Fitness Focus –Skill Areas of Fitness

Fitness allows a person to: (Values of Total Fitness)

Meet emergencies	-run for help
Be healthy	-reduce risk of heart disease, back problems, obesity, diabetes and more
Work efficiently	-work with less fatigue and more efficiency
Enjoy leisure	-have energy to do physical activities such as playing sports
Look good	-look your best by building muscles and maintaining a desirable level of body fat. maintaining a desirable level of body fat.

Everyone can improve the five areas of health-related fitness with regular exercise.

In addition to the five health related areas of fitness, six more parts of physical fitness are considered skill related motor abilities.

1. Agility - change body position quickly (basketball, soccer)

2. Balance- keep upright posture (ice skating, gymnastics)

3. Coordination - use two or more body parts together (baseball, tennis, soccer)

4. Power - use strength quickly (football, shot put, discus, high-jump)

5. Reaction time - time it takes you to move (track, swimming, driving)

6. Speed - move or cover a distance in a short period of time (running, throwing)

Heredity and maturity influence skill related fitness.

LESSON REVIEW: Answer questions in complete sentences and on a separate sheet of paper.

1. List and explain 3 of the 5 values of total fitness.

2. Pick 3 of the 5 values of total fitness and explain why YOU think these 3 things are most important.

3. What 2 areas of skill related fitness are you best at? Why?