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Worksheet
Week 4- Measurement and Monitoring Fitness
Performance.
Why do we conduct fitness tests?
How do we know what tests to conduct?
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Fill in the table.

Fitness Component
Muscular Power

Muscular Strength

Muscular Endurance

Agility

Co-ordination

Dominant energy system

Fitness Test

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Body Composition

Reaction Time

Speed

Aerobic Fitness

Flexibility

Balance

REVISIONAnalysing energy demands in sport.Example: A profesional soccer game

consists of two halves of 45 minutes. However, it is not appropriate to simply state that a
total time frame of 90 minutes activity means the aerobic energy system is dominant.
Soccer like most team sports is charaterised

Energy System

Game Play Examples

ATP-CP system

Activities that consist of short high intensity efforts <10seconds:

Lactic acid system

Longer intense efforts ranging from 20 seconds to 1 min:

Repeated, short, intense efforts with low work-rest ratio (minimal recover)

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Oxygen system

Longer, less intense periods of play:

Active recovery periods between high intensity efforts:

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