Download Suppleness

Health related fitness
To develop further knowledge of speed
To know and understand the
importance of suppleness in sport.
Outcomes
Must know and understand the importance of
speed and suppleness in sport
Be able to identify sports that would benefit from
having speed or suppleness.
Might be able to explain using specific examples
the importance of speed and suppleness in sport.
White board task
Define suppleness.
Identify 3 sports movements/actions that would
be difficult without good flexibility and explain
why.
Describe what could happen if an individual has
poor suppleness. Give specific examples.
Flexibility/Suppleness
Q. What is suppleness?
Mobility and range of movement around a joint
Q. What happens if you have poor flexibility?
• You move stiffly
• More likely to get injured
• A reduced level of performance e.g. unable to
perform more advanced moves for example the splits
in gymnastics
• Poor
• Weaker muscle contractions
Video task
Watch the 3 videos and identify:
Sport/Activity
Key joints/areas Why is
of the body that suppleness
need suppleness required?
e.g. hip
How Can We Improve Our
Flexibility?
• 1) Active Static Stretching
•
eg Quadriceps stretch standing still
• 2) Passive static Stretching
• eg stretching with a partner sitting in a straddle
position
• 3) Ballistic/dynamic Stretching/mobility exercises
•
eg arm swings