Physical fitness refers to the organic capacity of the individual to perform the normal task of daily living without undue tiredness or fatigue having reserve of strength and energy available to meet satisfactorily any emergency demands suddenly placed upon him. Softball is a sport requiring high levels of physical fitness. It is one of those rare games which demands not only speed but agility, strength, power and endurance. Softball players need a combination of technical, tactical and physical skills in order to succeed. Improving aerobic capacity and overall fitness boosts performance on the Softball field. Cricket is a deceivingly demanding sport; players spend a long day on their feet, there are periodic fast sprints when batting, chasing …show more content…
The greater the physical fitness, the greater will be physical endurance and the precision of movements. The greater the physical fitness, the longer a person will be able to keep going; he will be able to perform more efficiently and at greater speed and to recover faster from fatigue. Poor health and lowered physical capacity reduce one’s ability to perform mental task (Carl, 1969). Physical fitness is an inseparable part of sports performance and achievements. The quality of its utilization value is directly proportional to the level of performance. That means the greater the level of fitness, the greater will be the ability of a person to attain higher level of performance. Players are required to have good physical fitness that will enable successful performance at the competitive level. The sport specific technical skills in sports are predominant factors. The physical fitness of a player however can be a decisive determinant of success during competition (Smekal et al., …show more content…
The visual system plays a critical role in sports performance, as it does in the performance of virtually all perceptual-motor skills. To improve sports performance through improving vision an understanding of the visual demands of different sports is required. One also needs to consider the extent that different visual parameters can be modified through vision training. However the ultimate question is whether training certain aspects of the visual system can be translated into improvement with on field
This is essential in tennis for example to be able to sprint after a ball at the other side of the court (drop shot for example). Agility - This is the ability to change direction quickly and the ability to change and control the movements of your body. This is needed to be able to change direction quickly while the ball is in play, as you are not expecting where the next ball is going within the court. Muscular Endurance - This is the ability for the muscles to work
I have played softball ever since the tee ball days. It has been a sport that I have grown to love and couldn’t imagine not playing. The way I have grown up playing softball has changed tremendously from the time it was 1st created in 1887 on Thanksgiving Day. The first time this game was even thought of was when a group of excited men threw a boxing glove to another man who swung a broom trying to hit the boxing glove, like a bat hitting a ball. This group of men, who were all apart of the Farragut boat club, decided they would turn this into a game of their own and softball was born. Although the name softball was not finally decided on until 1926. It was first called indoor baseball. Kitten baseball, or pumpkin ball. Softball didn't grow rapidly until 1933 a softball tournament was set up at the world fair. There were 55 teams in the invent and over 350,000 watching. The game of softball went crazy. Not just in the U.S., but all around the world.
As Paige and I walked across the field towards our team I felt euphoric. Four long years of work, sweat, and dedication had led up to this night. It was the perfect end to my senior year of softball. The scoreboard just beyond the mass of sweaty, screaming softball players read 15-0. This was the final score of the district championship game, a game my team had never won before. The applause and cheers of the fans echoed in my ears for hours afterward
Sport and exercise science is a multidisciplinary field that draws on knowledge from the broader parent disciplines, the subareas that make up sport and exercise science also draw on measures, constructs and concepts from each other. In fact, it is suggested that sport psychology should include knowledge from other sub-disciplines within sport and exercise science in order to gain better understanding of situations specific to
From the moment I was born I was destined to become a softball player. My dad is from the Dominican Republic. In his country baseball is the national sport. People expect Dominicans to play baseball. Therefore, it didn’t come to a surprise when my dad began to influence me to play softball at a young age. My dad played a significant role in developing my interest in softball which allowed me to become skillful in catching and throwing. From the moment I was born I began my journey to becoming skillful at this. Skills I acquired at a young age would later encourage the development of my proficiency in catching and throwing. Throughout this paper I will tell the story of how I progressed to each period on the “Mountain of Motor Development.” This “mountain” is a metaphor of the sequence I followed that helped me build up my skills. There are 6 Periods in the mountain: the Reflexive Period, Preadapted Period, Fundamental
physical fitness is “a set of attributes that people have or achieve.” (Cited in Dalgleish
In today’s society, hard work seems to be forgotten, or merely just unrealistic. Whether it be in the work field or athletics, many get things simply handed to them. As I begin my final journey and the final four years of my softball career, I look back and reminisce on all the obstacles I have had to overcome throughout my softball journey. I know what it is like to work hard for something you have always dreamt of, but others told you that you would never be able to accomplish it, what it is like to put in work for something you love, without knowing if it will pay off.
To sum it up if a player was fitter they perform more effectively than they would have. Therefore if a player was to improve aerobic capacity then overall fitness would boost performance on the football field. Team sports like football make it even harder to determine what areas of fitness are required. The types required will depend upon positions. and role in the team, but one key area is skill and specificity.
FREE!! The volleyball is over the net. Someone bumps it over to the setter and sets it to the spiker, step, heel,heel, the ball goes right into the middle of the court and it’s our point! But when softball is going on this is what is happening. I am up to bat and I have heard that this pitcher is a real curmudgeon and really FAST!! So I was really nervous!!I had It was very crass The pitcher \was coming in for the pitch and here comes the hit and… I HIT IT!! I’m heading for home plate and I got four players in including me so that means a GRAND SLAM!! When I got the grandslam it was very obstreperous because everyone was cheering.It was very ludicrous! My team cheered for me so much that they loss their voices for the rest of their life. Whereas volleyball and softball are different as volleyball has a net , while softball has a bat,they are also similar as they are both sports and both very fun.
Creative new training methods, developed by coaches, athletes and sport scientists, are aimed to help improve the quality and quantity of athletic training ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1). However, these methods have encountered a consistent set of barriers including overtraining ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1). Due to these barriers, the need for physical and mental recovery in athletics brought an increasing attention in practice and in research ( Kellmann, 2010, p.1).
Whether it is the angle needed to swing the bat, the force needed to kick the ball, or the speed needed to run, physics is present in every aspect of every sport. Players become aware at a young age that physics will be a part of their lives for as long as they play a sport, even if they are not aware of it. From the moment a child starts a sport, the many different methods used to improve revolve around physics. Softball is a prime example of this. Physics plays a role in softball because every aspect of this sport requires a certain momentum and force. Players must aim to achieve the skill to be able to use the physics behind the sport to their advantage. Through the use of hitting, catching, and throwing a softball, there is the need to
...te in endurance and short exercise levels. It also needs the athletes to be able to have the ability to sprint and utilize the anaerobic system, and allow them to generate force through a high power output (Bangsbo, Mohr & Poulsen et al. 2006). Over an entire soccer game elite players run roughly 10km at average intensity and interval training help athletes perform better and increases their aerobic and anaerobic power within exercise (Stølen, Chamari & Castagna et al. 2005). High aerobic capacity is needed within soccer, as it is believed to aid recovery by reducing fatigue within athletes and by using interval training it improves both powers. This is due to it being able to enable them to perform better, last through a variety of intensities, durations and improve recovery for each athlete (Dellal, Chamari & Pintus et al. 2008).
Surprisingly, physical skills are only a small factor of the sport. The mental aspect of the sport needs to come into play, because the physical aspect can only take you so far. A lot of
Pearson, Naughton, and Torode. "Predictability of physiological testing and the role of maturation in talent identification for adolescent team sports." Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 9 (2006): 227-287. Print.
The benefit of physical fitness is to prevent obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle thru training and focusing on the body’s compositions. Physical fitness is the measure of the body’s ability to go full capacity. If one doesn’t exercise ones body doesn’t work at its full potential all the time. Exercise can lower the risk of having major problems with ones body and relieve stress.