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Health, Fitness and Physical
Activity
13/09/07
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Learning objectives
Understand why people take part in sport
and physical activity
Knowledge of what health and fitness is
Understand what contributes to good
health
Knowledge of the different components of
fitness
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Why take part in physical
activity/sport/exercise?
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Task 1 with a partner think why people take
part in physical activity and sport
To improve self esteem help feel good about yourself
To improve body shape toned body, lose weight etc
To improve HEALTH (physical, social and mental)
ForENJOYMENT
To relieve STRESS and TENSION
To meet new people socialise
For the COMPETITION/PHYSICAL CHALLENGE
ForAesthetic appreciation
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Benefits contd
These benefits of taking part in sport and
physical activity can therefore be grouped
into:
Physical e.g to lose weight
Social e.g to meet new friends
Mental e.g to increase confidence
Aesthetic e.g I like what it looks like
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What is health?
Task 2 -With your partner discuss what youthink being healthy means so you have a
definition of health.
Health is a complete state of
PHYSICAL, SOCIAL and MENTALwell-being and not merely the absenceof disease.
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What contributes to good
health?
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Being Healthy contd..
Remember its PHYSICAL, SOCIAL and
MENTAL well-being!
Sleep Stress / Tension
Diet / alcohol / drugs Confidence
Exercise Self-esteem
Friends Family
Disease Happiness
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Fitness
Task 3 think of a definition of the the word
fitness be ready to share it with the class
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of
the environment
Fitness can be split into 2 categories generalfitness (health related fitness) and specific
fitness.
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General Fitness
This is also known as health related fitness and it refers to the
type of fitness required by everyone to cope with the daily
demands made of them and to still have enough energy left for
emergencies.
The 5 components of general fitness are: (the 5ss)
1) Speed
2) Strength3) Stamina
4) Somatotype (size)
5) Suppleness (flexibility)
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General fitness continued
These components are important ineveryday life as well as for physical
activity. Strength and stamina are requiredto allow a person to carry out tasks such ascarrying heavy shopping, climbing stairs,etc. Flexibility is important as it allows an
individual to perform a range of simplemovements without discomfort, e.g. tyinglaces, reaching for a book.
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Task
1. For 2 of the sports that you think you may use for your
final assessment think of 3 components of general fitness
that are important, providing examples to support (e.g.badminton suppleness stretching to reach the shuttle
low down to the ground)
2. Think of how having a shortfall in some of these
components of fitness can affect everyday life (e.g. lack
of strength struggle carrying shopping bags, school
bag etc).
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Specific fitness These are the aspects of fitness which allow a
person to perform skills successfully:
Agility
Balance
Co-ordination
Reaction time Power
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Task
For 2 of the sports that you think you may
use for your final assessment think of 3
components ofspecific fitness that are
important, providing examples to support.
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Previous exam questions What is meant by specific fitness? 2marks
How could exercise improve general
health? 2marks
For a named physical activity, describe
which aspect of specific fitness would be
the most important, give an example withyour answer3marks
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Game