Strength

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Strength Flexibility

• Revision of Strength
• Flexibility

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Static Strength

• Greatest Amount of Force Applied to an Immovable
  Object
• For Example
• Rugby Scrum
• Arm Wrestle
• Have an Arm Wrestle with the Person Next to you
  When neither of you is moving but your muscles
  are contracting this is Static Strength

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Static Strength

• The Video Clip Shows the Static Strength required
  for a Rugby Scrum
• This occurs at the Start of the Scrum before the
  Kiwis start to Move the Opposition back!

Rugby Scrum
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Explosive Strength

• Short, Sharp Movement
• For Example
• Sprinter leaving the Blocks
• Boxer Throwing a Punch
• Basketball Player Dunking

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Explosive Strength

• This Video Clip demonstrates the Explosive
  Strength required in the Legs Arms in order to
  Perform the Dunks

Basketball
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Dynamic Strength

• Supporting your Own Body Weight Over a Period of
  Time
• For Example
• Gymnastics
• Break Dancing
• The Following Video Clip Shows Extreme Dynamic
  Strength Dont Try this at Home!

Dynamic Strength
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Flexibility

• Flexibility is the Range of Movement Around a
  Joint
• Sometimes it is called SUPPLENESS
• You need to be Flexible in everyday Life and Sport

Flexibility
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Advantages of Being Flexible

• Reduces the Chance of Injury
• Prepares the Body for Sport
• Improves Body Posture
• Improved Performance
• Perform More Difficult Moves in Gymnastics
• Increase Power and Speed in Movements like
  Serving in Tennis or Shooting in Football

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Video Clip

• This Video Clip highlights the Strength and
  Flexibility required to perform Power Tumbling.
  Without a Combination of these two the Performers
  wouldnt be able to Perform the Acrobatics that
  they do!

Power Tumbling
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Types of Stretching

• Passive Stretching
• Type of stretching you Do before PE lessons where
  you hold a Static Stretch
• Active or Dynamic Stretching
• After you have done your Passive Stretch you Do
  some more Dynamic Stretches Where you Bounce a
  little to Extend the Stretch
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
  Stretching

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PNF

• Get with a Partner
• One Person Lie on your Back with One Leg in the
  Air (Straight)
• Partner pushes the Leg Until their partner says
  their hamstring is tight
• The person lying down pushes against their
  Partners Hand for the count of 10 and then
  relaxes
• Repeat this and See if you can get your leg a
  little further back and push for the Count of 15
• See Image on Next Page
• PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!

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