5 Health and Skill Related Components of Fitness
5 Health and Skill Related Components of Fitness
5 Health and Skill Related Components of Fitness
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Physical fitness is important in establishing and maintaining total body
health. Physical fitness has a number of components which contribute to
total body fitness. These components can be grouped into health related
components and skill related components.
Health Related Components are related to our personal health and can
reduce the event of lifestyle diseases occurring such as heart disease,
obesity, and diabetes. The health related components are:- Cardiorespiratory Endurance
- Muscular Strength
- Muscular Endurance
- Flexibility
- Body Composition
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Health related fitness components respond positively to physical
exercise. For example, exercise can help us lose weight, improve
muscle tone and assist in prevention of lower back pain. However,
exercise should not be considered in isolation. Other factors such
as heredity, environment, nutrition and lifestyle practices all
contribute to total body health.
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Skill Related Components are related to sports performance and the
ability to execute activities. The skill related components are:- Power
- Agility
- Coordination
- Balance
- Reaction Time
- Speed
An improvement in health-related fitness components improves personal
health and lifestyle including lowering the risk of hypokinetic disease.
Hypokinetic diseases is a term given to modern lifestyle diseases
associated with inactivity.
These include condition such as: heart disease, obesity, high blood
pressure, insomnia, diabetes and depression
Component
Definition
Important in
Suitable test
Cardiorespiratory
endurance
Multistage fitness
test
1.6km run
Step test
Muscular strength
Weightlifting,
gymnastics, rugby
Dynamometers
1 RM tests
Muscular endurance
Cycling, cross-country
running, skiing,
rowing
Sit-up test
Push-up test
Flexibility
Most sports
Sit-and-reach test
Body composition
BMI
Skinfold tests
Power
Running, throwing,
jumping
Agility
Team sports
Coordination
All sports
Balance
All activities
Stork stand
Reaction time
Ruler test
Speed
50m sprint
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
15 minute challenge: You have 15 minutes to put together a PowerPoint
presentation on your component of fitness you have selected. Your
PowerPoint can be no longer than 4 slides.
And can only go for 5 minutes.
You must cover the following areas:
1) Define component and any key terms.
2) Outline its importance to health/impact on body
3) Describe the fitness test
4) Outlines ratings for given fitness test (ie. What constitutes
poor/fair/average/good/excellent)
COMPONENTS OF
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Critical Inquiry
1.Define the term fitness.
2. Based on this definition, rate your level of
fitness.
3.Explain the reasons for the rating you gave.
4.Describe the factors that influence your
current level of fitness.
5.Examine the possible roles that the healthrelated and skill-related physical fitness
components play in movement efficiency. Use
examples to explain your answer.