Evaluating Your Skill-Related

Fitness
 The skill-related components
 Coordination
 Agility
 Speed
 Power
 Equilibrium (Balance)
 Reaction Time
 Why Skill-related Fitness Is
Important
 Achieving good levels of skill-related
fitness can help you perform in a variety of
sports.
 Each sport requires different combinations
of fitness components. Training to
improve these components is very
specific.
 Unless you are a highly trained athlete, it
is not likely that you will achieve a high
level in all skill-related components.
 Why Skill-related Fitness Is
Important
 Knowing your skill level can help you
select a sport or lifetime activity best
suited to your skills.
 Remember: You can achieve a high level
of physical fitness without being highly
successful in skill-related fitness.
 Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Coordination – the
ability to use the
senses to produce
smooth and accurate
movements.
 Examples: golf,
tennis, football,
baseball & basketball
 Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Agility – the ability to
maintain control of the
body while changing
direction.
 Examples: soccer,
basketball & tennis
Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Speed – the ability to
move quickly from
one point to another.
 Examples: sprinting
in track, football,
running bases
 Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Power – the ability to
combine strength and
speed in a movement.
 Examples: volleyball,
football, jumping
 Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Equilibrium
(Balance) – the ability
to maintain control of
your body while
stationary or moving.
 Examples: skiing,
skating, gymnastics
 Understanding the Skill-related
Components
 Reaction Time – the
time required to start
a movement after
being alerted to the
need to move.
 Examples: track,
swimming, baseball,
soccer
 Factors Determining Your Skill-
related Fitness
 Heredity
 The skill-related components are
influenced by heredity.
 “Natural Athletes” – benefited from
inherited characteristics
 Other people seem to find a way to
achieve in spite of natural ability through
determination, desire and “heart”.
 Factors Determining Your Skill-
related Fitness
 Practice
 Learning a skill takes practice.
 Even if you are already polished at a skill,
practice will lead to even greater success.
 Factors Determining Your Skill-
related Fitness
 Specific Training
 The key to effective practice sessions is to
work on specific skills.
 In addition to performing the skill itself,
your practice should include drills specific
to the skill.
 Evaluating Skill-related Fitness
 Coordination – Alternate hand wall toss
 Agility – Zigzag run
 Speed – 50 yard dash
 Power – Standing long jump
 Equilibrium (Balance) – One foot stand
 Reaction Time – Yardstick test