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Name ________________________________________________ Date _________________ Class Period ___________ Fitness Zone Online Health & Skill Related Fitness1 Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Components of Skill-Related Fitness Health ComponentsSkill Components Cardiovascular Fitness Muscular Strength and Endurance Flexibility Body Composition Agility Balance Power Speed Coordination Reaction Time Fitness is a condition in which an individual has sufficient energy to avoid fatigue and enjoy life. Physical fitness is divided into four health and six skill-related components. Skill- or performance-related fitness involves skills that will enhance one’s performance in athletic or sports events. Health-related fitness involves skills that enable one to become and stay physically healthy. Six Components of Skill-Related Fitness There are six skill-related fitness components: agility, balance, coordination, speed, power, and reaction time. Skilled athletes typically excel in all six areas. • Agility is the ability to change and control the direction and position of the body while maintaining a constant, rapid motion. For example, changing directions to hit a tennis ball. • Balance is the ability to control or stabilize the body when a person is standing still or moving. For example, in-line skating. • Coordination is the ability to use the senses together with body parts during movement. For example, dribbling a basketball. Using hands and eyes together is called hand-eye coordination. • Speed is the ability to move your body or parts of your body swiftly. Many sports rely on speed to gain advantage over your opponents. For example, a basketball player making a fast break to perform a lay- up, a tennis player moving forward to get to a drop shot, a football player out running the defense to receive a pass. Health & Skill Related Fitness—Activity 4 What term refers to the ability to react or respond quickly to what you hear see or feel?Reaction time: The ability to react or respond quickly to what one hears, sees, or feels. •
When a player changes directions rapidly to hit a tennis ball what ability is best applied?Skilled athletes typically excel in all six areas. Agility is the ability to rapidly and accurately change the direction of the body. Agility is important in sports such as tennis which requires players to change direction quickly to hit the ball.
Is the ability to move your body or parts of your body swiftly for example a basketball player making a fast break to perform a lay up?Speed is the ability to move your body or parts of your body swiftly. Many sports rely on speed to gain advantage over opponents. For example, a Basketball player making a fast break to perform a lay-up, a tennis player moving forward to get to a drop shot, a football player running the defense to receive a pass.
What fitness component refers to a person's ability to move fast and when combined with strength it will provide power and force Brainly?Speed. Speed refers to a person's ability to move fast. Speed. combined with strength will provide power and force. This is a skill-related component of physical fitness.
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