Physical education and physical fitness

1. Physical Education
and Physical Fitness

2. What is Physical Education?
• Physical Education or P. E. is an instructional
program that gives attention to the development
and care of the body.
• Physical Education or P. E. contributes to our total
development as an individual by helping build your
knowledge and understanding of fitness.

3. Objectives of Physical Education
1. Physical Development
- you learn the skills necessary to develop and
maintain good health and physical fitness.
- you also get to find out more about your body,
especially its abilities and its limitations.

4. 2. Emotional Development
- helps you acquire positive emotional traits such as
confidence, discipline, courage, and perseverance.
3. Mental Development
- helps you gain the knowledge you need to become fit
and healthy.
Objectives of Physical Education

5. 4. Social Development
- offers several opportunities that enable you to
put into practice desirable social traits such as
respect for oneself and others, cooperation,
sportsmanship, friendliness, and honesty.
Objectives of Physical Education

6. What is Physical Fitness?
• Physical Fitness refers to the body’s ability to
1. perform daily activities efficiently without getting tired easily;
2. reduce the risk of acquiring illness or disease; and
3. have extra energy in case of prolonged activities or emergency.

7. Components of Physical Fitness
1. Health- related Components focus on the
general health and proper functioning of
the whole body.
2. Skill- related Components refers to
athletic ability

8. Health- related Components
1. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
- the ability of the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system
to deliver oxygen to active muscles efficiently for an
extended time.
2. Muscular Strength
- the ability of muscles to exert force.

9. 3. Mascular edurance – the abilty of muscles to exert force
over an extended period.
4. Flexibility - the ability of the joints to perform through
a wide range of movements.
5. Body composition – the proportion of body fat to lean
body mass.
Health- related Components

10. Skill – related Components
1. Agility
- the body’s ability to change direction or position rapidly and
accurately while moving in space.
2. Balance
- the ability of the body to maintain a stable position while in
a stationary position or while moving.

11. 3. Coordination
- the ability to use different body parts in performing more
than one motor movement at a time.
4. Power
- the ability to exert the maximum amount of force in the
shortest possible time
Skill – related Components

12. 5. Reaction Time
- the amount of time it takes for the body to respond
6. Speed
- the ability to perform an action as quickly as possible.
Skill – related Components

13. PE for Life
Physical fitness components help you determine which
aspect of your physical fitness needs improvement in
performing physical activities, either health related or
skill- related. Thus it is important for you to know the
necessary skill or ability that you will need to do a given
activity better.