Physical Fitness
This domain checks whether you can name the components of physical fitness, match each component to a test, and interpret a score instead of simply quoting it.
Two families of components
- Health-related: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition.
- Skill-related (motor fitness): speed, agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time.
Matching components to tests
- 50 m dash → speed
- 600 m run–walk → cardiorespiratory endurance
- 1-minute sit-ups or flexed-arm hang → muscular endurance
- Sit and reach → hamstring and lower-back flexibility
- Standing broad jump → explosive leg power
- 4 × 10 m shuttle run → agility
Worked example
A student is 1.65 m tall and weighs 60 kg. BMI = 60 ÷ (1.65 × 1.65) = 60 ÷ 2.7225 = 22.0. Reasoning: convert height to metres first, square it, then divide mass. The value 22.0 sits in the 18.5–24.9 normal band, so the record should read "normal". A frequent error is dividing by height only, or squaring the height in centimetres (60 ÷ 165² = 0.002), which produces a meaningless figure.
Traps
- Claiming BMI measures fitness; it measures mass for height and cannot separate fat from muscle.
- Calling the sit-and-reach a strength test, or the shuttle run a test of speed endurance.
- Counting the pulse for 15 seconds and forgetting to multiply by four.
- Reporting a raw score without comparing it to a norm or to the student's earlier score.