Nutrition and Exercise: Fueling Your Body for Optimal Health
What is Health?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Load Weight
Different techniques allow you to carry weight with less risk to your back: traditional carrying, cervical carrying, diagonal loading, or lifting on a scale. In any case, keep the weight close to your body and only lift to chest height.
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Food contains numerous nutrients, or
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Basketball: An Overview
Basketball is a dynamic and fast-paced sport demanding strength, agility, and coordination. Teamwork is essential. The objective is to shoot the ball into the opponent’s basket while preventing them from scoring in yours, all within the court’s boundaries and regulations.
- Objective: Shoot the ball into the basket.
- Teamwork: Pass the ball to teammates.
- Movement: Dribble or carry the ball across the court.
- Defense: Prevent the opponent from scoring.
History of Basketball
Basketball
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Tactics and Strategy in Football
Definitions
Tactics: A set of actions and decisions, both individual and collective, employed during a game to outmaneuver and defeat the opponent.
Strategy: An overarching action plan designed by the coach before a tournament or game to achieve a specific goal.
Classification of Tactics
- By Purpose: Individual Tactics, Collective Tactics
- By Game Phase: Defensive Tactics, Offensive Tactics, Transition Tactics
- By Ball Dynamics: Dynamic Tactics, Static/Fixed Tactics
Gameplay
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1. Physical Activity Education
1.1 Purpose of Physical Education
Physical activity is practiced in schools through physical education. Physical education aims to achieve the following:
- Motor Development: Enhance learner motor skills through games, sports, dance, and choreography.
- Physical Conditioning: Improve physical fitness and train motor qualities.
- Education of Values: Promote hygiene, food security, media literacy, cooperation, effort, and more.
2. Recreational Physical Activity
Recreational physical
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1. What is Physical Culture?
The origins of physical culture can be traced back to primitive times, where “body culture and physical activity” manifested primarily through dance and play. These activities, passed down through generations, focused on efficiency, adaptability, and capacity rather than social interaction or cultural advancement.
2. When Did Physical Education Begin?
Formal physical education emerged in the mid-eighteenth century in Europe, coinciding with the development of structured
Read MoreKnee Joint Biomechanics: A Comprehensive Guide
Knee
Structure
The knee joint comprises the tibiofemoral (trochlear bicondylar) and patellofemoral articulations. Key components include the joint capsule, menisci, trabecular system, ligaments, and tendons.
Osteokinematics
Active Movements:
- Flexion: 140° of the tibia on the femur
- Extension: 180° of the tibia on the femur
- Medial Rotation of the tibia on the femur
- Lateral Rotation of the tibia on the femur
Close Packed Positions:
- Patellofemoral: 30° to 60° flexion
- Tibiofemoral: Full extension (180°) or