Analysing Fitness - The Fitness Training Series DVD

The components of fitness DVD for GCSE/AS/A2

Analysing Fitness - The Fitness Training Series DVD examines the components of fitness, and looks at fitness tests and analysing fitness for specific sports. It comes complete with a teachers' guide and photocopiable diagram sheets. A great resource for you to use with your students taking the public examinations.

It deals in turn with:

• What is fitness? - Definitions of fitness; health-related fitness, skill/performance-related fitness; physical, mental, emotional and social benefits of maintaining good levels of fitness
• Fitness components 1 - aerobic power/cardio-respiratory endurance, anaerobic power (ATP-PC and lactic acid systems), muscular strength, muscular endurance, speed, muscular power
• Fitness components 2 - flexibility (static and dynamic), agility, balance (static and dynamic), reaction time, co-ordination, body composition
• Fitness testing - for aerobic power and capacity (Cooper's 12 minute run test, shuttle run/beep test), anaerobic power (phosphate recovery test), muscular strength (grip strength test), muscular endurance (sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups), muscular power (jump test), static flexibility and agility
• Analysing fitness for a particular sport - data collection, results compared with benchmarks, analysis of skills frequency and effectiveness, work/rest ratios, movement patterns.