Physical qualities
Endurance, strength, speed, flexibility and coordination: what each means and how it is measured.
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Endurance: what is it?
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The ability to sustain an effort as long as possible.
It rests mainly on the aerobic system.
A rugby player squats 140 kg once. Which quality is measured?
- Maximal strength
- Strength endurance
- Speed
- Coordination
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Maximal strength
One rep at maximal load: that is the 1RM.
Strength: what is it?
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The ability to produce muscle tension against resistance.
Maximal, explosive or strength endurance.
Why train coordination early in children?
- Maximal strength improves fastest at that age
- It develops most easily before puberty
- It can no longer improve at all after puberty
- Children cannot yet train endurance
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It develops most easily before puberty
The qualities have different favourable periods: coordination benefits from the nervous system's plasticity before puberty, maximal strength improves mostly after it. Coordination can still be trained later, only less easily.
Speed: what is it?
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The ability to perform an action as fast as possible.
It depends heavily on the nervous system.