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Kinesiology

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A body of knowledge that studies activity through performance, scholarly analysis, and professional practice.
Kinesiology
It is an examination of systems, factors, and principles involved in human development within the context of society.
Significance of kinesiology
Movement that is voluntary, intentional, and directed toward achieving an identifiable goal
Physical activity
Training exercise, Health-related exercise, Therapeutic exercise
Major Categories of Exercise
Performances in which accuracy of direction, force, and rhythm or timing are essential to accomplishing predetermined goals
What does skilled movement involve
Competition, Leisure, Education, Work, Self-expression, Self- sufficiency
Spheres of Physical Activity
Biomechanics/Human Movement: Study of the structure and function of human beings using the principles and methods of mechanics of physics and engineering.
What do kinesiology and biomechanics have in common
Dressing, Eating, Walking, Grooming, Using the toilet
ADLs (Activities of daily living) give examples
Gestures: Illustrators, Emblems, Regulators
How do we use physical activity to express ourselves (Self-expression)
Diabetes, Heart Disease, High-Cholesterol, High-Blood Pressure, Poor Circulation
What are 5 health risks associated with Obesity
Side-by-side Competition, Face-to-face non-contact, face-to-face contact, impersonal
What are the different types of competition
Bi-ped, Ability to improve, Our extraordinary capacity to translate complex mental concepts into precise and creative physical actions
How is physical activity unique to humans
Social environment, Parents, Peers, Teachers/Coaches, Individual circumstances, Geography
What are some of the factors that influence performance
Good muscle tone and flexibility, smooth coordinated movements, slow and rhythmic belly breathing, Sufficient energy, Able to meet unexpected physical emergencies, Able to preform daily activities at a higher level
What are the characteristics of a physically fit person
Closed: A motor skill in which performers must coordinate their movements with a predictable, usually stationary environment. (Batting, Pitching)

Open: A motor skill in which performers must coordinate their movements with an unpredictable, usually moving, environment. (Football, Hockey)
What is the difference between Closed skill and Open skill
Quality: Experiences that engage us in the most critical components of an activity are most likely to lead to increases in our capacity to perform that activity.

Quantity: When all other factors are equal, increasing the frequency of our engagement with the critical components of an activity usually leads to increases in our capacity to perform that activity.
What is the difference between Quality and quantity principle
Locomotor skills are those motor skills in which the feet move the body from one place to another.
Examples: Walking, Running, Hopping, Jumping, And Skipping
What is a locomotor skill - give examples
Physical activity is always accompanied by subjective experiences.
Subjective experiences of physical activity are unique.
We might not pay attention to the subjective experiences of physical activity.
Physical activity will not be meaningful unless we enjoy it.
Four truths about activity and sport
Kinesthetic, Auditory, and other impressions
How do we re-experience the subjectiveness of physical activity
Psychoanalytical Self-Knowledge, Mystical, Socratic
Types of intuitive personal knowledge
Refers to the entire range of emotions and cognitions, dispositions, knowledge, and meanings that we derive from physical activity.
Subjective experiences
To understand what people are capable of doing, track gains and losses, good feedback, to set goals
Why is assessment important
Practice: A type of physical activity experience that involves cognitive processing and leads to improvement in skill (learning); repeating a task, often with an instructor's guidance or feedback, to promote learning

Training: Physical activity carried out for the express purpose of conditioning for performance in an athletic or other type of event.
What is the difference between practice and training
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