Flexibility Assessment

The ability of a Joint to move through its Range of motion due to the extensibility of soft tissue

• Flexibility

• Extensibility

• Muscular Endurance

• Muscular Strength

The benefit of stretching before and after a workout is to...

• Prevent and reduce muscle soreness

• Maintain and improve flexibility

• Reduce the risk of injury

• All of the above

A stretching technique in which you stretch to the farthest point and hold the stretch for an extended period of time

• Static Stretching

• Passive Stretching

• Dynamic Stretching

• Ballistic Stretching

A Stretching technique in which movement (Ex. swinging) and active muscular effort are used to stretch and the end position is not held.

• Static Stretching

• Passive Stretching

• Ballistic Stretching

• Dynamic Stretching

Dynamic stretching is

• Performed in motion

• Using a weight to stretch

• Using another person to stretch

• Bouncing a stretch

How long should a Static Stretch be held for?

• 1 minute

• 45 seconds

• 10-30 seconds

• 120 seconds

Flexibility increases muscle length and improves posture.

• True

• False

Flexibility is one of the 5 major physical fitness components.

• True

• False

A proper warm-up should do the following:

• Warm up the blood flow

• Increase ability for stretching/flexibility routine

• Decrease injury

• Prepare athlete/player for practice

• All of the above

Stretching & Flexibility should be painful.

• True

• False