Components of fitness
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- Created on: 12-09-19 11:59
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- Components of fitness
- Agility- The ability to change the body position quickly under control
- Balance- Being able to maintain a position, either static or dynamic
- Coordination- The ability to use two body parts at the same time
- Reaction- The time it takes to respond to a stimulus
- Cardiovascular endurance- Allows you to work for long periods of time with the lungs, heart and blood working efficiently to supply oxygen to the muscles. Needed for e.g football, netball and swimming
- Flexibility- The range of movement around a joint, demonstrated in activites such as bowling in cricket, gymnastics and karate
- Muscular endurance- The ability of your muscles to work continuously without getting tired used in activities such as climbing, long distance running and cycling
- Power- Refers to being able to perform strength movements at speed and includes boxing, shot put and smash shots in tennis
- Speed- The ability to perform a movement quickly over a distance, such as 100m sprint or throwing a rounders ball to a base
- Strength- The ability to exert the maximum amount of force oil one go, this can either be explosive, such as a weightlifter lifting a maximum amount in one attempt, or static, such as rugby players in a scrum pushing against the other team
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