Lesson 2.1

What are skills?

• The ability to rest and be inactive.

• Your ability to do certain tasks, such as dribbling a basketball, which involves using your muscles and nerves working together with your brain.

What are the six parts to Skill-Related Fitness?

• Cardiovascular fitness, strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition and total fitness

• Lifestyles physical activities, active aerobics, active sports and recreation, exercise for flexibility, exercise for strength and muscular endurance, and rest and inactivity

• Agility, power, balance, reaction time, coordination and speed

What is Skill-Related Fitness?

• To help you get healthier.

• To help you help others with their skills.

• One of two general categories for physical fitness (they are; agility, power,balance,reaction time,coordination and speed).

What is agility?

• The ability to move or change direction of your body quickly and under control.

• The ability to keep your body in a steady position while standing or moving.

• The ability to combine strength with speed while moving.

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

• The ability of body parts to work together when you perform an activity.

What is power?

• The ability to combine strength with speed while moving.

• The ability to keep your body in a steady position while standing or moving.

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

What is balance?

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

• The ability to keep your body in a steady position while standing or moving.

• The ability of body parts to work together when you perform an activity.

What is reaction time?

• The ability to get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

• The ability of body parts to work together when you perform an activity.

What is coordination?

• The ability to get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

• The ability of body parts to work together when you perform an activity.

What is speed?

• The ability to get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.

• The ability to move quickly when you get a signal to start moving.

• The ability of body parts to work together when you perform an activity.

Why are Skill-Related fitness important? (Select all that apply)

• It helps us to stay healthy.

• Learning the skills will keep us active.

• It is not important

• Practicing the skills will help you get better performing the task.

• As you practice and get better, you will enjoy performing the skill or activity.