Assignment Title:  Components of Fitness

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Assignment:  1 of 3

This assignment will give learners a good understanding of fitness tests.

You are an athletics coach in charge of a squad of county athletes covering a variety of teams. You have been asked to prepare a presentation to give to the athletes focusing on how fitness training can be used to enhance future performance and the types of test available.

Key Skills:

Independent learning

Self Managers

Time management

Research skills

Produce a written report.  Your report should include the following:

·         Describe one test for each component of physical fitness, including advantages and disadvantages.

(P1)

·         Explain the advantages and disadvantages of one fitness test for each component of physical fitness.                                                                                                                                                    (M1)

1.       Written report

P1, P2.

Assignment Title:  Health Screening Tests

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Assignment:  2 of 3

This assignment will give learners a good understanding of health screening procedures.

Working as a health care assistant, you have been asked to undertake health screening procedures and safely administer four different health monitoring tests for two contrasting individuals.

Key Skills:

Independent learning

Self Managers

Time management

Research skills

Produce a written report.  Your report should include the following:

·         Prepare an appropriate health screening questionnaire.

(P2)

·         Devise and use appropriate health screening procedures for two contrasting individuals

(P3)

·         Safely administer and interpret the results of four different health monitoring tests for the two contrasting individuals.

 (P4)

·         Describe the strengths and areas for improvement for the two individuals using information from their health screening questionnaires and health monitoring tests.

                                                                                                                                                                 (M2)

·         Evaluate the health screening questionnaires and health monitoring test results and provide recommendations for lifestyle improvements.                                                                            (D1)

2.         Written report

P2, P3, P4, M2, D1

Assignment Title:  Fitness Assessment

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Assignment:  3 of 3

This assignment will give learners a good understanding of fitness tests and how to feedback.

Working as a fitness instructor you need to conduct a fitness assessment and administer fitness tests to an individual and provide face-to-face feedback to the individual tested.

Key Skills:

Independent learning

Self Managers

Time management

Research skills

Produce a written report.  Your report should include the following:

·         Select and safely administer six different fitness tests for a selected individual recording the findings.                                                                                                                                               (P5)

·         Justify the selection of fitness tests commenting on suitability, reliability, validity and practicality.

(M3)

·         Following fitness testing, give feedback to a selected individual, describing the test results and interpreting their levels of fitness against normative data.

                                                                                                                                                                         (P6)

·         Compare the fitness test results to normative data and identify strengths and areas for improvement.                                                                                                                                       (M4)

·         Analyse the fitness test results and provide recommendations for appropriate future activities or training.                                                                                                                                             (D2)                                   

3.         Written report

P5, M3, P6, M4, D2