Higher PE

Gathering Information

Agility

• Agility is a Physical factor that impacts on your performance

• Agility is the ability to change the body’s position efficiently

• It is a combination of speed, balance, coordination and your reflexes

TaskWrite down a number of examples where agility is

relevant and impacts on performance

Examples

1) Agility is important in football as it enables a player to turn quickly and evade challenges. A player who is agile can also respond quicker to an opposing player, close down or jockey an opponent and he or she is also able to explosively stop, change direction and increase speed again.

2) In Badminton, Agility helps a player move around the court reasonably smoothly reaching shuttles at the back and front of the court. A lack of Agility would make it difficult for a player to reach shuttles played to different areas of the court causing them to be under pressure or lose the point.

Gathering Data on Agility

We can use a standardised test to gather information out with the activity

Illinois Agility Test• Four cones are used to mark the start, finish and the two

turning points. Another four cones are placed down the centre an equal distance apart.

• Subjects should lie on their front (head to the start line) and hands by their shoulders.

• On the 'Go' command the stopwatch is started, and the athlete gets up as quickly as possible and runs around the course in the direction indicated

Gathering Data on Agility

You can use a diagram to help illustrate your point

Question

Evaluate the effectiveness you used to gather information on a physical factor (agility)?

Answer

You should include the following in your answer• Explanation of what agility is and the impact in can

have on your performance• You used the Illinois agility test because it is reliable,

easy to set up and can compare it to the national averages.........

• Explanation/diagram how it is set up• The results showed that my agility is below average

meaning that this will have a negative impact on my performance.....example

Question

Complete the following issue/impact model making links to agilityMy agility test results were

below average. How

will this impact on my performance?

Impact Impact Impact