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Skill- Related Fitness
Components
And The Importance of Sleep
6 Skill-related Components of Fitness
• Agility: The ability to rapidly and accurately change
the direction of the whole body in space.
• Balance: The ability to maintain equilibrium while
stationary or moving.
• Coordination: The ability to use the senses and
body parts in order to perform motor tasks
smoothly and accurately.
• Power: The amount of force a muscle can exert.
• Reaction Time: The ability to respond quickly to
stimuli.
• Speed: The amount of time it takes the body to
perform specific tasks
How does health related fitness and
skill related fitness differ?
Health related fitness relates to the overall physical
well-being of the students. These components are
cardiovascular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and
muscular strength and endurance.
Skill related fitness encompasses skills the students
should acquire and improve through physical activity.
They are balance, agility, coordination, speed, and
power. All of these components benefit a student's
ability and skill level in sports or other physical
activities.
Agility
• Being agile is all about being able to change
your direction and the speed at which you are
travelling, quickly and efficiently. This is
common in sports such as football and rugby
where the player with the ball dodges a
defender, or in badminton or tennis, moving
around the court quickly to reach the
shuttlecock/ball in time.
Balance
• Balance is the ability to maintain equilibrium
whilst stationary, or moving. Balance whilst
moving is often called dynamic balance.
Balance is important in all kinds of sporting
situations, most noteably in gymnastics and
ballet but also contact sports where having
good balance may prevent you being tackled
to the floor! Balance is linked to agility, as in
order to quickly and efficently change
direction you must be balanced.
Coordination
• Coordination is the ability to use the body
parts and senses together to produce smooth
efficient movements. We have all seen
someone who is uncoordinated, their
movement looks awkward and shaky. Being
co-ordinated is vital in all sports, for example
hand-eye coordination in racket sports and
the co-ordination to use the opposite arm and
leg when sprinting.
Power
• Power is the product of strength and speed.
When we perform a task as quickly and as
forcefully as we can, the result is powerful. For
example, a sprint start, a shot-put or javelin
throw or long-jump.
Reaction Time
• Reaction time is how quickly your brain can
respond to a stimulus and initiate a response.
This is important in most sports. The most
obvious being responding to the gun at the
start of a race, but also a goalkeeper saving a
penalty, or a badminton player reacting to a
smash shot. The examples in sport are
endless!
Speed
• Most sports and activities require some form of
speed. Even long distance running often requires
a burst of speed to finish the race ahead of your
competitors. Speed is defined as the ability to
move a body part quickly. Speed is not always
about how quickly you can move your whole
body from A to B. It also relates to body parts. For
example, when playing golf, the speed of your
arms and upper body in creating the swing are
vital in driving the ball over a long distance.
Name That Skill Component
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Speed
Power
Agility
Reaction Time
Coordination
Balance
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Sleep
• Teenagers need about 8 hours of sleep per
night.
– True or False
• TRUE: Teenagers do need about 8 hours of
sleep per night. Teenagers who get more sleep
do better in school and are less likely to be
depressed.
Sleep Tips Encouraging Sleep
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Establish a sleep schedule.
– Encourage sleep by establishing a regular time to go to bed at night and to get up in the
morning.
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Engage in activities and nightly rituals that encourage sleep.
– Read, take a warm bath, listen to relaxing music. Nightly rituals, such as brushing teeth,
setting the alarm clock, and organizing materials for the next day, also encourage sleepiness.
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Avoid napping too long.
– Restrict naps during the day to 20 or 30 minutes. Avoid naps if you have difficulty falling
asleep at night.
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Create a comfortable place to sleep.
– A medium-hard mattress that supports a person’s back, carpets and rugs that muffle sounds,
a dark room, and earplugs may make it easier to fall asleep and sleep restfully.
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Avoid substances that can interrupt your sleep.
– Limit liquid intake before bedtime in order to avoid needing to get up to empty the bladder.
Avoid caffeine during the evening. Alcoholic beverages and some sleeping medications
suppress REM sleep and cause restlessness. Nicotine in cigarettes is a stimulant.
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Watch what you eat before you go to bed.
– Do not eat large amounts of food just before going to bed. Hunger pangs can keep you
awake if you go to bed hungry.
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Get out of bed if you cannot sleep.
– If you can’t fall asleep after about 30 minutes, get out of bed and go into another room. Try
reading, listening to relaxing music, doing a simple task, or having a glass of milk. Milk
contains tryptophan, which is an amino acid that helps promote relaxation.