Health and Skill Related Fitness – Guided Notes

Types of Fitness:

Fitness means being physically able to meet the ___________________________.

Two types of fitness:

1. _______________________
2. _______________________

Health Related Fitness:

1. Cardiovascular Fitness: _______________________________________________.

2. Muscular Strength: ______________________________________________.
3. Muscular Endurance: __________________________________________________.
4. Flexibility: __________________________________________________________.
5. Body Composition: ___________________________________________________.

Skill Related Fitness:

1. The ability to change direction quickly is: ____________.

2. The ability to maintain a stable body position is: __________.
3. The ability to move accurately and smoothly is ___________.
4. Thea ability to respond to events quickly is: ______________.
5. How quickly you can move is: ____________.
6. A combination of strength and speed is: ___________.

Fitness and Health: Knowing the difference:

 Your health is also dependent on other factors, such as a balanced

________, _________ and __________________.
 Things like ________ and _________ abuse can also have an impact on your health, even if they
do not necessarily affect your fitness.

Health Related Fitness / Cardiovascular:

 To achieve this, the _______ and ________ work together to keep the muscles supplied with
oxygen.
 Oxygen is the ____________________ to work. Therefore, the harder your muscles work, the
more oxygen they need.
Health Related Fitness / Muscular Strength:
 It is especially important in sports where you need to _______ or ________
things_____________, such as weightlifting, judo and shot putt.

 Name a few everyday activities you would use muscular strength for:

1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________

Health Related Fitness / Muscular Endurance:

 There are two types of muscles throughout our body:
 _______________ muscles are attached to the skeleton and are under your control.
 _______________ muscles work without any conscious effort from you. (e.g., he heart muscle.)

Health Related Fitness / Flexibility:

 Name and discuss the benefits that flexibility has on performance:

1. _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.

2. _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.

3. _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.

Health Related Fitness / Body Composition:

 What is the percentage of body fat healthy bodies normally contain: ______________.
 Having a high percentage of body fat can also lead to other______________ for your
cardiovascular.

Skill Related Fitness / Agility

 It is important in any activity where it is necessary to _____ and ________________ all the time,
such as soccer or field hockey.
 Name skill related movement in the sport setting requiring agility:
1. _________________________________.
 2. _________________________________.
3. _________________________________.
4. _________________________________.

Skill Related Fitness / Balance:

 The _________ of any object can be presumed to be _______________ at one point. This point is
called the __________________. (Or center of gravity).
 If an object is supported at its centre of mass (e.g., by hanging it by that point), it will
be ____________________________.

 Name four actives related to balance:

1. __________________________________.
2. __________________________________.
3. __________________________________.
4. __________________________________.

Skill Related Fitness / Coordination:

 Hand-eye coordination is important in many sports. Examples include being able to hit a ball in
tennis or shoot a bullseye in archery.
 Name 2 more sports that use coordination:
1. _____________________.
2. _____________________.

 Limb coordination allows you to be able to _________, _________, and ________.

 Coordinated movements are _________ and ___________. This helps a performer to work
effectively for longer periods.

Skill Related Fitness / Speed:

 What is the calculation to get your speed:

Skill Related Fitness / Reaction Time:

 In many activities, a performer will need _______________ as well as speed.
 Name a few reasons why you would need to have fast reaction time in sports:
1. ___________________________________________.
2. ___________________________________________.
3. ___________________________________________.
 The stimulus a performer reacts to may be ___________________________.
Skill Related Fitness / Power:
 Power is a ___________________ of ________ and _________.
 Power = __________ x ______________.

Training Methods:
 What do exercisers want to improve in:
1. _____________.
2. _____________.
3. _____________.

 Training can be defined as: __________________________________________________.

Principles of Training:
 Any program must go by the 4 principles of training. Name the RIPS acronym below:
R–

I–

P–

S–

 As well as the Principles of Training, training programs should be planned using FITT, name and
describe the FITT acronym:
F–

I–

T–

T–
Fitness Testing:
 Name all 5 of health related fitness testing:
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________