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A STUDY ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND MOTOR EDUCABILITY OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUP

    1 Author(s):  JOLLY DAS

Vol -  5, Issue- 10 ,         Page(s) : 11 - 16  (2014 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Fitness is very crucial area nowadays. Everybody wants to keep fit and healthy. For keeping the health fit people use to join different types gym and yoga club. Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness (a state of health and well-being) and specific fitness (a task-oriented definition based on the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations). Physical fitness can be define as the ability to function efficiently and effectively without injury, to enjoy leisure, to be healthy, to resist disease, and to cope with emergency situations. Health-related components of physical fitness include body-composition, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular endurance, neuromuscular learning and strength. Skill-related components include agility(defined as the ability to move in any direction quickly), balance (in multiple dimensions) coordination (hand eye, foot eye,) reactions, rhythm, power, and speed (in all directions. The relative importance of each of the components varies for each person. In this study the skill related components had been taken. The components has been selected were standing broad jump to measure the leg strength, sit-ups to measure the abdominal muscle, sit and reach to measure the flexibility and shuttle run to measure the agility.

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