Skill Related Components of Fitness

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Skill Related Components of Fitness
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Homework Check

• Collect in completed worksheets
• Test on definitions

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Skill Related Fitness ComponentsPrint these out
for your file

• Agility
• Balance
• Co-ordination
• Speed of Reaction
• Timing

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• AGILITY - is the ability to change direction,
  turn, stop and start quickly a
• agility is also inherited in terms of the
  flexibility of your joints and your body
  composition.

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• BALANCE - similar to co-ordination, balance is
  also to do with controlling body movement.
  Retaining balance when moving or even standing
  still .

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• CO-ORDINATION - is the control over your
  movements and the ability to be able to link
  movements together effectively and easily.

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• Speed of Reaction the ability to respond to a
  stimulus quickly.

A persons speed of reaction can be split into
two areas
Reaction Time Movement Time
Reaction Time the time taken to process the
information from the initial stimulus. i.e. to
hear the starters gun and send a message to the
muscles to start moving Movement time The time
taken to complete the movement ie the sprint
start movements Response time Reaction time
Movement time.
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• Timing- being able to perform skills at the
  correct time to make them as effective as
  possible.
• For example
• Passing a ball at the correct time to allow
  another player to score
• A diver opening out from a tuck position to
  perform a streamlined entry into the water.

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Homework

• Download and complete the worksheet from the PE
  Website. Bring it to next lesson
• Learn the definitions for the 5 components of
  Fitness ready for a test next lesson.
• Extension Work Follow the links on the worksheet
  to find out more about these components