Unit 7 – Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
Scenario/Background:
You work
as a Fitness Instructor for The John Warner Sports Centre. A local football
team has asked you to help improve their standards of fitness in an attempt to
improve their results. To describe and explain the different components of
fitness, you decide to run a series of fitness tests to ascertain the overall
level of fitness of the team and offer recommendations to improve their fitness
(and hopefully results).
Task 1
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Assignment Issue Date
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Assignment Due Date
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Monday 12th September
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Wednesday 21st September
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Design a presentation to give to the whole football team and team
managers.
Introduction
Briefly outline the different components of fitness and how these
contribute to a footballer’s overall fitness.
P1 Fitness Tests
Find an appropriate fitness test for the following components of
fitness
- Speed
- Cardio-vascular
Endurance
- Agility
- Power
- Reaction
Time
- Muscular
Endurance
- Muscular
Strength
P1 Presentation
Present your findings on a Prezi where you give details of an
appropriate fitness test which include; test protocol, equipment, diagrams (or
even videos), normative data for results
M1 Advantages and Disadvantages
Include a section on your Prezi for each component of fitness where you
give advantages and disadvantages. Things to consider when looking at each test
include:
- Validity
and Reliability of results
- Specialist
equipment required?
- Can
the test be affected by environmental factors
- Length
of the test
