Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal Born on: March 6, 1972 Occupation: Professional Basketball Player

Shaquille O'Neal was born on March 6, 1972. His nicknamed on and off the court is "Shaq". He is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), he is one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. Throughout his 18-year career, O'Neal has used his size and strength to overpower opponents for points and rebounds. After the retirement of Lindsey Hunter on March 5, 2010, O'Neal became the oldest active player in the NBA. O'Neal's individual accolades include the 199900 MVP award, the 199293 NBA Rookie of the Year award, 15 All-Star game selections, three All-Star Game MVP awards, three Finals MVP awards, two scoring titles, 14 All-NBA team selections, and three NBA All-Defensive Team selections. He is one of only three players to win NBA MVP, All-Star game MVP and Finals MVP awards in the same year (2000); the other players are Willis Reed in 1970 and Michael Jordan in 1996 and 1998. He ranks 5th all-time in points scored, 5th in field goals, 12th in rebounds, and 7th in blocks. In addition to his basketball career, O'Neal has released four rap albums, with his first, Shaq Diesel, going platinum. He has appeared in numerous films and has starred in his own reality shows, Shaq's Big Challenge and Shaq Vs. Shaquille O'Neal has to be fit in order to play basketball in a professional level. He has to maintain his physical self in order to be able to keep up with other players in the sports. I believe that he is physically fit because he is able to overpower other player in the court. In order to be given a title as one of the greatest big man in the sports, one should prove them worthy of such title and shaq definitely has proven himself because of strength and being physically fit.

Activity 3

Activity 4

Swimming Most swimming sport events are held in special competition swimming pools, which are either long course pools such as those used in the Olympic Games (50 m) or short course pools such as those used in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) (25 yards or 25 m). Competition pools have starting blocks from which the competitor can dive in, and possibly also touch-sensitive pads to electronically record the swimming time of each competitor. A meet consists of a number of events classified by age, gender, distance, and stroke. For example, Event 1: Girls 8&U 25 fly. Each event has a certain amount of heats. A heat is a group of people who swim at the same time, one person per lane, yet compete against all entries in that event. Most meets do one stroke at one time. A heat sheet tells a swimmer what they will swim and in what heat and lane. A psych sheet tells the entry position of the swimmer before the start of the meet. Larger meets, which are not national or international competitions, typically cover a three day period, usually Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Fridays are typically the longer events: 400 m/500 y free, 800 m/1000 y free, 1500 m/1650 y free, and the 400 IM. Saturdays consist half of the events and, most likely, free relays. Sundays consist of the remainder of the events and the other relays. In typical meets, swimmers are placed after swimming once in their heat, timed finals. In championship meets (international, national, state, regionals, district, and collegiate) and some other meets, the swimmers compete in preliminaries, sometimes semi-finals, and are placed after finals. Sometimes swimmers can enter time trials at a meet, to obtain new official times, but the results of time trials are not included in the official placing of the particular event at the meet. Equipment:
y y y Swimsuit Swim cap Goggles y y Kick Board Pull Buoy

Activity 6 1.) Yes, I was able to achieve my goal. I was able to achieve my goal because of my workout program and I participated in a lot of sports which also helped me achieve my goal. 2.) I am well satisfied with the result of my cardiovascular strength and I believe it is one of my strength. 3.) I am least satisfied with my flexibility. It is the lest improved category on the fitness test and I believe that it is my weakness. 4.) My favorite fitness activity is playing different sports but more specifically basketball. I like it because it helps you improve a lot if categories you want to improve such as cardio, leg strength and a lot more. 5.) Yes, the course have helped me become more physically fit by being physically fit, it can also help me to gain more knowledge in school. 6.) The activities I plan to continue in the future is jogging and weight training because I will be going to a program that requires me to be physically fit so I must maintain this workout all through my life. 7.) Be dedicated with your goals and be responsible on what you do with your life and always find time for yourself and exercise your body to remain healthy. 8.) Being physically fit helps the body in so many ways. It can help reduce the amount of fat building within our body and it can help with our brain development.