GCSE PE

Health, exercise, fitness and performance

By the end of today’s lesson you should be able to:

? Explain the differences between health, exercise and fitness

? Understand how the above relate to performance

? Know the names of the 5 components of health related exercise and the 6 components of skill related fitness

Learning Objectives

Definition of health

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as:

‘a state of complete mental, physical and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’

Health

Task 1 – Working in pairs list as many factors that can affect your health that you can think of (Page 1 of your workbook)

HealthHealth, weight and somatotypes

Illness and injury

Psychological factors

Disabilities

Alcohol, drugs and smoking

Diet

Social factors – family, education

Check your answers for Task 1

HealthSo a healthy person is:

• physically well – Your heart, lungs and other body systems are working properly.

• mentally well – You are able to cope with stress and control your emotions. You feel positive about yourself.

• socially happy – You have friendship and support. You feel as though you have a value to society.

• free from disease – You are free from any disease and feel 100%

Make notes on page 1 of workbook

‘ability to meet the demands of the environment’

Being fit means being able to cope with everyday activities such as school, college and work as well as home life.

Task 2 on page 2 – List as many passive and active jobs

Fitter people can perform at a higher level as they can run further, move faster and perform more difficult skills better.

Fitness

‘a form of physical activity which maintains or improves health

and/or physical fitness’

Health problems caused by lack of exercise:

Heart disease

High blood pressure

Back pain

Stress and tension

Exercise

‘how well a task is completed’

This is at any level where a performer takes part to the best of their ability.

It could be a playing for a Sunday morning team or for Real Madrid.

To enhance performance players need to be fitter.

Performance

Definitions

Cardiovascular fitnessMuscular strength

Muscular enduranceFlexibility

Body composition

5 Components of Health related exercise

Health related fitness

AgilityBalance

Co-ordinationPower

Reaction timeSpeed

6 Components of Skill related fitness

By the end of today’s lesson you should be able to:

Explain the differences between health, exercise and fitness

Understand how the above relate to performance

Know the names of the 5 components of health related exercise and the 6 components of skill related fitness

Learning Objectives

• Definitions for health, fitness, exercise and performance

• Acronyms for components of exercise and fitness

Homework