Lifetime activites

Physical Activity

• Any type of movement– Exercise – Chores– Sports– Recreational

Lifestyle Activities

• Physical activity that is part of the normal day, that promote good health throughout a lifetime– Dog walking– Basketball league– Running

Choosing Activities

• Physical Condition

• Injuries

• Age

• Variety

• Weather

Skill related fitness

Six Components

1. Agility

• The ability to control the body’s movements and to change body position quickly

• Test: 5-10-5 shuttle– 3 lines, 5 yards apart– Person starts over top the center line, clock

starts on person 1st movement. – Run 5 yards right, then 10 yards left, then 5

yards right again

START

FINISH

Improving agility

Agility ladder

2. Balance

• Ability to stay up right either on one or two feet, either still or moving

• Ways to improve:– Standing on one foot, with a variety of

positions – Without shoes is harder– Medicine balls

3. Coordination

• An organized working together of muscles and groups of muscles aimed at bringing about a purposeful movement.

4. Speed

• How fast a person can move over a given area in a certain amount of time– Test: 40 yard dash

• Ted Ginn Jr. (4.06) • Bo Jackson (4.14) • Deion Sanders (4.17) • Don Beebe (4.21) • Michael Jordan (4.3)

4. Speed

• Stride frequency:– Sled, parachutes, slight decline

• Stride length:– High speed up hill running

5. Reaction Time

• How quickly a person responds to a given stimulus

• Test: Yard stick drop

• Improvement:– Ball toss or drop (miracle) – Voice or whistle commands

6. Power

• Force x Acceleration

• Test:– Standing long jump– Vertical jump test– Medicine ball toss

• Improving:– Polymeric exercise

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