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Skill-Related Fitness

Sixth graders learn the six abilities that make athletes good at games, from the agility to change direction to the reaction time to respond fast, and match each to what it means.

Grade 6Skill-Related Fitness45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the six parts.
  • ✓Define each skill.
  • ✓Spot them in sports.
  • ✓Match each term.
Essential Question

Two players are equally strong, but one dodges, reacts, and changes direction better. What are the six skill-related fitness parts behind that edge?

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Interactive Task
Match the Skill · Interactive

Match the Skill

Project this and match each part of skill-related fitness to what it means — tap a skill, then tap its meaning.

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What it means
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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Hook — What Makes an Athlete?

5 min

Two players are equally strong, but one dodges, reacts, and changes direction better. That edge is skill-related fitness. What are its parts?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a quick move in sport.
  • Ask what ability it takes.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Use — Match the Skill

12 min

Students match each fitness skill to its meaning.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Skill.
  • Match each pair.
  • Note the meaning.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Modify — Spot It in a Sport

13 min

Students connect skills to games.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick a sport you know.
  • Name two skill-fitness parts it uses.
  • Give an example move.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick.
  • Name.
  • Give.
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Create — A Skill Drill

15 min

Students design a practice drill.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Choose one skill.
  • Design a simple drill to build it.
  • Say how to measure improvement.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Choose.
  • Design.
  • Say.
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Reflect — The Athlete's Edge

5 min

Students reflect on skill-related fitness.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • What is agility?
  • How is skill-related fitness different from health-related fitness?
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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PE.3

Identify the components of skill-related fitness.

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PE.4

Relate skill-related fitness to performance in games and sports.

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PE.2

Apply movement concepts of agility, balance, and coordination.

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PE.5

Set goals to improve a chosen fitness skill.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Skill + meaning cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___ .”
  • Match one pair at a time.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with agility and speed.
  • Act out each skill in the gym.
  • Match one skill fully before the next.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add a drill and a test for each skill.
  • Compare skill-related and health-related fitness.
  • Analyze which skills a chosen sport needs most.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🏅Skill + meaning cards
  • 💻Match the Skill
  • 🚩Cones for drills
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

skill-related fitnessthe abilities that help you perform well in games and sportsagilitychanging direction quickly and under controlbalancestaying steady while still or movingcoordinationusing senses and body parts together smoothlyspeedmoving your body or a part of it very fastpowerusing strength quickly, as in a jump or a throwreaction timehow fast you respond to a signalhealth-related fitnessendurance, strength, flexibility, and body composition for health
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is agility?
The ability to change direction quickly and under control.
QUESTION 2
How is skill-related fitness different from health-related fitness?
Skill-related fitness (agility, balance, coordination, speed, power, reaction time) helps you perform in sports; health-related fitness builds overall health.
QUESTION 3
Name two parts of skill-related fitness and a sport that uses them.
For example, agility and reaction time in soccer, or power and speed in sprinting.

Create: a skill drill.

Have students choose one skill, design a simple drill to build it, and say how they would measure improvement, so the idea turns into practice. A printable skill-related-fitness worksheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: agility, balance, coordination, health-related fitness, power, reaction time, skill-related fitness, speed
  1. using senses and body parts together smoothly
  2. moving your body or a part of it very fast
  3. how fast you respond to a signal
  4. endurance, strength, flexibility, and body composition for health
  5. staying steady while still or moving
  6. using strength quickly, as in a jump or a throw
  7. the abilities that help you perform well in games and sports
  8. changing direction quickly and under control

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is agility?
  2. How is skill-related fitness different from health-related fitness?
  3. Name two parts of skill-related fitness and a sport that uses them.
Answer key — Part A: 1) coordination · 2) speed · 3) reaction time · 4) health-related fitness · 5) balance · 6) power · 7) skill-related fitness · 8) agility
Part B: 1) The ability to change direction quickly and under control. 2) Skill-related fitness (agility, balance, coordination, speed, power, reaction time) helps you perform in sports; health-related fitness builds overall health. 3) For example, agility and reaction time in soccer, or power and speed in sprinting.