LESSON 32 – BODY SHAPE (SAMATOTYPES) AND INFLUENCE ON SPORT

INTRODUCTION – WHATEVER YOUR SHAPE, MOST PEOPLE CAN TAKE PART IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES WHO RUN THE LONDON MARATHON. BODY SHAPE CAN BE GROUPED INTO THREE BASIC TYPES. MANY SPORTS REQUIRE A CERTRAIN BODY SHAPE. INTRODUCTION – WHATEVER YOUR SHAPE, MOST PEOPLE CAN TAKE PART IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES WHO RUN THE LONDON MARATHON. BODY SHAPE CAN BE GROUPED INTO THREE BASIC TYPES. MANY SPORTS REQUIRE A CERTRAIN BODY SHAPE.

YOUR NATURAL PHYSIQUE – SOMATOTYPE YOUR NATURAL PHYSIQUE – SOMATOTYPE ENDOMORTH – FATNESS ENDOMORTH – FATNESS MESOMORTH – MUSCULARITY MESOMORTH – MUSCULARITY ECTOMORPH – LIEARITY (THINNESS) ECTOMORPH – LIEARITY (THINNESS) A SCORE OUT OF 7 WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES A SCORE OUT OF 7 WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES FATNESS – 2 FATNESS – 2 MUSCULARITY-6 MUSCULARITY-6 LINEARITY-2 LINEARITY – GOOD SOMATOTYPE FOR SPORTS PEOPLE – GOOD SOMATOTYPE FOR SPORTS PEOPLE LOOK AT SOMATO CHART TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT SPORTS PEOPLE ARE RATED. LOOK AT SOMATO CHART TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT SPORTS PEOPLE ARE RATED.

SO THEY LOOK LIKE…

TASK TAKE THROWERS, WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY MESOMORPHIC ENDOMORPHS. THIS MEANS THEIR HIGHEST RATING IS IN MESOMORPHY (MUSCLE) AND THEIR SECOND HIGHEST RATING IS IN ENDOMORPHY (FAT). TAKE THROWERS, WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY MESOMORPHIC ENDOMORPHS. THIS MEANS THEIR HIGHEST RATING IS IN MESOMORPHY (MUSCLE) AND THEIR SECOND HIGHEST RATING IS IN ENDOMORPHY (FAT). OHP AND HANDOUTS OHP AND HANDOUTS GROUPS OF 3 FOR PRACTICAL GROUPS OF 3 FOR PRACTICAL FILL IN PROFILE SHEET FILL IN PROFILE SHEET HEIGHT, WEIGHT, SKIN FOLDS HEIGHT, WEIGHT, SKIN FOLDS BONE AND MUSCLE GIRTH BONE AND MUSCLE GIRTH THEN USE TABLES TO FIND SOMATOTYPE – AND PLOT THEN USE TABLES TO FIND SOMATOTYPE – AND PLOT

HOMEWORK DO TABLE TO SHOW DIFFERENT SOMATOTYPES IN DIFFERENT SPORTS – AT LEAST 5 IN EACH DO TABLE TO SHOW DIFFERENT SOMATOTYPES IN DIFFERENT SPORTS – AT LEAST 5 IN EACH