This document discusses fitness components and testing for athletes. It introduces Brendon McCullum as an elite cricket player and examines the attributes that lead to success in sport. Key fitness components are identified as aerobic endurance, strength, or a combination. Students are asked to list sports and the important fitness components for each. The pros and cons of fitness testing are discussed, including identifying improvements, requiring little equipment, and specialist equipment or time requirements.

1. Year 10 Sport Studies Fitness Unit

3. Range of attributes

4. Who is fitter?

8. Pro’s & Con’s of fitness testing Brainstorm what you think the PRO’s & CON’s of fitness testing could be?

9. PRO’s Good indication of where people are at ‘physically’ Work well to identify improvements or decreases in performance Many require little or no equipment There are a lot of tests that are quite simple to administer Good for identifying whether the training an athlete has been doing is working or not

10. CON’s Many fitness tests require specialist equipment Takes time to test & then re-test Many tests are expensive to run There are not many sport-specific tests about