Vocabulary for Describing Sports and Physical Education
- Athlete: A person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina.
- Endurance: The ability to continue exerting effort for an extended period of time.
- Flexibility: The ability to move a joint or series of joints through a full range of motion.
- Strength: The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert force against resistance.
- Agility: The ability to change the direction of the body in an efficient and rapid manner while maintaining balance.
- Speed: The rate at which an object or a person moves.
- Power: The ability to perform work or produce energy at a high rate.
- Coordination: The ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently.
- Balance: The ability to maintain control of the body’s center of mass over its base of support.
- Skill: A learned ability to perform a task or activity.
- Training: A process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and habits through study, practice, or instruction.
- Rehabilitation: The process of helping someone recover from injury, illness, or disability.
- Nutrition: The science of food and its relationship to health.
- Performance: The level at which a person or a team is able to complete a task or activity.
- Injury: Damage to the body caused by external force or internal stress.
- Coach: A person who instructs, directs, or trains an individual or a team in a sport or physical activity.
- Team: A group of individuals who work together to achieve a common goal.
- Event: A planned competition or performance in a sport or physical activity.
- Fitness: The ability to meet the physical demands of daily life and athletic performance.
- Wellness: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
- Aerobic Exercise: Physical activity that increases the heart rate and breathing rate, such as jogging or cycling, for a prolonged period of time to improve cardiovascular fitness.
- Agility: The ability to change direction quickly and effectively, often tested in sports through drills such as the shuttle run.
- Anaerobic Exercise: Physical activity that requires short bursts of high-intensity efforts, such as weightlifting or sprinting, which improves strength and power.
- Endurance: The ability to sustain physical activity for a prolonged period of time without fatigue, often tested through events such as long-distance running or cycling.
- Flexibility: The ability to move joints through their full range of motion, often improved through stretching exercises.
- Power: The ability to generate force quickly, often improved through explosive exercises such as plyometrics or jump training.
- Strength: The ability to exert force, often improved through resistance training such as weightlifting.
- Warm-Up: A series of low-intensity exercises or stretches performed before physical activity to prepare the body for the demands of the activity.
- Cool-Down: A series of low-intensity exercises or stretches performed after physical activity to reduce the risk of injury and help the body recover.
- Sport Science: The study of the physical, physiological, and psychological factors that influence athletic performance, as well as the mechanics of movement and injury prevention.
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