1. S3 Homework Questions: The Body No.5

2. 1. Which of the following statements are true and which are false. Aspects of FitnessTrueFalse Stamina is best improved by running short distances Flexibility gives a wide range of movement in a joint Speed is needed to keep muscles working for a long time Strength is developed by lifting light weights many times

3. 1. Which of the following statements are true and which are false. Aspects of FitnessTrueFalse Stamina is best improved by running short distances x Flexibility gives a wide range of movement in a joint x Speed is needed to keep muscles working for a long time x Strength is developed by lifting light weights many times x

4. 2. Name two training methods that you would use to improve cardio- respiratory endurance Method 1: Method 2:

5. 2. Name two training methods that you would use to improve cardio- respiratory endurance Method 1: Butterfly Training Method 2: Fartlek Training

6. 3. Improving your muscular endurance can make you a better performer. Choose an activity, from this activity name a skill/technique which needs muscular endurance. Activity: Skill/Technique: Explain why muscular endurance is needed for this skill/technique: Name one fitness exercise that you could use to develop your muscular endurance for this skill/technique

7. 3. Improving your muscular endurance can make you a better performer. Choose an activity, from this activity name a skill/technique which needs muscular endurance. Activity: Badminton Skill/Technique: Movement on court Explain why muscular endurance is needed for this skill/technique: In badminton you require good muscular endurance to be able to move forward to the net to play shots as well as to reach up and play overhead shots repeatedly during games. Name one fitness exercise that you could use to develop your muscular endurance for this skill/technique: Circuit training is an effective way of improving muscular endurance, specifically burpees and step ups.

8. 4. Read the four statements below and tick the two which are correct. StatementTick Strength helps a performer to lift heavy weights Strength helps joints to stretch as far as possible Strength is needed to be a good table tennis umpire Strength can be improved by weight training

9. 4. Read the four statements below and tick the two which are correct. StatementTick Strength helps a performer to lift heavy weights x Strength helps joints to stretch as far as possible Strength is needed to be a good table tennis umpire Strength can be improved by weight training x

10. 5. Name an activity where strength is important and explain how improving strength would help your performance in this activity. Activity: Explanation:

11. 5. Name an activity where strength is important and explain how improving strength would help your performance in this activity. Activity: Rugby Explanation: Strength is important in rugby to hold a scrum. Improving strength would allow the scrum to stay steady and may even allow a chance to drive the scrum forward.

12. S3 Homework Questions: The Body No.6

13. 1. Place a tick next to the two activities in which speed is important 75m hurdles Mountaineering 25m Front Crawl Marathon

14. 1. Place a tick next to the two activities in which speed is important 75m hurdles x Mountaineering 25m Front Crawl x Marathon

15. 2. Name a training exercise to improve speed. Exercise:

16. 2. Name a training exercise to improve speed. Exercise: Speed Interval Training.

17. 3. Describe how you performed this exercise. Exercise:

18. 3. Describe how you performed this exercise. Exercise: Will be using anaerobic energy for the exercise. Sprinting for 5 seconds and recovering for 20 seconds. Repeat over a period of time.

19. 4. Choose an individual and a team activity, describe how important speed helped you performance. Individual activity: How speed helped: Team activity: How speed helped:

20. 4. Choose an individual and a team activity, describe how important speed helped you performance. Individual activity: Table Tennis How speed helped: When playing a forehand smash, the quicker my arm is brought forward gives more power for the shot played. Team activity: Football How speed helped: In the winger position in football, speed helped me to get free from the defenders.

21. 5. Choose a team activity and name a skill/technique where flexibility around the hip is important. Team activity: Skill/technique: What does flexibility around the hip allow you to do when performing this skill/technique:

22. 5. Choose a team activity and name a skill/technique where flexibility around the hip is important. Team activity: Skill/technique: What does flexibility around the hip allow you to do when performing this skill/technique:

23. 6. Choose a individual activity and name a skill/technique where flexibility around the shoulder is important. Individual activity: Skill/technique: What does flexibility around the shoulder allow you to do when performing this skill/technique:

24. 6. Choose a individual activity and name a skill/technique where flexibility around the shoulder is important. Individual activity: Swimming Skill/technique: Backstroke What does flexibility around the shoulder allow you to do when performing this skill/technique: The flexibility in the shoulder produces a wide range of movement during the backstroke, this will help to make the stroke more effective.

25. 7. Give reasons why you may include jogging and stretching in your warm up Reasons for jogging: Reasons for stretching:

26. 7. Give reasons why you may include jogging and stretching in your warm up Reasons for jogging: Jogging is important in a warm up to help increase your pulse rate by raising your blood flow to the muscles. After this your body temperature should have increased. Reasons for stretching: Completing stretches on the major muscle groups should help make the muscles more supple and reduce the risk of pulling a muscle.

27. 8. The final part of the warm up may involve practicing skills, describe what you did to practice skills as part of the warm up for an activity of your choice. Explain why practicing skills in your warm up was important:

28. 8. The final part of the warm up may involve practicing skills, describe what you did to practice skills as part of the warm up for an activity of your choice. Skill specific practices for basketball would be to practice dribbling and doing a few lay up shots for a few minutes. Explain why practicing skills in your warm up was important: Practicing skills in warm up should make you more familiar with some of the performance skills required for the activity.