Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise Introduction to

Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise

Introduction to unit: • By the end of the unit you should: ▫ know a range of laboratory-based and fieldbased fitness tests ▫ be able to use health screening techniques ▫ be able to administer appropriate fitness tests ▫ Be able to interpret the results of fitness tests and provide feedback.

So what will we be studying in this unit? • Performance related components of fitness • Fitness tests (appropriate testing, results and feedback) • Health screening • Informed consent • Health monitoring tests This will all be covered within 2 assignments 1 st – addressing health screening 2 nd – addressing fitness testing.

From Today and for the next few weeks…… • We will be looking at health screening. Student activity • Research health screening forms and consent forms. • Get 2 different copies of the forms and get 2 different people to fill them in. (45 mins) • Hand the forms in before the end of the lesson.

What’s next? Student Activity/Class Discussion • What do you know about health and consent forms? • How many different types of forms could you find? • What is the informed consent form used for? • Write half a page describing the health and consent forms.

What might our objective be for this lesson?