1. Year 10 GCSE PE
Components of Fitness

2. Learning Objectives
To learn what Health, Exercise, Fitness and Performance
To learn about the health-related and skill-related components of fitness.
To learn how these components of fitness can be tested.

3. Starter Try define the following
Health
Exercise
Fitness
Performance

4. Health
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Its not just the absence of disease but the positive state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing. Improved by regular exercise and a active lifestyle.

5. Exercise
A form of physic al activity done to maintain or improve health an/or physical fitness. Health problems reduced by exercising, like heart disease, high blood pressure and back pain. Relieves stress and tension through distraction from everyday life. Improves fitness levels.

6. Fitness
The ability to meet the demands of the environment. Such as sports, work, school, college and home.

7. Performance
How well a task is completed. Players at every level must exercise to keep fit and enhance performance.

8. Components of Health Related Exercise
Cardiovascular fitness
Muscular endurance
Flexibility
Muscular strength
Body Composition

9. Components of Skill Related Fitness
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction time
Speed

10. Activity 2 Components of Fitness Video Clips
Watch the following video clips and think about what component of health related fitness the different athletes are using within their sport.
How do you know it is that component of fitness?

11. Activity 3
In pairs
Write down the most important component of health related exercise and skill related fitness for your sporting position.
What methods of training could they use to improve the components?

12. Activity  POWER STRENGTH REACTION TIME SPEED CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE
The ability to do strength performances quickly (power = strength x
speed)
POWER
STRENGTH
Ability of muscles or muscle group to overcome a resistance
REACTION
TIME
The time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of a
Movement
SPEED
The differential rate at which an individual is able to perform a
movement or cover a distance in a period of time.
CARDIOVASCULAR
ENDURANCE
BALANCE
Ability to maintain body’s position above the centre of gravity.
The ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time.
AGILITY
The ability to change the position of the body quickly and to control the
movement of the whole body.
COORDINATION
The ability to use two or more body parts together.
FLEXIBILTY
The range of movement possible at a joint.

13. Testing Components of Fitness
Cardiovascular Fitness
Cooper 12
Minute Run
Coordination
Three Ball Juggle
Reaction Time
Ruler Drop Test
Flexibility
Sit and Reach Test
Speed
30 Metre Sprint

14. Testing Components of Fitness
Muscular Strength
Hand Grip Test
Illinois Agility Test
Agility
Balance
Standing Stork Test
Muscular Endurance
Power
One Minute
Sit Up Test
Sergeant Jump Test

15. Cooper 12 Minute Run
This test tests how far an athlete can run in 12 minutes.
You can also use the Treadmill Test and the Harvard Step test to test cardiovascular endurance.

16. Ruler Drop Test
A 30cm ruler is held above the hand of the athlete being tested.
It will then be dropped and the athlete has to quickly respond and catch the ruler.
A measurement is then taken at the point where the ruler has been caught.

17. Sit and Reach Test A sit and rest box is used.
Athletes put their feet against the box, and keeping their legs flat on the floor, reach forward as far as they can.
A measurement is then taken.

18. Hand Grip Test A hand dynamometer is used in this test.
Athlete start with the hand dynamometer by their side, grip it as hard as they can and bring it up to shoulder height.
A measurement is then taken.

19. Illinois Agility Test
The athlete is timed on how quick they can complete the test.
They must be able to change direction quickly and efficiently.

20. Standing Stork Test
The athlete will stand on one leg, the other leg will rest on the standing leg.
Athletes will then be timed on how long they can stand without putting their foot down.

21. Harvard Step Test
The athlete steps up and down on the step at a rate of 30 steps per minute (every two seconds) for 5 minutes or until exhaustion.
Pulse rate is measured every 3 minutes after the test.

22. Sergeant Jump Test
The athlete stands side on to the wall, keeping both feet remaining on the ground, reaches up as high as possible with one hand and marks the wall with the tips of the fingers.
The athlete from a static position jumps as high as possible and marks the wall with the chalk on his fingers.
Distance between the two marks is measured.

23. Exam Q’s Coordination is: A How well a task is completed
B The ability to use two or more body parts together
C The ability to change position quickly and with control
D Working together as a team

24. Exam Q’s

25. Exam Q’s

26. Homework Complete exam questions .
Hand in next lesson (Monday 17th September).