Skill Related

Fitness and
Health Related
1

Fitness
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Skill-Related Fitness
Total physical fitness includes:

• Health-related fitness. This is your ability to

become and stay physically healthy.

• Skill-related fitness. This is your ability to

maintain high levels of performance on the
playing field.
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There are five components of health-related

fitness:
Body composition
Cardiovascular fitness
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Flexibility
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Skill-Related Fitness
Body composition
- is the relative percentage of
body fat to lean body tissue.
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Related Fitness

Cardiovascular fitness is the ability

of your body to work continuously
for extended periods of time.

Cardiovascular fitness is sometimes

called cardiorespiratory endurance.
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness Term to Know

Muscular strength refers to Energy cost
the maximum amount of The amount
force a muscle or muscle of energy
group can exert against an needed to
opposing force. perform
different
It contributes to more physical
efficient movement and activities or
reduces your energy cost. exercise.
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Skill-Related Fitness
Muscular endurance refers to the
ability of the same muscle or muscle
group to contract for an extended
period of time without undue fatigue.

The higher your level of muscular

endurance, the lower your energy
cost.
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Related Fitness

Flexibility is the ability to move a

body part through a full range of
motion.

A moderate to high level of flexibility

is central to efficient physical
movement.
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Related Fitness
The Benefits of Flexibility
Helps
Helps reduce
reduce your
your risk
risk for
for muscle
muscle and
and bone
bone injuries.
injuries.

Improves
Improves performance
performance fitness.
fitness.
Reduces
Reduces some
some types
types of
of muscle
muscle soreness
soreness following
following physical
physical activity
activity or
or
exercise.
exercise.

Improves functional health and fitness.

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Skill-related fitness has six components:

• Agility
• Balance
• Coordination
• Speed
• Power
• Reaction time
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness

Term to Know
Agility Agility
The ability to
is the component of change and
control the
skill-related fitness that direction and
accounts for an position of the
body while
athlete’s “quick feet.” maintaining a
constant, rapid
motion.
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness Term to Know

Balance helps you maintain Balance

control while coordinating The ability
your movements. to control or
stabilize the
body while
Balance in sports depend in
standing or
large measure on
moving.
biomechanics.
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness Term to Know

Coordination
Coordination requires The ability to
using a combination of use the senses
different muscle groups to determine
and direct the
at once. movement of
Coordination can only be your limbs and
head.
sharpened with practice.
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness

Term to Know
Speed
Speed is largely
determined by heredity, The ability
speed can be increased. to move
your body,
Building muscular strength or parts of
can lead to gains in speed. it, swiftly.
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Term to Know
Power
Power is a function of The ability to
both speed and muscular move the body
strength. parts swiftly
while
Proper biomechanics can simultaneously
applying the
also enhance power by
maximum
improving your balance, force of your
coordination, and speed. muscles.
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vs. Skill-Related Fitness Term to Know

Reaction
The quicker your time
response, The ability
to react or
the better your respond
reaction time. quickly to
what you
hear, see,
or feel.
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Skill-Related Fitness, and You

Agility, coordination, and power are skill-

related components that can be improved
through practice.

Health-related fitness can be improved by

participating in many physical activities
that are not necessarily related to sports or
games.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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RECOMMENDATION
Preschool-Aged Children (3-5
years) 20

Physical Activity every day throughout

the day.

Active play through a variety of enjoyable

physical activities.
 Children and Adolescents (6-17
years) 21

60 mins (1 hour) or more of moderate-to-vigorous

intensity physical activity daily.
A variety of enjoyable physical activities.
As part of the 60 minutes, on at least 3 days a week,
children and adolescents need:
•Vigorous Activity such as running or soccer.
•Activity that strengthens muscles such as climbing or
push ups.
•Activity that strengthens bones such as gymnastics or
jumping rope.
Adults (18-64 years) 22

At least 150 minutes a week of

moderate intensity activity such as brisk
walking.
At least 2 days a week of activities
that strengthen muscles.

Aim for the recommended activity level

but be as active as you are able.
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older) 23

• At least 150 minutes a week (for example, 30

minutes a day, 5 days a week) of
moderate-intensity activity such as brisk
walking. Or they need 75 minutes a week
of vigorous-intensity activity such as hiking,
jogging, or running.
• At least 2 days a week of activities that
strengthen muscles.
• Plus activities to improve balance, such as
standing on one foot.
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Women 24

• Pregnant or postpartum women should

do at least 150 minutes (for example,
30 minutes a day, five days a week) of
moderate-intensity aerobic physical
activity per week, such as brisk
walking, during and after their
pregnancy. It is best to spread this
activity throughout the week.