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Abduction
Moving a limb or bone away from the body.
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Adduction
Moving a limb or bone towards the body.
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Advertising
Displaying a product, name or logo in public.
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Aerobic
'With Oxygen', when exercise is moderate and steady, the heart can supply all the oxygen the working muscles need.
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Agility
The ability to change postion of the body quickly and to control the movement of the whole body easily.
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Altitude Training
Training at a place situated between 1.8km and 3km above sea level.
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Amateur
Performer who competes for pleasure without monetary reward.
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Anaerobic
'Without oxygen' when exercising in short, fast bursts, the heart cannot supply blood and oxygen to the muscles as fast as the cells can use them, so the energy is released without oxygen present.
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Antagonist
A muscle whose action counteracts that of another muscle and so allowing movement.
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Apatheid
Official policy of racial segregation.
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Asymmetric bars
A piece of gymnastic equipment used by females with bars at different heights.
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Balance
The ability to keep the body stable whether still, moving or in a different shape by keeping the centre of gravity iver the base.
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Balanced competiton
Grouping based on size, age or experience for an even match.
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Balanced diet
Daily intake of food containing the right type and amounts of nutrients.
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Blood viscosity
Thickness of blood.
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Body Composition
The proportion of body weight that is fat, muscle and bon, normally measured in a percentage.
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Brownfield sites
Underdeveloped, derelict, contaminated or vacant areas.
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Calcium
An essential element for strong healthy bones, provided by dairy products.
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Capillaries
Blood vessels of hair-like thinness that connect the arteries with the veins.
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Carbohydrate loading
Building up carbohyrdate levels to use in edurance events.
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Cardiac Output
The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
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Cardiovascular
The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
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Cardiovasucalar endurance
The ability of the heart to provide oxygen to muscles during physical activity for a prolonged period of time.
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Cardiovascular fitness
The ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time, this is dependent on the fitness of the heart, blood and blood vessels.
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Cartilage
Tissue found at the end of the bone.
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Circuit training
A series of exercises completed in order for a certain time limit.
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Circulatory system
Transports blood around the body using the heart.
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Closed skills
Basic skills unaffected by the sporting enviroment.
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Combination events
An event where different activities make up a whole sport.
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Compound/ Open fracture
Break of a bone that pierces the skin, casuing a risk of infection.
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Concussion
Injury to the brain, caused by a blow to the head, may cause a person to temporarily lose consciousness.
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Continuous training
Aerobic exercising, at a moderate to high level, with no rests lasting for a sustained period of time.
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Coordination
The ability to perform complex moves using two or more body parts together.
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Dehydration
Extreme lack of water in the body, usually as a result of exercising in hot conditions or heavy sweating.
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Dislocation
Disturbance of the arrangement of bones so that they move out of their usual joint arrangement.
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Ectomorph
A somatotype, individuals with narrow shorlders and narrow hips characterized by thinness.
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Element
A part that contributes to the whole.
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Endomorph
A somatotype, individuals with wide hips and narrow shoulders characterized by fatness.
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Endothelium
Internal space of the blood vessels.
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Endurance
The ability to keep working over a period of time without timring of losing skill.
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Energy Drinks
Fluids containing carbohydrates.
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Ethnicity
Particular attribute or affiliration resulting from racial or cultural ties.
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Etiquette
A code of polite behaviour
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Exercise
A form of physical activity done primarily to improve one's health and physical fitness.
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Extension
Increasing the angle at a joint.
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Extrinsic feedback
External information gathered by the performer based on what is seen or heard at the time of action.
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Fartlek training
'Speed play' changing speed, distance, and times od exercise with rest in the same session.
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Fast twitch muscles fibres
Used in events requiring quick reactions and power, muscles contract rapidly providing strength and so tire quickly.
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Fatigue
Extreme tiredness and physical exhaustion.
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Fibrinogen
A protein found in blood plasma that helps clotting.
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FID
Frequency, Indentsity, Duration.
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FITT
Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type.
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Fixed practice
Repeating closed skills in the same conditionsin training.
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Flexability
Range of movement at a joint.
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Flexion
Decreasing the angle at a joint.
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Focusing
Blocking out other thoughts and concentrating on performance only.
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Friction
Action of two surfaces rubbing together creating heat.
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Gender
The sex of a person.
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Glycogen
The form in which carbohydrates are stored in the mucles and liver.
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Goodwill
Supporting a performer or sport finacially without monetary return.
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Guidance
Help and instruction given to complete a task.
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Haemoglobin
Found in red blood cells, transports blood around the body.
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Hardware
Devices and equipment that make up a computer system.
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Health
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not mearly the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Healthy, active lifestyle
A lifestyle that contibutes to physical, social and mental being that includes physical activity.
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Heart rate
The number of times the heart beats per minute.
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Hypothermia
Condition of the body when its core temprature falls below 35C.
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Individual needs
Personal requirements for training.
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Infrastructure
Basic faccilities and services for the funtioning of the community r
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Infringement
Action in a game that breaks the rules.
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Insertion
The point where a tendon attaches a muscles to bone where there is movement.
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Institute of Sport Sponsership (ISS)
Promotes the best practice in sponsereship, working closely with sports bodies, government and the media.
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Interval Training
Mixing periods of hard exercise with rest periods.
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Interinsic feedback
Internal information gathered by the performer at the time of the action about how they feel the preformance is going.
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Joint
The point where two or more joints meet.
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Knock-out tournament
Competitors where progress is depndant on winning each game played.
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Latic acid
Produced in the muscle tissues during anaerobic exercise, as a result of insufficient oxygen.
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Ladder
A competition where participents are allowed to challenge those ranked higher in order the move up the rank.
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Leisure
Free time to do what a person chooses.
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Ligament
Elastic fibres that attach bone to bone.
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Long bones
The bones that make up the longest bones in the body which make up the arms and legs.
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Main activity
Period of training competition or performance when all-out effort is applied.
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Maximum heart rate
220 minus age.
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Mental
Of the mind.
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Mental rehearsal
Going throuugh and activity in the mind.
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Mesomorph
a somatotype, indivduals with wide shoulders and narrow hips, characerized by muscularity.
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Minimum level of fitness
The resulting level of fitness over a period of weeks of three to five exercise sessions of 20 mins raising the heart rate to between 60-80 per cent of their maximum.
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Minority sports
A sport with few participants or followers.
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Moderation
Balancing training and rest.
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Modified game
A game with adapted rules, equipment and playing area based on a full game.
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Movement
In motion, could be an action like running or swinging a racket at a ball.
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Muscle definition
Muscle shape.
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Muscle tone
Muscles on a state of very slight tension, ready and waiting to be used.
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Muscular endurance
The muscles' ability to move weight over long periods of time without getting tired.
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National Healthly Schools Programme (NHSP)
An intitiative promoting te link between good health, behaviour and achievement.
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National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)
Qualifications based on the competence and that test the candidate's ability to adapt learning to the workplace.
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Obese
A term used to describe people who are very overfat.
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Open Competition
A competition inviting both proffessional and amateur performers to particepate without restrictions.
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Open Skills
Complex skills performed in constantly chnaging conditions.
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Optimum weight
Ideal weight for a person, giving them the best chance of success in an activity.
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Origin
The point where the tendon attaches the muscle to a fixed bone.
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Overfat
A person who has more body fat than is recommened for their gender and height.
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Overload
Exercising the body more than normal.
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Overuse injury
This can be caused by using a part of th body too much or by too much repetitive training.
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Overweight
Having a weight in excess of normal. Can be muscles.
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Oxygen debt
The amount og oxygen consumed during recovery above that which would have been consumed in the same time at rest.
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Part practice
Completing part of a complex action in training.
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Pastoral Care
Following policies and procedures in order to look after the welfare of young people.
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Pay-per-view
Extra sporting events, bought individually by the viewer and avaliable only via subscription.
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Performance
How well a task is completed.
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Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
A subject providing learning opportunities for students to develop the knowledge and skills for use as a responsible member of society.
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Personal Training Programme (PTP)
Training designed specificcally for one individual.
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PESSCL (2003- 2008)
Pyhsical Education, School Sport and Club Links, a statergy by the government managed by the Youth Sports trust to increase sporting opportunities for 5-16year olds.
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PESSYP (2008+)
Physical Education and sport stratergy for Young People. The PESSCL's new name.
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Physical
Of the body.
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Physical Activity Policy
An initiative for schools to promote physical activity.
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Posture
THe way the muscles hold the body.
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Power
The ability to apply strength and speed in an action.
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Prime mover
Contracting muscle that cause movement.
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Principles of training
Ideas behind effects of training.
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Professional
Performer playing and training full-time for financial reward.
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Progression
Gradually increasing the stresses put on the body.
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Protect
Guard against threat.
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Qualifying rounds
A competition where a standard must be reached to allow the performer to go to the next stage of the competition.
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Reaction time
The time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of a movement.
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Recovery rate
The time it takes for the the heart and metabolism to return to its resting rate.
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Recreation
Time to relax and do something active.
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Regularity
Repeating exercise sessions in a week to bring improved fitness.
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Resting heart rate
Number of heart beats when the body is at rest.
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Reversability
When training stops, any gain of the activity is lost.
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RICE
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elavation.
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Rotation
Movement in a circular fashion.
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Round Robin
A competition where all teams in a group play each other.
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Satellite TV
Programmes available to those who purchase a reciever and pay a subscription.
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Shape
Form or outline.
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Simple or closed fracture
Break of a bone when the skin is not broken.
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Skeleton
The arrangement of 206 bones of the human body.
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Skin-fold calliper
Equipment used to measure a fold of skin with its underlying layer of fat.
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Slow twitch muscle fibres
Muscle fibres required in edurance events.
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Social
To do with the community or society
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Software
Programmes and applications that run on a computer.
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Somatotypes
Classification of the body type.
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Specificity
Matching training to the needs of the physical activity or the muscle groups needed.
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Speed
The fastest rate at which an individual is able to perform a moverment or cover a distance in a period of time.
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Sponsorship
Backing perfromers finacially in return for advertising a product.
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Strength
The ability of muscles to apply force and overcome resisitance.
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Stress
A state of mental or emotional strain leading to anxiety and nervous tension.
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Stoke volume
The amount of blood pumped out of the heart by each ventricle during one contration.
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Synovial joints
Freely movable joints with end covered in cartilage.
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Systematic training
Planning a programme for an individual as a result of the effect of previous training.
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Target zones
The range within an individual needs to work for aerobic training to take place. (60-80%)
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Tendon
Attaches a bone to a muscle
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Terrestrial TV
Programmes available to everyone with a television set and lisence.
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Throwing cage
A secure enclosure around a throwing area.
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Timing
The ability to judge the time and place of an object's arrival and then select plan and exucute appropriate movements.
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Training
A planned programme which uses scientific principles to improve performance, skill, game ability and motor and physical fitness.
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Training zones
Working abover 80% of the maximum heart rate (Anaerobic threshold)
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Trends
Current fad or fashion
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UKCC
UK Coaching Certificate
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UK Sport
A body responsible for managing and ditributing public investment and proceeds from the national lottery, aiming to lead world class success.
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Valves
Openings allowing blood flow in one direction, found in the heart and veins.
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Variable Practice
Performing whole skills in changing conditions in training.
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Visualize
Create a positive mental pictures of the successful attempt prior to actual exercution.
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VO2 Max
Maximum amount of oxygen the body can take.
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Volentary Muscles
Skeletal muscles, attached to the skeleton, work consciously by the brain.
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Vulnerable
Being exsposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
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Warm-down
Exercises after the main activity which gradually bring the body's systems back to near resting state.
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Warm-up
Exercises that gradually put stresses on the body to prepare it for the main activity.
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Weight Training
Proggressively lifting heavier weights to improve strength or lifting weights more often and for longer to improve muscular endurance.
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Whole practice
Repeating the complete action in training.
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Whole School Food Policy (WSFP)
A Government initiative showing the importance of eating the correct food and how it has a bearing on health and well-being.
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