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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