A healthy active lifestyle is one that contributes
positively to physical, social and mental wellbeing,
and includes regular exercise and physical activity
Physical Benefits
Increase fitness
Improve
performance
Physical
challange
Contribute
to physical
health
Social Benefits
Mix and work
with others
Make
new
friends
Develop
teamwork
skills
Meet with
current
friends
Mental Benefits
Relieve stress
Mental challange
Increase self
esteem/confidence
Enjoyment
Help the individual
feel good
Aesthetic appreciation
Competition
Influences on taking part in sport
They can be both positive and
negative
This means they can either
encourage partipition or discourage
Resources
Sports need suitable facilities that are
accessible,in the right location and are
open at the necessery times
The cost of some
sports can affect
participation, as
well as a persons
status
Socio-economic
Cultural Factors
People
Influenced
by others:
family,
peers or
rolemodels
Image
Health & well being
Illness and health
problems can affect
participation in some
sports, such as asthma
Sport popularity
increase-media
coverage or fashion
assoscated with
sports
Factors such as
dissability, age, gender
and race can
determine which
sports to take part in
Roles in sport
Performer
Most common way of being involved in
sport, either as a beginner all the way
up to being a professional
Leader
Official
To oversee matches, ensuring they are played fairly and to the correct rules
Volunteer
Take up a variety of roles within a club or at an event, such as looking after kit and
equipment, first aid, transport
This could in
the form of a
coach or a
teacher to train
and develop
performers
Sports Presentation Pyramid
This is used to illustrate the
development form mass
participation at the base of
the pyramid to excellence at
the top
The grater the number of
people who participate,
the broader the base
The broader the base, the
more likely that some will
achieve excellence
Elite/Excellence stage - Top-class
sporting performance - eg. Proffessional
club, national and international level
Performance stage -
Begin to develop talent
in a sport and receive
quality coaching - eg.
Local and regional level
Participation stage -
Participation in a
specific sport is more
regular, in their own
time and for
enjoyment - eg.
School/local sports
teams
Foundation stage - where they learn
basic sports skills - eg. Primary PE lessons
Initatives for becoming and
remaining involved in sport
There are a number of key initiatives running that are
aimed at getting and keeping people involved in sport
Charities like Sport England are committed to helping people and
communities across the country creat sporting habitats for life
This means investing in organistaions and projects that will get more people
playing sport and creating opportuniries for people to excel at their chosen sport
On initiative is Sportivate - it's a lottery funded program that gives 11-25 year olds who arn't
particulaly sporty access to 6-8 weeks of free or discounted coaching in a range of sports
When the free or low-cost coaching has finished
they will be supported to continue playing that sport
Targets a variety of young people including those with a
disability and people from black and ethnic minority groups
Youth Sports Trust
A registered charity that aims to increase young
people's involvement with PE and sport
They help:
-Schools and teachers
by providing resources
-Young people get involved in
sport through clubs and courses
Identify sporting talent and support
them in reaching their goals
Purpose of
sports initatiives:
Increase
participation and to
improve health
Retain people in sport throgh an effectve
network of clubs, sports facillities, coaches,
volunteers and competition
Craete opportunities for talented performers
to achieve success at a high level
Governing Bodies
National governing bodies are
resposible for regulating their sport
Each spor's governing body will
maintain the rules and discipline,
provide coaching and oversee all
the clubs involved
They will also lookto create
opportunities for people to get
involved with their sport by
providing funding and
assistance with coaching,
facilities etc.
Health, Exercise, Fitness and Performance
Exercise
'A form of physical
activity done to
improve one's
health and fitness'
Health
'A state of complete
mental, physical and
social well-being, and
not merely the
absence of disease'
Good health comes
from:eating sensibly, limiting
alcohol intake, coping with
stress, regular rest and sleep,
not smoking or taking drugs
Physical well-being:
cardiovascular and
respiritary system
works well, strong
muscular system,
good body shape,
can resist and
recover from ilness
Mental: can cope with the stress of life through leisure
activities and interests, able to control our emoutions
Social well-being: can develop friendships
and personal relationships, feel good
about ourselves with a good self-esteem
Fitness
'The ability to
meet the
demands of the
environment'
Needed in sport and everyday life
Fitness is developed through
exercise and contributes to
enhanced performance
Many athletes are fit but
not healthy eg, taking
performance drugs
Performance
'How well a task
is completed'
Levels of
performance
differ, from
cometing at
the world cup,
to playing in a
local league
If you have a good performance, you feel satisfied and successful
Exercise improves health and develops fitness, which
enhances performance in physical activity
Health related exercise
Health-Related Exercise is all the fitness
components we need to enjoy good
health
They are used in sport, but are needed in everyday tasks
The components are :
Muscular Strength
The amount of force a muscle
can exert against a resistance
Muscular Endurance
The ability to use the voluntary muscles
many times without getting tired
Body Composition
The percentage of body weight that is fat,
muscle and bone
Cardiovascular Fitness
The ability to exercise the entire body
for long periods of time