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stretching to degrade performance on vertical jumps, short sprints, tasks requiring maximal voluntary contractions, muscle strength-endurance performance, balance challenges, and reaction time. Additionally, several studies now indicate that pre-exercise static stretching does not offer the presumed benefit of injury risk reduction.” (Dynamic vs. Static-Stretching Warm-Up: The Effect…

Physical fitness helps students to learn healthy habits, but physical education students do not participate as intensely as they should in physical fitness activities. Although being physically fit can improve the quality of life, most students do not enjoy participating in fitness activities in physical education classes. Woodson-Smith, Dorwart, and Linder found that 42% of girls did not like doing conditioning activities in class (2015). The number one response for most disliked fitness…

Literature Review Warming up before a game or an event has become such an important and common task that researchers have been continuously trying to find ways to improve performance through warming up. Researchers are still trying to figure out whether a 20-30 minute moderate intensity warm up is enough to reach someone’s optimal sprint performance. Many studies have found that the most influential factors that warm-ups have on sprint performance include the increase of muscle temperature…

There are many different beliefs towards what brings us to success. In The Sports Gene by David Epstein, it is explained that innate and physical talents are what allow people to succeed. In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell explains that effort and practice is what brings us to the top. Epstein and Gladwell both put forth arguments about how much in our lives we control, however, based on evidence Gladwell definitely shows that effort and practice is what we control to make us…

8) Getting students up on their feet to do quick exercises in 60 seconds or less can help their brain refocus and give it oxygen it needs so learning is more efficient. It also helps improve students’ health, mental and emotional well-being. By having students perform brief exercises daily will promote a positive message that fitness and exercise is essential in helping maintain a healthy lifestyle but also help them achieve academically. One product…

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…

Natasha Cohen 12Q Physical Education Written Task A: SPORTS AS A UNIFIER 1. Yes. Sports have a language and culture of their own. They have the power to bring people together, no matter what their origin, background, religious beliefs or economic status. Sports give a nation a shared reason of pride. 2.1 • Image 1 & 2: Nelson Mandela, in 1995 when South Africa won the Rugby World Cup, wearing the number 6 on his back, the same as that of Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar. • Image 3:…

activity (Snowman, J. and McCown, R. 2015). This proved to be an effective way of instructing. It was clear to see that at first the students didn’t quite understand the exercises, but as the days went on they gradually began to comprehend the material. Now the students can show up to class, get in their stretch lines, and perform the exercises without the teacher having to be there to give…

First of all, exercise is an important health behavior to improve the health in general. In her article, “Take Your Mark. Get Set. Go. Here 's What You Need to Do to Get Fit,” Katherine Hobson, notes that JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women 's Hospital in Boston, says “Physical activity is healthful not only because it fends off excess pounds and builds muscle, thus lowering the risk of heart disease and many other ailments. Exercise also has clear independent…

activities based on the therapist’s careful evaluation. For instance, patient’s with binge eating disorder shows improvement after starting to perform physical activity due to reduction of anxiety because of the expenditure of calories during the exercise (Herpertz, S., Hagenah, U., 2011). Overall, the Eating Disorders present many complications about how to design a proper program for an individual patient’s needs. Whether it is a physical or occupational therapist, they must obtain as much of…