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People who possess these skills find it easy to achieve high levels of performance in motor skills, such as those required in sports. 3
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HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness 5
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness: Directly associated with good health. Body composition: prevention of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes etc. Flexibility: prevention of back pain and muscle injuries. Strength: prevent back and posture problems. Muscle endurance: promote daily living functionality. Cardiovascular endurance: prevention of heart disease. 6 Moderate amount of each component of health-related fitness has a direct relationship to good health and reduced risk for disease.
Example: dribbling a soccer ball with your feet, dribbling a hockey ball with a hockey stick, quickly changing direction on a netball court etc. 7
Example: gymnast on a balance beam, water skiing, jumpers in a rugby lineout etc. 8
Quicker = better. Slow = poor reaction time skills Example: starting a sprint race, catching a ball etc. 9
Example: 40m sprint, soccer playing sprinting to receive the ball etc. 10
Hand-eye co-ordination: juggling, tennis, volleyball etc. Foot-eye co-ordination: soccer, football etc. 11
Example: throwing a discus, shot-put, jumping is basketball etc. 12
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness Athlete = relatively low body fat percentage. High body fat = poor performance. 13
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness Good flexibility = reduced risk of injury. Poor flexibility = greater risk for injury.
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness A fit person can sustain long periods of exercise without fatigue. Fit athlete = good performance. Unfit athlete = poor performance. 15
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness A fit person can repeat movements for a long period of time without fatigue.
HEALTH-RELATED components of fitness Greater strength = greater power. = reduced risk for injury. 17
1.Define: a.Fitness. 3 2.The components of fitness are broken up into two different categories: a.Name these two categories, and explain the difference between the two. 6 b.Which of these two is more applicable to sport and why? 3 c.List, under the correct category, all the components of fitness that fall into these two categories. 11 d.Define each component of fitness For each skill-related component of fitness, name 3 sports in which that component of fitness is important, and give examples of specific actions in those sports