Introduction+and+Justification

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KEY KNOWLEDGE
 * Fitness components: definitions and factors affecting the health-related fitness components, including aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition, and the skill-related components, including muscular power, speed, agility, coordination, balance and reaction time.
 * Data collection activity analysis, including skill analysis, movement patterns and work to rest ratio
 * Assessment of fitness, including aims, protocols and methods and outcomes of at least two standardised, recognised tests for each fitness component
 * Fitness training principles, including intensity, duration, frequency, overload, specificity, individuality, diminishing returns, variety, maintenance and detraining
 * Fitness training methods, including continuous, interval, fartlek, circuit, weight/resistance, flexibility, plyometrics, speed, swiss ball and core strength training to improve aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, speed, flexibility and muscular power
 * Chronic adaptations of the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems to training

KEY SKILLS
 * Explain fitness assessment aims, methods, risks, safeguards, informed consent and confidentiality
 * Use appropriate technology to perform an activity analysis to collect and analyse primary data to determine major fitness components and energy systems used in sporting events and physical activities
 * Perform, observe, analyse and report on laboratory exercises designed to explore the assessment of fitness pre and post training
 * Justify the selected fitness tests in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of the testing methodology
 * Explain how chronic adaptations to the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems lead to an improved performance
 * Design, participate in, and evaluate a six-week training program that demonstrates the correct application of training principles and methods to enhance and maintain specific health-related fitness components.