Body Systems Over Time
This system includes the heart and blood vessels and grows stronger during childhood and adolescence.
What is the cardiovascular system?
The most effective type of exercise for maintaining cardiovascular health.
What is aerobic exercise?
This term refers to the accumulation of bone tissue during childhood and adolescence.
What is bone accrual?
This is a psychological factor that motivates adolescent athletes.
What is goal setting?
This condition may result from energy restriction and performance pressure in young athletes.
What are eating disorders?
This system helps you breathe and takes in oxygen. It grows as lungs and muscles get bigger and stronger.
What is the respiratory system?
Name one lifestyle factor that can preserve respiratory function across the lifespan.
What is avoiding smoking (or exposure to pollutants)?
This process of continuous bone renewal involves resorption and formation.
What is bone remodelling?
This societal influence involves the impact of external perception and media scrutiny.
What is media pressure?
This stress-related outcome results in both physical and emotional exhaustion.
What is burnout?
This system controls thinking, movement, and feelings. It develops quickly in early life and keeps changing with age.
What is the neural (nervous) system?
These two diet components are essential for neural health and cognitive preservation.
What are antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids?
This term refers to the increase in muscle fibre size through protein synthesis.
What is muscle hypertrophy?
These types of injuries are caused by repetitive strain without adequate rest.
What are overuse injuries?
This practice helps younger athletes build skills progressively in a safe and structured environment.
What is structured skill development?
This term describes when your body systems (like the heart or brain) start to slow down as you get older.
What is depletion?
Balance, proprioception, and neuromuscular control are targeted by this type of training.
What is coordination training?
This age-related muscle condition leads to loss of strength and mobility.
What is sarcopenia?
This early training trend may limit long-term development and increase burnout risk.
What is early sport specialisation?
This training strategy uses positive language and praise to enhance motivation and confidence.
What is positive reinforcement?
This part of the nervous system helps send messages faster by coating nerves in a special substance.
What is myelination?
These are modifiable aspects that can influence bone, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neural systems across the lifespan.
What are physical activity, nutrition, and lifestyle habits?
This germ layer forms both the cardiovascular and muscular systems during embryonic development.
What is the mesoderm?
This type of training environment encourages enjoyment, holistic development, and injury prevention.
What is developmentally appropriate training?
These three domains define holistic development in young athletes.
What are physical, mental, and social development?