Agility

Physical education

What were the main muscles you used in this activity?

Blood is being pumped round the body faster

The body requires more oxygen so breathing becomes faster and deeper

To calm nerves and ensure high level performance

During this lesson, your heart rate increased rapidly. Select 2 answers that explain this change.

In a typical week, how often, and for how long, should you exercise for to stay fit?

The ability of a joint or series of joints to move through an unrestricted, pain free range of motion

The ability to rapidly change the position of the entire body in space with speed and accuracy

The athlete's ability to stay in control of their body's position

Agility is a crucial part of fitness. Which of the descriptions below, defines agility?

To activate key muscles and mobilise joints

Everyone should warm up before participating in sport/physical activity. Select 3 answers which explain why.

Agility is an important component of athletics. Which of the following requires most agility?

A women's heptathlon is made up of 7 events. Which of the events below is the odd one out and does not feature in a heptathlon?