5 Major Components Of Health-Related Fitness

Our children today really lack the knowledge of fitness education and lack physical activity, due to technology being put in place of fitness. Fitness education is important to be taught to our youths, it’s the education of physical fitness, physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through correct nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise, physical activity, and sufficient rest. The reason fitness education is so important to teach our youth is to teach them about their body composition, reduce obesity, increase vigorous activity, learn the important of being healthy, and as well as the components …show more content…
Each play a major role when playing a sport but also when participating in physical education class. The first component is agility which is the ability to quickly change direction or body position accurately while moving through space. Incorporating this in a gym class would be a little harder than health-related fitness components but still conceivable. A game you can create is called Stop light, where you have the students line up at wall, and one person be the name caller (most likely the teacher). The name caller would yell green light which indicates to the students that they are allowed to run towards the name caller as he stands on the opposite side of the gym. When the name caller yells yellow light they must change direction back to the wall and then resuming to try and reach the name caller. If the name caller calls red light, then they must stop as soon as they can and change directions back to the wall and wait to the name caller calls green light. The second Component is speed which is the ability to perform a movement in the shortest possible times. The stop light game would work for speed as well as agility. The third component is power which is the product of strength and speed. This component would be very tricky to use in an elementary P.E. class but easier with high school educators. The fourth component is balance which is the ability to …show more content…
It gives students the opportunity to learn about fitness, health-related fitness and sports-related fitness and how we can incorporate it into our P.E. classes. Very few individuals take the time to care for themselves with busy lifestyles and schedules. However, taking care of yourself is the best way of ensuring you live a long healthy life, not only physically, but also mentally and being able to contribute that in our students’ life will make a change for the