AQA GCSE PE Components of fitness

Which component of fitness involves the range of movement at your joints.

• power

• Flexibility

• Muscular Endurance

• Cardiovascular Endurance

The ability of you heart to pump blood and lungs to receive oxygen so that you have the ability to sustain an activity for an extended period of time

• Muscular Endurance

• Flexibility

• Cardiovascular Endurance

• Agility

What component would be most important to a long distance runner?

• Cardiovascular Endurance

• Flexibility

• Muscular Strength

• None of the above

What is the definition of agility?

• The maintenance of the centre of mass over the base of support. Reference can bemade to whilst static (still) or dynamic (whilst moving).

• The ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles.

• The ability to move and change direction quickly (at speed) whilst maintaining control.

• The ability to use different (two or more) parts of the body together, smoothly and efficiently.

Strength x speed (maximal force performed at speed)

is the definition for:

• Flexibility

• Power

• Strength

• Cardiovascular Endurance

The ability to use two or more body parts together with control is the definition for:

• Speed

• Power

• Coordination

• Cardiovascular fitness

A 100m sprinter would need which one of the following fitness components the most?

• Agility

• Reaction time

• Speed

• Muscular endurance

The definition of dynamic strength / muscular endurance...

• The maximum force a muscle can exert in a single contraction

• The ability of a muscle to repeatedly apply force for a long period of time, avoiding fatigue

• The force applied against an immovable object

• Speed x Strenth

The ability to maintain your mass over the base of support...

• Balance

• Co-ordination

• Reaction time

• Timing

What is ‘co-ordination’?

• The ability to change direction quickly
• The ability to do strength performances quickly
• The ability to move two or more body parts together smoothly
• The ability to retain the centre of mass above the base of support