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Skill-Related Fitness

Eighth graders learn the five skill-related fitness components — agility, balance, coordination, power, and speed/reaction time — the abilities that help you perform in sports and activities. They explore each, then connect them to real skills.

Grade 8Skill-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 5 components.
  • ✓Tell them apart.
  • ✓Connect to sports.
  • ✓Improve one.
Essential Question

What abilities help you perform well in sports?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Skill-Related Fitness

Project this and tap each. Have students explore skill-related fitness.

⚡ Explore skill-related fitness — tap eachTry it

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

45 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Game Skills

5 min

What makes a great athlete great — besides being strong?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Skill Fitness

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Skill-Related Fitness.
  • Tap each component.
  • Note agility vs power.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Try an agility drill.
  • Test your balance.
  • Try a reaction drill.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Agility.
  • Balance.
  • React.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match a sport to a skill.
  • Pick one to improve.
  • Plan a drill.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Pick.
  • Plan.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • What is agility?
  • Name another component.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name one.
  • 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.

SHAPE
PE.3

Identify skill-related fitness components.

SHAPE
PE.1

Apply skills in movement.

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PE.2

Use fitness concepts.

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PE.5

Value skill development.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Component picture cards.
  • Frame: "agility is ___."
  • Demonstrate each.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with agility & speed.
  • Use demos.
  • Try one drill.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Design a skill circuit.
  • Test all 5 components.
  • Track improvement.
Materials

What to gather

  • 🔶Cones / open space
  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💻Skill-Related Fitness
  • 📋Skill-circuit sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

skill-related fitnessabilities for performanceagilityquick direction changesbalancestaying steadycoordinationsmooth combined movementpowerfast strengthspeedhow fast you movereaction timehow fast you respondcomponenta part of fitness
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?
Changing direction quickly and under control.
QUESTION 2
Name another skill-related component.
Balance, coordination, power, or speed/reaction.
QUESTION 3
How is power different from strength?
Power is strength used quickly.

Cool-down: skill-related fitness.

Have students match components to sports and pick one to improve. A printable skill-circuit sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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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.

🖨️ Skill-Related FitnessPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: agility, balance, component, coordination, power, reaction time, skill-related fitness, speed
  1. a part of fitness
  2. quick direction changes
  3. staying steady
  4. how fast you respond
  5. smooth combined movement
  6. fast strength
  7. how fast you move
  8. abilities for performance

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is agility?
  2. Name another skill-related component.
  3. How is power different from strength?
Answer key — Part A: 1) component · 2) agility · 3) balance · 4) reaction time · 5) coordination · 6) power · 7) speed · 8) skill-related fitness
Part B: 1) Changing direction quickly and under control. 2) Balance, coordination, power, or speed/reaction. 3) Power is strength used quickly.