Kin 655- Ch.15, Ch. 9,

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Fitness

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Includes emotional, mental, spiritual, and social fitness as well as physical fitness (also referred to as wellness).

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Health-Related Fitness

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Cardio
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Flexibility
Body composition
**Enables you took look better, feel better, and enjoy a happy, healthy, and full life.

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Skill-Related Fitness

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Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction Time
Speed

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests I

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Measure fitness components that the public and research experts agree are the most important. Focus on health and self improvement rather than on comparison with others.

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests II

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In school, fitness tests should be part of the total educational program. Attention should be given to the knowledge and understanding of fitness concepts, and students should be held accountable for class work. Written test items should meet students understanding.

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests III

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Fitness test results should be kept confidential; does not embarrass or threaten self-image.

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests IV

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Teach students how to take fitness tests; give ample time for practice of test components.

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests V

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Fitness awards should encourage lifetime activity rather than a one-time performance.

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Guidelines for Administration and Use of Fitness Tests VI

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Take care to provide necessary, sufficient, and valid information regarding test results to parents and students.

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Fitnessgram

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Goal: promote enjoyable regular physical activity and to provide comprehensive physical fitness and activity assessments and reporting programs.

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Fitnessgram: Criterion Referenced

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Performance is classified into two zones:
1. Needs Improvement
2. Healthy Fitness Zone

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What is Activitygram?

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-detailed three day assessment of physical activity.

-the assessment provides students with personal info about their levels of activity and helps them to develop ways to be physically active in and out of school

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Fitnessgram/Activitygram Test Components

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1. Aerobic Capacity (Pacer, 1-mile run, Walk test)
2. Body Comp. (abdominal, calf, & tricep skinfolds)
3. Ab Strength & Endurance (Curl-Up)
4. Trunk Extensor Strength & Flexibilty (Trunk lift)
5. Upper body strength and endurance.
6. Flexibility(Backsaver sit & reach, Shoulder stretch)

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AAHPERD Health Related Physical Fitness Tests for College Students

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1. Cardio capacity & endurance (1-mile or 9-min run)
2. Body Comp. (sum of several skinfolds)
3. Ab muscular strength and endurance (modified sit-ups)
4. Flexibility (sit and reach)

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AAU Physical Fitness Test

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1. Cardio Endurance (Distance run, shuttle run)
2. Trunk Strength and Endurance (sit-ups)
3. Flexibility (sit and reach)
4. Upper body strength and endurance (pull ups)

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President's Challenge

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Presidential Physical Fitness Award: > 85th percentile
National Physical Fitness Awards: >50<85th percentile
Participant Physical Fitness Award: < 50th percentile

*includes modifications for special needs students

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President's Challenge Test Components

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1. Ab Strength/Endurance: 1-minute curl-ups
2. Speed and Agility: Shuttle run
3. Flexibility: V-sit reach
4. Heart/Lung Endurance: 1-mile run/walk
5. Upper Body Strength: pull ups (flexed arm hang is alternative)

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AAHPERD Youth Fitness Test

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1. Arm and girdle strength and endurance.
2. Abdominal strength and endurance.
3. Agility in running and changing direction.
4. Leg Power
5. Speed
6. Cardiorespiratory Function

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Common elements of skill and health-related fitness?
What do they have in common?

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Both are needed for fitness and dealing with particular sports.

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Agility

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maneuverability of the body; ability to rapidly change the position or direction of the body or body parts

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Factors in an individual's level of agility

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Heredity
Strength
Speed
Coordination
Dynamic Balance

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Agility Test Items (3 Types)

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1. Change in running direction (Dodge or obstacle run)
2. Change in body position (squat thrusts)
3. Change in body part direction (test that requires change in position of the hands or feet)

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Used for diagnostic purposes

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Use criterion-referenced measurement
A predetermined score should be used to place individuals into acceptable and unacceptable agility groups, and activities designed to improve agility should be prescribed for individuals placed in the unacceptable group.

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Administering an agility test

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Nonslip surface
Shoes with good traction
Practice the tests and be familiar with performance requirements
**To obtain consistency and comparability of results

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Agility Tests (pg 106-112)

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Right Boomerang Run
Sidestepping
SEMO Agility Test
AAHPERD Shuttle Run
Barrow Zig Zag Run

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Activities to Develop Agility:

Changes in the height of the body in jumps

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1. Alternate jumping max and min heights.
2. Alternate fast and slow jumping.
3. Jump while tossing an object to yourself.
4. Hop on one foot.
5. Hop 2-4 times on 1 foot, same # on other foot.
6-10. Jump over stationary rope, swinging rope, turning rope, rope you are turning, jump rope w/ partner.

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Activities to Develop Agility:

Changes in Distance

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1. Jump as far as you can.
2. Jump as near as you can.
3. Jump and land with feet in different positions.
4. Jump backward.
5. Walk backward.
6. Run backward or side-ward.
7. Leap over objects.
8. Jump different heights.
9. Jump and land lightly.
10. Jump and land on different surfaces.

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Activities to Develop Agility:

Changes in Direction

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1. Jump and turn. (1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full turn)
2. Jump forward, side-ward, then backward.
3. Jump in circle, square, triangle, etc.
4. Run between chairs.
5. Run forward & change direction quickly, on command.
6. Slide sideways & change direction quickly, on demand.
7. Jump over a turning rope and change your body position.
8. Move forward, sideward, backward while jumping over a rope you are turning.
9. Run through tires.
10. Do tumbling tricks requiring your body to roll in various ways (log rolls, forward and backward rolls)

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Other Agility Activities (page 112)

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Jumping Jacks
Heel Touches
Treadmills (Mountain Climbers)
Zigzag Run