Topic 3
Health & Skill Related Fitness
Components
Learning Objectives. Ch 8
• To learn about the 5 components of health
related fitness
Success Criteria
F-G
I can list all 5 health related fitness
components
D-E
I can describe the meaning of each one
B-C
I can answer short response and multiple
choice questions on health related fitness
A*-A I can answer long response question about
health related fitness
Health, Exercise, Fitness
and Performance
You must know the definitions of these 4 key
terms
HEALTH
EXERCISE
FITNESS
PERFORMANCE
Health, Exercise, Fitness
and Performance
Exercise is any form of physical activity which
improves health and fitness
Health, Exercise, Fitness
and Performance
Health is having complete mental, physical and
social wellbeing, and is not just being free
from disease
HEALTH
Physical wellbeing
Mental wellbeing
Social wellbeing
Health, Exercise, Fitness
and Performance
Fitness is being able to meet the demands of
your environment
Everyone has a different environment and
fitness is relative
Health, Exercise, Fitness
and Performance
Performance is how well a task is completed
A good performance
A bad performance
Health Related Fitness
There are 5 components of health related
fitness:
Cardiovascular Endurance
Cardiovascular Endurance is the ability to
exercise the whole body for long periods of
time
Important in any sport
that requires you to
exercise the whole body
for long periods
• Games players
• Endurance athletes
Muscular Endurance
Muscular endurance is the ability to use
certain muscles repeatedly without getting
tired
Important in any sport that
requires you do reproduce
the same movements over
and over again.
•
Tennis player
•
Swimmer
•
Long distance runner
Strength
Strength is the amount of force than a muscle
can create against a resistance
Important when a great
force is required. E.g.
• lifting heavy weights
• A rugby player
pushing in a scrum.
• kicking a ball really
hard
Flexibility
Flexibility is the range of movement possible at
a joint
Most sports require some
degree of Flexibility
• A games player needs
flexibility when stretching /
reaching for the ball
• Gymnasts and dancers
need a massive amount of
flexibility to perform
specialist moves e.g. the
splits
Body Composition
Body composition is the percentage of the
body that is made up of muscle, fat and bone
Ectomorph
Thin
Endomorph
Fat
Mesomorph
Muscular
Body Composition
Body composition is the percentage of the
body that is made up of muscle, fat and bone
Most sports require a certain body type to be
successful
Ectomorph
Endomorph
Mesomorph
Learning Objectives. Ch 9
To learn about the 6 Skill Related Fitness Components
Success Criteria
F-G
I can list all 6 skill related fitness
components
D-E
I can describe the meaning of each one
B-C
I can answer short response and multiple
choice questions on skill related fitness
A*-A I can answer long response question about
skill related fitness
Skill Related Fitness
There are 6 components of skill related
fitness:
A
B
C
P
R
S
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction Time
speed
Speed
Speed is how quickly you can move the whole
body or a part of the body
Speed is required in most
sports
Leg speed is needed by
sprinters and games
players to sprint fast
Hand speed is needed by
Boxers to throw fast
blinding punches
Power
Power is the combination of speed and
strength in 1 movement.
The best way to think of
power is as explosive
strength
Power is required for
explosive sporting actions
•
A Tennis player hitting a
hard 150mph ace serve
•
A long jumper exploding
in to the air
Reaction Time
Reaction Time is the time in between a
stimulus and movement
Many sports require fast
reflexes
•
A sprinter needs fast
reactions to get a quick
start in a race
•
A Badminton player
needs fast reactions to
react to where the shuttle
has been hit
Balance
Balance is the ability to retain your centre of
mass over your base of support
In simple terms balance is
being able to remain stable
and not fall over
Balance is required in many
sporting actions when
turning sharply, running,
jumping and landing
Agility
Agility is the ability to rapidly change the
position of the body
Agility is required in sports
to change direction or body
position very quickly
•
Games players need
agility to turn sharply
when dribbling
•
A high jumper needs
agility to change body
position when jumping
over the bar
Coordination
Coordination is being able to coordinate what
you see with movement of the arms or legs
Hand eye coordination
•
Needed to time the
striking of the ball in
Tennis, Cricket,
Rounders, Badminton etc
Foot eye coordination
•
Needed to time the
striking of the ball in
football