10 Skills to Overall Fitness

There are ten recognized general physical skills. They are cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. You are as fit as you are competent in each of these ten skills. A regimen develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these ten skills.
1.Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance – The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
2.Stamina – The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
3.Strength – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4.Flexibility – the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5.Power – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6.Speed – The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7.Coordination – The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8.Agility – The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9.Balance – The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10.Accuracy – The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.