Components of Skill-Related physical fitness • Dribbling a basketball

Recreation • Using hands and eyes together is called hand-

• Recreational activities are those activities held eye coordination
during one’s leisure time. Their purpose is to Speed
refresh oneself by doing activities that are The ability to move your body or parts of your body
considered by an individual as enjoyable. swiftly. Many sports rely on speed to gain advantage
Fitness over your opponents.
• It is a condition in which individual has Example:
sufficient energy to avoid fatigue and enjoy life • A basketball player making a fast break to
(Fitness Zone Online) perform a lay-up
Physical fitness • A tennis player moving forward to get to a
• It is the ability to carry out tasks without undue drop shot
fatigue; • A football player out running the defense to
• A state of health and well-being and, more receive a pass
specifically, the ability to perform aspects of Power
sport, occupations and daily activities. It is The ability to move the body parts swiftly while
generally achieved through: applying the maximum force of the muscles. Power is
• Proper nutrition a combination of both speed and muscular strength.
• Moderate-vigorous physical Example:
exercise • Fullback in football muscling their way through
• Sufficient rest other players and speeding to advance the
Skill-or performance-related fitness ball
• Involves skills that will enhance one’s • Volleyball players getting up to the net and
performance in athletic or sports events; lifting their bodies high into the air
• Components that contribute to the Reaction Time
development of skills The ability to reach or respond quickly to what you
• It includes: hear see or feel.
 Agility Examples:
 Balance • An athlete quickly coming off the blocks early
 Coordination in a swimming or track relay
 Speed • Stealing a base in a baseball
 Power Health Related Fitness- Involves skills that enable
 Reaction time one to become and stay physically healthy.
Agility Cardiovascular Endurance
- The ability to change and control the direction It is the ability of the heart, blood cells and lungs to
and position of the body while maintaining a supply oxygen-rich blood to the working muscle
constant, rapid motion. tissues and the ability of the muscles to use oxygen to
Example: produce energy for movement
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Balance This type of fitness has enormous benefits to our
The ability to control or stabilize the body when a lifestyle as it allows us to be active throughout the
person is standing or still moving. day, for example walking to the shops, climbing stairs
Example: or running to catch a bus. It also allows us to get
• In-line skating involved in sports and leisure pursuits.
• Stork Balance Examples:
• Surfing Running
Coordination Brisk walking
The ability to use the senses together with body parts Swimming
during movement. Biking
Example:
Muscular strength and endurance- Refers to the muscle’s ability to exert a submaximal force repeatedly over time
Flexibility- Or limberness refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints, and length in
muscles that cross the joints to induce a bending movement or motion
Body composition- In physical fitness, body composition is used to describe the percentage of fat, bone, water and
muscle in human bodies.