Sports Science and The Active Leisure Industry

Components of Fitness

Health Related:

These components determine how well the performer can meet the physical demands of the sport.

Components:

• Strength
• Speed
• Aerobic Endurance
  
• Muscular Endurance
• Flexibility
• Body Composition
• Power

Health Related Components:

Strength

There are 3 Main Types of Strength: Maximum, Elastic and Strength Endurance.

Maximum Strength - “The maximum force that can be developed in a muscle or group of muscles for maximal contraction.”

Elastic Strength - “The ability to overcome resistance rapidly and prepare the muscle quickly for a sequential contraction of equal force”

Strength Endurance - “ The ability of muscle to undergo repeated contractions and withstand fatigue”

Flexibility

Flexibility is defined as the “range of movement possible about a joint”

Determined by elasticity of tendons, ligaments and the type of joint

Mostly associated with gymnastics but also remember that flexibility can lead to an increase in power and speed of muscular contraction.

Speed

Speed is “the ability to put body parts into motion quickly, or the maximum rate that a person can move over a given distance”

Mostly concerned with moving from A-B, and is generally seen as being genetic due to muscle make up, high levels of phosphocreatine or highly effective lever system.

Aerobic Endurance

Aerobic Endurance is “the ability to provide and sustain energy aerobically”

It is dependent on the ability of the…