Year 10 - Physical education
Benefits and limitations of fitness testing
Physical training: health and fitness
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the relationship between health, fitness, exercise and performance before unpacking the different components of fitness. This understanding will include key definitions, how to test and train each but also which components are most important for different sports.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to state the benefits for, and limitations of, fitness testing and evaluate the relevance of fitness testing for sport.
Key Notes
- Fitness tests identify strengths and weaknesses in performance and monitor improvements.
- Fitness tests are used to establish initial fitness levels and inform training requirements.
- Limitations of fitness testing include tests are often not sport-specific and do not replicate movements of an activity.
- Many tests require motivation or have questionable validity.
- Correct procedures are crucial to increase reliability to ensure accurate assessment of fitness levels.
Vocabulary To Learn
- limitation: a potetial failing of a test to monitor fitness
- validity: the extent to which a test or method measures what it sets out to measure
- reliability: the consistency and repeatability of a test (to produce the same or similar scores)
- norm: a result that is considered typical for a group
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Fitness testing brings about improvements in components of fitness.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Fitness tests identify strengths and weaknesses in performance and monitor improvements. Fitness tests are used to establish initial fitness levels and inform training requirements.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'limitation'
a potetial failing of a test to monitor fitness.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Fitness testing brings about improvements in components of fitness. Correction: Training methods bring about improvement in fitness. Fitness testing is merely about identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a fitness compenent so the right training method can be allocated and used.
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