Completed in partial fulfillment of the Course Preliminary PDHPE
To begin, we need to know what is the difference between an individual and group physical activity. An individual physical activity is a fitness activity that is done by one person to either gain health or skill related components of fitness or to meet new people and to create an extended social life. A group activity is pretty much the same concept as an individual one, except it’s done with more people (anywhere between 5-50 people). …show more content…
Increased friendships with other people and/or groups
Gives you a chance to participate in running events such as marathons.
-Availability and cost: It’s widely available wherever you live and there’s no cost, except for joggers and other extra items such as heart rate monitors, drink bottles etc. Also, if you want to join a running or marathon club, I believe there would be a membership fee of some sort involved.
-Time commitment required: Time commitment is entirely up to the person involved, e.g getting up early to run or motivating yourself enough to run during the afternoon.
-Personal reflections on participation: Running around our block was quite a low intensity activity, which increased my heart rate to a nice even pace without leaving me too breathless at the end.
Group: Rugby League fitness training
-Background info: Rugby League is a contact sport where two opposing teams compete to place a ball in each others “in goal area”. It requires the teams to work together to do this, and to prevent the other team to do the same. It is very physically demanding that successful participants have physical traits such as a high levels