Skill Related Fitness and

Health Related Fitness

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Health-Related Fitness vs. 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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Health-Related Fitness
There are five components of health-
related fitness:

Body composition
Cardiovascular fitness
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Flexibility
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Health-Related Fitness vs. 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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Health-Related Fitness
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Term to Know
Muscular strength refers to Energy cost
the maximum amount of The amount of
force a muscle or muscle energy needed
to perform
group can exert against an different physical
opposing force. activities or
exercise.

It contributes to more efficient

movement and reduces your
energy cost.

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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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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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Health-Related Fitness vs. Skill-
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
Improves functional
functional health
health and
and fitness.
fitness.
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Skill-Related Fitness
Skill-related fitness has six components:
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Speed
Power
Reaction time

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

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Health-Related Fitness
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Term to Know
Balance
Balance helps you maintain
The ability to
control while coordinating your
control or
movements. stabilize the body
while standing or
moving.

Balance in sports depend in

large measure on biomechanics.

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Term to Know
Coordination
Coordination requires using a
The ability to use
combination of different muscle the senses to
groups at once. determine and
direct the
movement of
your limbs and
Coordination can only be head.

sharpened with practice.

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Health-Related Fitness
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Term to Know
Speed
Speed is largely determined by
heredity, speed can be increased. The ability to
move your body,
or parts of it,
swiftly.

Building muscular strength can

lead to gains in speed.

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Term to Know
Power
Power is a function of both The ability to
speed and muscular strength. move the body
parts swiftly
while
simultaneously
Proper biomechanics can also applying the
enhance power by improving maximum force
of your muscles.
your balance, coordination, and
speed.

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

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Health-Related Fitness,
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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