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WorksheetsMovement Analysis
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
During movement what action is being taken by the antagonist?
Shortening
Lengthening
Staying the same length
Which of these muscles contracts to increase the capacity of the lungs during the breathing in when exercising?
Sternocleidomastoid
Deltoid
Abdominals
Biceps
Which muscle group is responsible for flexion at the knee when a footballer prepares to kick a football?
Quadriceps
Gluteus maximus
Hamstrings
Femur
When a player shoots at the goal in netball, the gastrocnemius contracts to produce which movement at the ankle?
Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexion
Extension
Abduction
Which type of muscle contraction is completed by the triceps during the upwards phase of a press up?
Isometric
Eccentric
Concentric
Shortening
Which of the following sporting examples would involve isometric contractions of the quadriceps?
A gymnast landing after a vault
A sprinter in the "set" position
A netballer jumping to catch
A footballer dribbling
Which muscle operates as the antagonistic pair in combination with the hip flexors?
Gluteus maximus
Hamstrings
Quadriceps
Biceps
Which structure connects muscle to bone and allows force to be transmitted from the muscle to move the skeleton?
Joint Capsule
Tendon
Ligament
Cartilage
The downwards phase of a push up is controlled by the (a) in a eccentric muscle contraction.
What joint movement does not occur at a ball and socket joint?
Rotation
Adduction
Plantar flexion
Extension
Flexion
The antagonistic muscle pair that cause extension at the hip are the hip flexor and (a)
'Moving the limb towards the midline of the body' is the definition of (a)
An elite long jumper contracts their quadriceps (a) to extend their leg in the flight phase.
