Physical Fitness
Last Updated on May 9, 2020 by Alabi M. S.
Basic 6
TOPIC: Personal Fitness
Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities.
- Mention some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. agility, power, flexibility and balance;
- Demonstrate the execution of agility, power, flexibility and balance; Identify activities for measuring agility, power, flexibility and balance;
- Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance levels;
- Mention the benefits of these fitness components.
- Charts
- Video Clips;Balance
- Beams;Wall;Chalk
- Measuring tape/ruler
- Stopwatch
- Field
- Explanatory
- Demonstration
- Questions and answers
- Measurement of agility – 10m shuttle run;
- Measurement of power – sergeant jump, standing broad jump;
- Measurement of flexibility – straight knee toe touch;
- Measurement of balance – beam walk
- Injury prevention;
- The mind – body connection;
- Improved balance and coordination;
- Improved recovery time;
- Increased results in mineral time.
- To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
- Mentions some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. agility, power, flexibility and balance;
- States the benefits of agility, power, flexibility and balance;
- Demonstrates the activities for measuring: agility, power, flexibility, balance;
- Demonstrates the measurement of the above physical fitness components;
- Supervises pupils’ activities.
- Mention some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. Agility, power, flexibility and balance;
- States the benefits of agility, power, flexibility and balance,
- Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance.
- Mention any three physical fitness exercises and body conditioning;
- State the benefits of agility, power, Flexibility and balance;
- Demonstrate the physical fitness exercises used to measure agility, power, flexibility and balance e.g. 10 metres shuttle jump, sergeant jump, standing broad jump etc.;
- Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance levels.