PE GYMNASTICS

• PHYSICAL FITNESS refers to the ability of your body systems to work together efficiently to allow you to be healthy and perform activities of daily living. Being efficient means doing daily activities with the least effort possible.
• What are the two types of physical fitness

  HEALTH RELATED FITNESS, SKILL RELATED FITNESS
• Cardiovascular Endurance the ability of the heart, blood vessels, and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles.
• Muscular Strength the ability of the muscles to exert a force. The maximum amount of force that a muscle can generate in a single effort.
• Muscular Endurance the ability to efficiently use muscles over a longer period of time. The ability of a muscle to repeatedly contract or sustain continuous contraction involving less than maximum force.
• Flexibility the ability to move at the joints through a full range of motion. The range of motion through which the body’s joints are able to move.
• Body Composition the amount of body weight that is fat compared to muscle, bones, and other body tissues.
• sport/athletic performance and they can be argued to be improved by one’s training (inherent to or improved by training).

  SKILL RELATED FITNESS
• to ensure the body can perform normal daily tasks.

  HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
• Speed also referred to as movement time, the ability to move the body or parts of it very quickly.
• Power the ability to exert muscular strength quickly, strength and speed combined
• Agility the ability to start, stop and change direction quickly and with precision.
• Balance the ability to maintain a certain posture or to move without falling. 
• Static balance maintain equilibrium in a stationary position.
• Dynamic balance maintain equilibrium when moving the body.
• Reaction Time also referred to as quickness, the period from when a stimulus is perceived to when movement begins.
• Coordination the ability to use your senses together with your body parts; ability to use two or more body parts at the same time
• Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, power, agility, coordination, and balance.
• Aerial A stunt in which the gymnast turns completely over in the air without touching the apparatus with his or her hands.
• Amplitude  The height or degree of execution of a movement. In general, the higher the salto (flip or somersault) or the more breathtaking the movement, the better the amplitude and the score.
• Dismount To leave an apparatus at the end of a routine; usually done with a difficult twist or salto.
• Handspring  Springing off the hands by putting the weight on the arms and using a strong push from the shoulders. This can be done either forward or backward and usually with a linking movement.
• Pike Position  Body bent forward more than 90 degrees at the hips while the legs are kept straight.
• Pirouettes Changing direction or moving in a circular motion by twisting in the handstand position.
• Tuck A position in which the knees and hips are bent and drawn into the chest, with the body is folded at the waist.
• Virtuosity The artistry, or the degree of rhythm and harmony, displayed while a movement is executed.