IB SEHS topic 6.3

Stretching

improves flexibility and lower the risk of injury

Balance

stability of body

Anthropometry

study of measurements and proportions of the human body

Standing Broad jump

Measures leg power. To do this test, you jump as far as you can.

Underwater weighting

Measures the mass per unit volume of a person's body using displacement

Hand grip dynamometer

Measures the maximum strength of your hand and forearm using this machine

Sargent Jump

Using vertical height jumps to test one's leg muscle strength

Illinos agility test

Tests agility by having you run as quickly as possible through a series of cones placed in a certain way

Sit and reach test

Tests the flexibility of a person in the lower back and hamstring muscles.

Agility

The ability to change direction at speed with control

40 meter sprint test

The person being tested sprints 40 meters as fast as they can. Warm-ups and practice sprints should be done before test

Body composition

The relation of fat mass to fat free mass (bones, muscles etc)

Computer simulation

The use of artificial intelligence to measure and test an individual's skills

Cardiorespiratory endurance training

This involves any training that is designed to improve the cardiovascular, respiratory or metabolic systems. E.g running

Stork

This test determines a person's balance. To test this the experimenter has the person stand on one foot with hands on their hips

Drop test

Measures hand eye coordination by dropping an object and having the person catch using their thumb and index finger

Multi-stage fitness test

AKA the Beep test. Participant runs increasingly faster in 20 meter shuttles until they're exhausted

Flexibility activities

Can be done in order to try to improve range of movement and also reduce the chance of muscle injuries

BMI

Equation to calculate the if your is normal, overweight and obese (person's weight divided by their height squared).

Sit up test

Measure the strength and endurance of your stomach and hip-flexor muscles

Endurance training

Helps resist pain and fatigue when doing any type of exercise you're doing. This will make you perform better during your exercises

Resistance training

It is exercice to enhance muscular strength and endurance. E.g pull ups, climbing

Maximum push up test

Participant does as many push ups as they can with no time limit. This measures upper body strength and enduranc

Cooper 12 minute run test

Participant run/walk as fast as they can in 12 minutes.

Muscular endurance

ability of a muscle(s) to maintain force or power

Muscular strength

ability to generate force using muscle(s)

Flexibility

ability to move through a full range of movement around a joint

Speed

change of distance with respect to time when movement occurs

Reaction time

duration between presentation of a stimulus and associated response

Warm up

prepares your cardiovascular respiratory system to function more effectively when you are doing exercise. Increases your heart rate, body temperature and breathing rate

Power

rate of doing work

Harvard Step Test

testing the participant on heart rate recovery after performing the task.

Handball toss

tests hand eye coordination using a ball to throw against the wall and catching it with your opposite hand repeatedly

Coordination

the ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently