Take out a paper for notes

Use a proper heading.

Due at the end of the class period

“Anyone who is good at sports is physically fit.”

Do you agree, or disagree?

Why?

Health Related

Skills RelatedSkills Related

. . . parts of physical fitness that help a person stay healthy.

Aerobic Endurance

Flexibility

Muscular Endurance

Body Composition

Muscular Strength

Aerobic Endurance

The ability to exercise your body for long periods of time.

Requires a strong heart, healthy lungs and clear blood vessels to supply the cells in your body with oxygen they need.

Muscular Endurance

•the ability to use your muscles without tiring.

People that have good muscular endurance are likely to have better posture and fewer back problems.

They are also better able to resist fatigue.

Muscular Strength

•the amount of force your muscles can produce.

Often measured by how much weight you can lift.

People with good strength can perform daily tasks efficiently– that is, with the least amount of effort.

Flexibility

You are flexible when your muscles are long enough and your joints are free enough to allow movement

•the ability to use your joints fully through a wide range of motion

Flexible people have fewer sore or injured muscles.

Body Composition

•The % of body weight that is made up of fat compared to other body tissue. (bones, muscles, organs, tissue)

People who are in a healthy range of body fatness are more likely to avoid illness and have lower death rates than people who are outside of the healthy range.

Extreme ranges are the most dangerous; too little fat, like too much, can cause health problems

. . . parts of fitness that help a person perform well in sports and activities that require certain skills.

Agility

Coordination

Power Speed

Reaction Time

Balance

Agility

•The ability to change the position of your body quickly and to control your body’s movements

•Good agility: good at activities like wrestling, diving, soccer and ice skating

Balance•The ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving.

•Good balance: good at activities like gymnastics and ice skating

Coordination

•The ability to use your sense together with your body parts, or to use 2+ body parts together

•Good eye/foot or eye/hand coordination: good at activities like baseball, softball, soccer, golf, tennis

Power

•The ability to use strength quickly. It involves both strength and speed.

•Good power: good at activities like shot put, discus throw, high jump, football, speed swim.

Reaction Time

•The amount of time it take to move once you realize the need to act.

•Good reaction time: activities like fast starts in track or swimming

Speed•The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short period of time.

•Good leg speed: can run fast

•Good arm speed: can throw or hit a ball that is thrown fast.

List 10 sports. After each sport, name the part of the health related or skill related fitness to which the sport would apply.

Example: Fencing: Agility (Skill related)