Components of fitness
- Created by: Ro
- Created on: 05-04-13 11:10
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- components of fitness
- Strength
- Dynamic: The strenght someone needs to support their body weight for a prolonged time or apply a force against object
- Explosive: Strength used in one short, sharp, burst or movement
- Static: Greatest amount of strength applied to an immovable object
- Test: Hand Grip Dynamometer
- Speed
- Combination of reaction time and movement time
- You can improve it by improving strength but some factors are inherent-fast twitch fibres
- Power
- Maximum amount of speed and strength
- Can be improved through strength training
- Test: Standing broad jump and vertical jump
- Cardiovascular endurance
- Can be improved through training
- Test: Bleep test
- Flexibility-the range of movement around a joint
- Increased flexibilty can:
- Make a performance more effective and efficient
- Reduce the chances of injury
- Improve posture
- Test: sit and reach
- Increased flexibilty can:
- Skill-related factors of fitness
- Agility
- Combination of flexibily and speed and the ability to quickly change direction
- Test: Illinois agility test
- Balance
- To maintain a given posture in static and dynamic situations and to be able to stay level and stable
- Test: Stork stand
- Co-Ordination
- The ability to link all parts of movement into one efficient movement and the ability to control the body during physical activity
- Test: Alternate hand throw
- Reaction time
- Time taken for the body to respond to a stimulus
- Simple reaction time-reacting to something as it happens
- Choice reaction time-when you choose when to react
- Test: ruler drop test
- Time taken for the body to respond to a stimulus
- Timing
- The ability to coincide movements in relation to external factors
- Agility
- Strength
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