence our personal experiences

• Discuss individual preferences, history and other factors contribute to our subjective experiences in physical activity

Subjective Experience4 truths

1.Physical activity is always accompanied by subjective experience

2.Subjective experiences of physical activity are unique

Subjective Experience4 truths

3. We might not pay attention to the subjective experiences of physical activity

4. Physical activity will not be meaningful unless we enjoy it

Physical activity is always accompanied by subjective experience

What is subjective experience?

Subjective Experience

What you think while performing the

Subjective Experience

Subjective experiences of physical activity are unique

Each activity has its own experience

We might not pay attention to the subjective experiences of physical activity

• Take a couple of minutes to think about your sport

Write down some things you think about your sport & your feelings

The Pleasure of it

Components of Subjective Experience

Sensations and Perceptions

Emotions and emotional response

Components of Subjective Experience

Intuitive Knowledge

Intuitive Knowledge

Intuitive Knowledge