IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS Components of fitness- Starter- explain how skill and health related fitness differ.

Skill and health related fitness  Skill related fitness components are neuromuscular and focus on our ability to perform skills  Whilst health related fitness describes the physiological components that help an individual cope with everyday life.

Choose 2 different sports from the list below, then rate the 10 components of fitness needed  Gymnastics, diving, rugby, skiing, triathlon, boxing, triple jump, snooker.  5- very important  4- important  3- needed  2- not important  1- not needed

Activity survey – get out your homework!  For your survey use the information you have been given on page 17 to work out how many calories you used and your other subject used in a day.  Choose your rough body weight  110lb- 8stone  125lb- 9 stone  150lb- 11 stone  175lb- 13 stone  200lb- 14 ½ stone  Given that your calorie input is approx 1940 for women and 2550 for men is your activity level healthy or unhealthy?  Would you put on or lose weight?

Cardio respiratory fitness / aerobic capacity  Or stamina is the ability to sustain stressful physical exertion for a long period of time  Depends on-  Efficient breathing  Efficiency of blood taking up the O2 in the lungs  Efficiency of the CV system in transporting O2 throughout the body  Questions- what different test can be used?  What type of training will improve your aerobic capacity?  Place the following sports in order of expected VO2Max scores- rower, 200m swimmer, cross country skier. 400m runner, 10,000m runner

Strength  The ability to overcome a resistance and can explosive, static or dynamic.  Explosive-(or POWER) rapid contraction of muscle fibres units to achieve maximum force- sporting eg?  Static - holding a body part in a stationary position when it is contracting eg?  Dynamic- the repeated contraction of the same muscle group eg?  Question- what test could you use?  What type of training would improve strength?

Speed  The rate at which the body is moved from one place to another.  Speed can be your whole body or parts of your body- give examples of both  How might you test speed?  What is SAQ training? What does it involve?

Muscular endurance  Is the repeated contraction and relaxation of a muscle group over a prolonged period of time.  This would involve the performer working at a medium to high intensity for approx 5-6 mins.  Eg?  How might you test your muscular endurance in your arms / stomach muscles?

Flexibility  The range of movement possible at a joint.  Important for al sports as it prevents injuries and helps us perform skills more successfully.  The two types are static and dynamic- give examples of each.  How might you test flexibility?  How would you improve your flexibility?

Agility  The ability to change direction at speed.  Seen as a combination of speed and coordination.  Give 3 sporting examples with reasons why it is important.  What is the test used?  How would you improve agility through training?

Balance  Is maintaining the bodies equilibrium or maintaining your centre of mass over the base of support.  Give examples of static and dynamic balance.  How would you test balance?

Coordination  A balanced and effective interaction of the movement or body actions.  Combines your motor skills and nervous system.  Give examples of sports when coordination is vital.  How would you build up a child’s co- ordination?  How could you tests this aspect of fitness?

Reaction time  The time taken between a stimulus and response.  In what sports is RT very important?  It is affected by how quick an individual can process information and the speed of conduction of the impulse through the nerves.  It is possible to improve RT through practice.  How might you test RT?

Components of fitness  Starter-  5 min test-  Write the definitions for-  Cardio respiratory endurance  Strength  Speed  Muscular endurance  Flexibility  Power  Now check these and make corrections

Effects on health -  For each of the HRF components use your book to write notes on how they affect your health.  Use your own examples to support your notes.  HOMEWORK  Complete your work on effects of health.  Complete the activity on page 7 questions 1,2 and 3