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EVALUATING YOUTH FITNESS

EVALUATING YOUTH FITNESS. * Health-Related * Performance-Related. Thoughts on Exercise. I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

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EVALUATING YOUTH FITNESS

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  1. EVALUATING YOUTH FITNESS * Health-Related * Performance-Related

  2. Thoughts on Exercise • I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. • I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. • I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. • The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

  3. Thoughts on Exercise • If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country. • And last but not least: • I don't exercise because it makes the beer spill out of my cup.

  4. HISTORICAL FACTORS • World War II • Kraus-Weber Test • President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport (PCPFS)

  5. PHYSICAL FITNESS Physical fitness is a state of well-being that allows people to perform daily activities with vigor, reduce their risk of health problems related to a lack of exercise, and establish a fitness base for participation in a variety of physical activities. McSwegin et. al, 1989, p. 1

  6. PHYSICAL FITNESS . . . The ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to enjoy leisure time pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies. Thus, physical fitness is the ability to last, to bear up, to withstand stress, and to persevere under difficult circumstances where an unfit person would quit. It is the opposite to becoming fatigued, from ordinary efforts, to lacking energy to enter zestfully into life’s activities, and to becoming exhausted from unexpected, demanding physical exertion. President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1971)

  7. Physical Fitness • More than just “not being sick” or merely “being well” • Continuum that ranges from death to abundant life • All individuals possess some degree of physical fitness

  8. Motor Fitness (a.k.a. Performance-Related Fitness) • The level of physical fitness necessary to engage in sports and other forms of physical activity • Varies depending upon the sport (e.g. some activities require high levels of aerobic endurance, others place a premium on muscular strength)

  9. Performance-Related Fitness • Muscular strength • Muscular endurance • Cardio-respiratory endurance • Muscular power • Agility • Speed

  10. Muscular strength Muscular endurance Cardio-respiratory endurance Muscular power Agility Speed Pull-ups Flexed-arm hang Push-ups Bent-knee sit-up 600-yard run Standing long jump Shuttle run test 50-yard dash Motor Fitness and Common YFT Items Component Test Item

  11. AAHPERD Youth Fitness Test • Pull-ups (boys) • Flexed arm hang (girls) • Modified pull-ups • Shuttle run test • Standing long jump • 50-yard test • 600-yard run

  12. Health-Related Fitness When fitness is associated with health, fitness is defined “ by those components related to health. Those components are usually identified as muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, aerobic capacity and body composition.” Safrit, 1995

  13. COMPONENTS OF HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS • Muscular strength • Muscular endurance • Cardio-respiratory endurance • Flexibility • Body composition

  14. AVAILABLE FITNESS TESTS • Chrysler - AAU Physical Fitness Program • YMCA Youth Fitness Test and Program • President’s Challenge Physical Fitness Program • Health-Related Physical Fitness Test – AAHPERD • Fit Youth Today – endorsed by ACSM • Physical Best - AAHPERD • FITNESSGRAM- Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research/AAHPERD

  15. Comparison of National Youth Fitness Tests

  16. Mile Run Standards - Boys

  17. Mile Run Standards - Girls

  18. Prudential FITNESSGRAM Measures 3 components: • Aerobic capacity • Muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility • Body Composition

  19. FITNESSGRAM Test Items • 1-mile run/walk or PACER • Percent body fat (sum of triceps and calf skinfolds) or BMI • Curl-ups • Trunk lift • Push-ups

  20. FITNESSGRAM Awards Program • Designed for recognition and motivation • Based on these 3 principles: • Fitness is for a lifetime • Fitness is for everyone • Fitness is fun and enjoyable

  21. FITNESSGRAM Awards Program Research principles: • Recognition must be based on achievement of goals that are challenging yet attainable • If recognition is not base on goals that are attainable, youth will not be motivated to try • Intrinsic motivation of any behavior must be based on continuous feedback of progress • Awards for exceptionally high scores go to those with exceptional heredity, early maturity, and who are already receiving many awards for their physical accomplishments

  22. FITNESSGRAM Awards Programs • It’s Your Move (K-6): Students perform FITNESSGRAM assessment and complete physical activities at home, school and community • Achievement recognition; “Get Fit” and “Fit for Life” recognize participants for any of the following: • Completion of exercise log • Achievement of specific goals • Fulfillment of contractual agreement

  23. FITNESSGRAM Awards Program • Performance recognition; “I’m Fit” • Performance is judged as “needs improvement” or “health fitness zone” that ranges from “good” to “better” • Can obtain this award in 2 ways: • Achieve the health fitness zone on 5 of 6 or 4 of 5 test items • Improvement in performance on at least 2 test items

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