Key Terms 1
any activity that includes training, observation of practice and personal participation.
Experience of physical activity
permanent alteration in nervous system functioning that enables performers to consistently achieve a predetermined goal.
Learning
Fitness developed through physical activity experience and characterized by cpacities and traits associated with low risk of hypokinetic disease.
health related fitness
Genetically endowed perceptual, cognitive, motor, metabolic, or personality trait that is susceptible to little or no modification by practice or training.
Ability
knowledge that is gained through physical activity and does not depend on rational or conscious processes.
intuitive knowledge
Principle or framework for organizing physical activity in which participants compare their performances either with each others or with a standard for the purpose of increasing enjoyment
competition
Subjective experience in which sensations appeal to a person's sense of beauty, grace, or artistic appreciation
ones individual reaction to events, feelings, or other stimuli.
Subjective experience of physical activity
Qualities of physical capacity such as flexibility, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and strength that are developed not through learning but through training.
Physical Performance Capacity
Disease associated directly with low levels of daily physical activity.
Hypokinetic Disease
The process of considering the subjective experience of an activity performed in the past
self reflection
knowledge of one's deep seated desires, motivations and behaviors that is gained, for our purposes, through participation in sport and exercise.
Psychoanalytic self knowledge
short term, highly variable psychological state that may affect ones enjoyment of physical activity
disposition
physical activity experience that involves either discomfort, pain or suffering.
ascetic experience
Activities that place a premium on efficient, coordinated motor responses.
Motor Skills
temporary end state of training that is reflected in the performers possession of an adequate level of strength endurance, and flexibility to carry out desired tasks.
conditioning
Classification system that categorizes motor skills according to their common critical components.
motor skill taxonomy
Raw, uninterpreted information collected through sensory organs
sensation
Knowledge about another dimiension of reality apprehended, for our purposes, through participation in sport and exercise
Mystical knowledge
Relatively stable mind set regarding for our purposes, physical activity.
attitude
Form of watching sport contests in which the observer in nonpartisan in regard to the outcome
disinterested spectating
The general quality that underlies the performance of volantary movements
Capacity developed through exercise that enables one to perform essential activities of daily living, engage in an active leisure lifestyle, and have sufficient energy remaining to meet the demands of unexpected events.
physical fitness
Motor skill in which the performer must coordinate his or her movements with a predictable usually stationary environment.
closed skill
meaningful construct or message based on interpretation of sensations from subjective experience.
Perception
knowledge of capacities and limitations that enables one to perform physical activity safely within the range of one's abilities.
physical activity involving high speed, danger, or disorientation of the body in space.
sensation seeking activities
staged competiton designed and promoted for an audience and intended to evoke a range of human emotions by virtue of its grandeur, scale, and drama.
sport spectacle
Type of physical activity experience that involves cognitive processing and leads to improvement in skill; repetition of a task, often with an instructor's guidance or feedback, to promote learning.
Practice
capacity developed through physical activity experience that enables people to perform daily activities with vigor and often incorporates an element of skill.
motor performance fitness
motor skill in which the performer must coordinate movements with an unpredictable environment
Open skill
knowledge of facts, concepts, and theories gained through reason, logic, and analysis
rational knowledge
Type of mysitcal experience sometimes experienced by runners and other engaged in strenuous sport or exercise.
Peak Experience
Sensation resulting from disorientation of the body in space, experienced often in conjunction with dangerous activities and differing from the medical conditions that result in dizziness.
vertigo
knowledge of elements of the game one is watching, including players, strategies, and competitive tactics.
game spectator knowledge