Year 9 Fitness Component Assessment Task
Year 9 Fitness Component Assessment Task
Complete the following attached table, describing each of the fitness components with a
sporting example.
Aerobic Power
Muscular Power
Flexibility
Coordination
Agility
Muscular Endurance
Anaerobic Power
Speed
Reaction Time
Balance
Muscular Strength
Body Composition
(24 marks)
Part 2: Identifying fitness components in sport
You are to select an individual sport, team sport and a recreational sport and complete the
following for each:
2. Annotate the image or video with 6 fitness components that are being performed
Component 1 Component 2
Video/image 1
Video/image 2
Video/image 3
3. (9 marks)
Strength 1 Strength 2
2. Using your fitness testing data results identify two weaknesses that you would need
to work on to improve performance in your selected sports in part 2. (4 marks)
Weakness 1 Weakness 2
Part 4: Questions
Complete the following questions:
1. The 20-m shuttle run test requires participants to run between cones set 20 m apart in time
to a recorded beep until they are unable to keep up with the recording.
a) Name the component of fitness that is being assessed by the 20-m shuttle run
test. (1 mark)
b) How is the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test more specific to team sports, such as
soccer, hockey and rugby, than the 20-m shuttle run test? (2 marks)
2. The image below shows students assisting other students whilst exercising.
a) Identify the fitness component most likely being assessed in the image above
(1 mark)
b) Identify the fitness test being demonstrated in the image above (1 mark)
3. Identify and justify two fitness components that are essential for competing in the
long jump at an elite level (4 marks)
4. a) Name one recognized fitness test used to assess speed (1 mark)
5. Discuss the difference between health and skill related fitness components (2 marks)