Team Sports and Fitness PDF

TEAM SPORTS AND FITNESS A team sports includes players who are organized to compete and win over an opposing team. The spirit of competition may be high when you play team sports, but you also get to learn valuable social skills.  What are traits and attitudes needed to promote a 1.Set p...

TEAM SPORTS AND FITNESS A team sports includes players who are organized to compete and win over an opposing team. The spirit of competition may be high when you play team sports, but you also get to learn valuable social skills.  What are traits and attitudes needed to promote a 1.Set performance goals and work to reach them. Good competitors learn how their to win. They know if they need to work more on improving their power, endurance, agility, balance, and other health-related or skill- related fitness components. 2. Always give their best. Players their compete with themselves when they work to raise their skill levels. 3. Demonstrate self- respect and respect for others. a good their competitor respects others who may have better skills. 4. Accept defeat and work to improve one’s performance. their Winning is fun but the whole process or experience of being in a competition is even better. 5. Play by the rules. Competition is part of life. abiding by the rules their of the game promotes mental and emotional health and a sense of brotherhood in community.  Popular Community Team Sports: BASEBALL 1. BASEBALL A baseball game is played on a large field between their two teams of nine players each who alternately play on offense (at-bat) and defense (in the field). The goal is to score more home runs over rival team. Which is accomplished by one their regular trip around the four bases that lie on the diamond field. While the ball is in play. HISTORY An Englishman named Alexander Cartwright is known to have done the most in inventing the modern game of baseball. 1845, he laid out the first set of rules. HISTORY In the early 20th century, the focus was on striking and scoring runs. George Herman Ruth Jr. popularly known as Babe Ruth, changed the path of the game by using his skills to get home runs. George herman ruth jr. Born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruth records include 714 home runs which was the standing word record until 1974. Baseball was a strategic game of batting throughout the last part of the 20th century. Pitching and homerun hitting have become the baseball standards of today. Baseball Baseball, a small, hard, roundball, is made up of cork at the center and wrapped with layers of rubber and yarn, with two strips of white cowhide sewn together with thick red thread to cover the ball. The ball weighs about 5 to 5.25 ounces (142 to 148.8 grams) and 9 to 9.25 inches in circumference. Baseball Bat In professional baseball, only wooden bats are allowed. The bat is a long rounded piece of wood, with a diameter of 2.61 inches (7cm) at its thickest point and with a length of not more than 42 inches.  Bases The home base is made up of a five-sided slab of rubber. The first, second, and third bases are bags covered with rubber filled with soft materials that are securely placed into their station into the ground, with a size of 15 inches square and thickness not less than 3 inches but not Catcher’s Glove The first glove was made up of thin cloth and only covered the palm. Now there are different kinds of gloves. a. The catcher’s mitt is more distinctive than any other gloves since the catchers must catch a high-speed pitched ball. 38 inches in diameter First Baseman’s Glove b. The First baseman’s glove is also different from other infielders gloves. It is larger with no fingers holes and has a unique curved edge which is better for picking up the ball. 13 inches long. Infielder’s Glove c. The infielder’s glove is commonly small and light. It is designed that way to make them move easily and quickly. The smallest glove s usually for the second baseman. Outfielders Glove d. The outfielders glove is longer and deeper than any other glove. Pitcher’s Glove e. The pitchers glove is like any fielders glove. The closed-web gloves are the best pitcher gloves.  Helmet, face Mask, and other Protective Players are requiredGear to use protective helmets while batting and while going to bases. Helmets may be a single earflap or a double. Protective helmet and facemask during a pitch is a must.  Pitcher’s Plate The pitcher plate is a rectangular white rubber slab with a measurement of 24 inches wide and 6 inches long.