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What Are The 5 Fitness Components

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Introduction: Futsal is a thriving European sport that has been adopted by almost 300,000 Australians. Athletes are always attempting to improve their performance due to the natural attribute of competiveness. Fitness components can be used to enhance certain parts of performance which can then be exposed to appropriate training principles to improve the selected fitness component. Two dominant fitness components will be identified which will then be the basis for a 6 week Macro training program. Using the various training principles, the macro training program will then be designed to suit the desired fitness component to be refined. Fitness Components: Within sport, there are 10 fitness components that enable us to perform. They fall under two headings; Health-related components and Skill-related components. The health related components of physical fitness are cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. The skill-related components of physical fitness are power/speed which are closely related, agility, coordination, balance, and reaction time. Training Principles: Specificity “Specificity refers to the type of changes the body makes in response to sports training. Very simply, what you do is what you get.” (Sports training Advisor, 2009) FITT (frequency, intensity, time and type) The FITT program is an acronym that stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type. Frequency Frequency is the rate at which

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