Fitness and Training
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Fitness and Training Fitness and training are the foundation for most sports in this modern age, the key fitness and training components are aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, strength, power, body composition, agility, balance, co-ordination, and reaction time. I will now explain what each of these components mean. I have chosen a 100m runner, and a striker in football to give examples what these mean in different sports. Aerobic Endurance Aerobic endurance is the ability to perform over a sustained period of time. Aerobic is 'with' oxygen which means you breathe whilst exerting your energy as opposed to anaerobic which is 'without' oxygen, which means you don't breathe for example during a sprint. 100m Runner - This athlete does not need this attribute unless training, as he is required to exert 100% throughout. Striker - The striker needs this attribute to perform constant sprinting runs behind the defence for...


