LESSON 2

Fitness Components : Muscular Strength, Coordination, and Power

These games require the players to have muscular strength, power, and good eye-hand or eye-foot coordination.

Muscular strength is a health-related fitness component. Muscular strength is the amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximum. effort. It can be measured during muscular contraction.Your muscles will have limits on how much force they can exert. It is dependent on nerves ability to activate muscle fibers and also the size of the muscle fibers.

Coordination is a skill - related fitness component.It is the ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly, effeciently,and accurately.Coordiantion is used in many motor skills that are common in sports and recreational activities.Having good coordination means you can make different body movements at the same time.It may also mean moving body parts in a precise and smooth motion.

Power

Power is a skill - related fitness component.It is the ability tnsfer enrgy into force in a minimum amount of time.Power has two compnents: strength and speed.Fast movements produce power because you are using strong to move the muscle while doing it in a fast speed.