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Components of Physical Fitness Worksheet

Read the training scenario, then use evidence to identify fitness components, interpret test results and improve a training plan. Fitness tests provide information about performance; they do not define a person’s worth or measure every aspect of health.

Scenario: preparing for a coastal trail event

Ngaio and her training group are preparing for a 5 km coastal trail event with short hills and uneven ground. Their coach plans sessions that build fitness gradually and include recovery. The group records these results during a practice week:

Activity or test

What was recorded

Main focus

Steady 20-minute run

Distance covered at a pace the runner could sustain

Heart and lungs supplying working muscles over time

Single-leg step-up test

Number of controlled repetitions before technique changed

Muscular endurance

Standing long jump

Best distance from three attempts

Explosive muscular power

1.Match each practice activity to its main fitness component: steady 20-minute run, step-up test and standing long jump. Give one component for each.

2.A group member says, “Muscular strength and muscular endurance are the same thing.” Which response is most accurate?

Strength is the ability to exert force; endurance is the ability to sustain or repeat muscular effort.
Strength is how long the heart works; endurance is how far a person can stretch.
Strength and endurance both mean the same number of repetitions.
Endurance only matters in weight training.

3.Classify cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance and body composition as health-related components. Then name one skill-related component relevant to trail running.

4.The group’s controlled step-up repetitions increase over several weeks. What could this suggest, and what is one reason not to treat the result as proof of overall fitness?

5.True or false: flexibility is the range of movement available at a joint, and it can vary between joints and people.

TrueFalse

6.Suggest two different session activities that could help prepare for the hilly event. For each, name the main fitness component it develops.

7.A teammate proposes doing hard hill sprints every day because the event includes hills. Identify two problems with this plan and suggest one safer improvement.

8.Choose the most accurate statement about body composition in a fitness programme.

It describes the proportions of different tissues in the body; it is only one health-related component and should be discussed respectfully.
It is exactly the same as body weight and directly measures fitness.
It determines whether someone can take part in sport.
It can be judged accurately from appearance alone.

9.The coach adds short balance drills on a safe, stable surface. Explain why this could help the group on an uneven trail, and identify the type of fitness component being practised.

10.Ngaio’s running distance improves, but her flexibility test result stays the same. Write a two-part conclusion: what the results suggest and what they do not establish.