Fitness

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Fitness

• General
• Specific
• Muscular Strength
• Flexibility

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General Fitness

• Factors affecting Fitness
• Age
• Sex
• Somatotype
• Strength
• Power
• Flexibility
• Endurance
• Speed
• Individual needs to be in good health and be
  able to carry out everyday tasks comfortably

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Specific Fitness

• Required for Specific Activities or if you are
  playing at a high level
• You need a good level of general fitness before
  working on specific fitness
• Training would improve
• Strength
• Flexibility
• Endurance
• Speed
• Agility

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Factors affecting Specific Fitness

• Physical Handicap
• Illness, Injury or Medical Conditions
• Diet
• Drugs, Alcohol Smoking
• Weight, Height Somatotype
• Stress Pressure of Competition
• Type of Training

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Task

• Make a list of 5 activities which only require a
  general fitness level
• Make a list of 5 activities which require a
  Specific fitness level
• Choose 1 Sport and List the Types of Specific
  Fitness Required

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Muscular Strength

• 3 types of Strength
• Static Strength
• Explosive Strength
• Dynamic Strength

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Static Strength

• Force applied to an Immovable Object
• Arm Wrestling requires Static Strength
• Rugby Scrum because two teams push against each
  other

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Explosive Strength

• Short Sharp Burst of Movement
• Sprinting at the Starting Block is Explosive
  strength