Fitness and Training

  Fitness and training are the foundation for most sports in this modern age, the key fitness and training components are aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, strength, power, body composition, agility, balance, co-ordination, and reaction time. I will now explain what each of these components mean. I have chosen a 100m runner, and a striker in football to give examples what these mean in different sports.

Aerobic Endurance

  Aerobic endurance is the ability to perform over a sustained period of time. Aerobic is ‘with’ oxygen which means you breathe whilst exerting your energy as opposed to anaerobic which is ‘without’ oxygen, which means you don’t breathe for example during a sprint.

 100m Runner – This athlete does not need this attribute unless training, as he is required to exert 100% throughout.

 Striker – The striker needs this attribute to perform constant sprinting runs behind the defence for the whole 90mins (plus stoppage time).

 

Muscular Endurance

  Muscular endurance is the ability to perform against resistance for a sustained period.

 100m Runner – Sprinting requires a 100% quick burst of pace, and this requires good muscular endurance.

 Striker – A striker needs good muscular endurance to effectively last 90 or even 120 minutes on the field.

Flexibility

  Flexibility is the ability to move into different positions for example a gymnast would have excellent flexibility.

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 100m Runner – A runner needs good leg flexibility for a long, powerful stride.

 Striker – When a striker swings his leg to get a shot on goal he needs good flexibility to get that extra power.

Speed

  Speed is the pace of time to perform a sequence of movements; this is used in nearly every sport.

 100m Runner – This is the most important attribute for a sprinter, he must be explosive and aggressive from start to finish.

 Striker – Speed is important to sprint onto balls passed through and closing down the defence.

Strength

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