STANDARD 2.6 (FITNESS)   ALL STUDENTS WILL APPLY HEALTH-RELATED AND SKILL-RELATED FITNESS CONCEPTS AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.

 

Descriptive Statement:  This standard enables students to understand the components of health-related fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength and muscular endurance) and skill-related fitness (speed, agility, reaction time, coordination, and power). Students learn how each component is developed and measured and  how to design and implement a personal fitness plan that supports a healthy, active lifestyle.

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:

 

A.   Fitness and Physical Activity

1.     Predict the short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional benefits and potential problems associated with regular physical activity.

2.     Summarize the causes, influences, and responses of body systems during exercise.

3.     Describe how preventive healthcare, physiological monitoring, hydration, a safe environment, and exercising with a partner contribute to safe fitness activities.

4.     Evaluate the role of genetics, gender, age, nutrition, activity level, and exercise type on body composition.

 

B.   Training

1.     Develop and implement a training program to maximize health benefits and prevent exercise-related injuries and illnesses.

2.     Apply training principles to establish a progression of activity that will improve each component of fitness and justify the use of each principle.

3.     Compare and contrast the use of drugs, fitness products, and fads to achieve fitness.

 

C.   Achieving and Assessing Fitness

1.    Engage in a variety of sustained, vigorous physical activities to enhance each component of fitness.

2.    Perform at the intensity level needed to enhance cardiovascular fitness, monitor physiological responses before, during and after exercise, and modify exercise appropriately in response.

3.    Assess personal level of fitness, design a personal fitness plan considering current health and fitness status, goals and interests, skill level, accessibility and costs, and use technology to implement, monitor, and evaluate the plan.

4.    Demonstrate age and gender-specific progress towards the achievement of fitness goals for each component of health-related and skill-related fitness.

5.    Modify a fitness plan to accommodate for injury, illness, pregnancy, aging, and disability.

6.    Discuss the use of body mass index, body fat percentage, and fat deposition as measures of fitness.

 

Link to Standard 2.6 Grade 7-8

 

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