Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Physical Education

Step 1: Identifying Learning Gaps and Initial Decisions

During the Handball Unit (UD), the teacher notices that a group of students have failed to achieve the initial objectives. To reinforce their learning, the teacher decides to implement more specific alternative activities. This also serves to evaluate the evolution of these students.

Step 2: Defining Key Assessment Data

The teacher considers it necessary to collect information on technical and tactical aspects of handball, as well as behaviors established between peers. This includes assessing if a student can dribble with one hand, perform a suspension shot, identify common mistakes, or show consideration for teammates. This collection will serve to inform about the students' evolution.

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Hand Tool Safety and Proper Use

Wrenches

Types of Wrenches

• Fixed Wrenches: Open-end, box-end, tube, star, glass, Allen, Torx.
• Adjustable Wrenches: Adjustable spanners, pipe wrenches.

Correct Use of Wrenches

• Hold the workpiece firmly with the bolt head or nut to prevent slipping.
• Use your fingers to pull the wrench, never grasp the tool with your entire hand.

Actions to Avoid with Wrenches

• Never strike the tool to loosen or tighten.
• Do not grasp the tool with your whole hand (implying improper grip).
• Never splice two wrenches together to create additional leverage.

Adjustable Wrenches

Proper Use of Adjustable Wrenches

• Push with the palm of your hand.
• Always wear appropriate gloves.

Common Deficiencies and Hazards

• Worn, bent, or damaged clamping jaws or handles.

Defining Games and Sport: Key Concepts

What Constitutes a Game?

A game is characterized by motor and social activity. It involves constraints such as the possibility of winning or losing, the existence of rules, and real motor actions. These are recreational activities with significance, requiring a sufficient degree of motor system involvement, including key movements related to intention, decision, and motor adjustment to the environment and others.

Scholarly Perspectives on Games vs. Sport

• Sanz: The game originates from a popular proposal. It is communicative, creative, spontaneous, and perhaps detached from serious outcomes. Conversely, proposals directed towards higher authorities (possibly organized sport) are competitive, potentially alienating,

Physiological Shortcomings

Physiological shortcomings are those characterized by the malfunctioning of any organ or system, such as diabetes, epilepsy, spinal issues, asthma, and obesity.

1. Diabetes

Diabetes is a pathological imbalance of blood glucose.

• Our body gets energy from food.
• Glucose circulates in the blood, but to be used by our cells, it needs the help of the hormone insulin, which is secreted by the pancreas. This hormone is a key that allows the passage of glucose into cells, thus providing them with energy.
• When the pancreas does not secrete insulin, diabetes occurs.

Types of Diabetes

• Insulin-dependent (Type 1): Specific damage to insulin-producing cells, with a genetic origin. The only way to regulate metabolism is to inject insulin,

Understanding Physical Fitness

Physical fitness is the set of qualities and physical abilities. It is the starting point of any movement.

Key Physical Skills

• Speed: The ability to make one or more movements in the shortest time possible.
• Strength: The ability to overcome an external resistance or face it with a muscle strain.
• Endurance: The ability to support an effort as long as possible.
• Flexibility: The capacity by which the movement reaches its maximum size.

Motor Skills

• Balance: The ability to hold any position of the body against gravity.
• Coordination: A muscular excitement orderly and controlled by the nervous system.

Conditioning Factors

Conditioning depends on extrinsic and intrinsic factors.

Resistance and Oxygen

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Volleyball Regulations

Player Placement Rules

• Rotation: Teams rotate positions clockwise after winning the serve following a point scored by the opponent.
• Positions: Front-row players (attackers) occupy zones 2, 3, and 4. Back-row players (defenders) occupy zones 5, 6, and 1.

Ball Handling Rules

Players can hit the ball with any part of their body.

Common Ball Handling Fouls

1. The ball touches the ground within the court boundaries.
2. A player illegally holds, catches, or throws the ball (carrying).
3. A player touches the ball twice consecutively (double hit), except during blocking or potentially on the first team contact depending on the specific rule set.
4. A team contacts the ball more than three times consecutively (excluding a block contact).

Serving Rules

Common

Understanding Physical Abilities

Aerobic Resistance

Aerobic resistance is an effort where the oxygen reaching the working muscles is sufficient to perform the exercise. This should be of moderate intensity, such as cycling.

Anaerobic Resistance

Anaerobic resistance occurs when muscles demand more oxygen, leading to increased blood flow. However, if the exercise is very intense, oxygen supply becomes insufficient, eventually leading to exhaustion. These efforts are performed with an oxygen deficit or total lack thereof, are very intense, and are of short duration.

Defining Strength

Strength is defined as the ability of our body to overcome or oppose resistance by using muscle tension caused by the concentration of muscle fibers.

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Health & Quality of Life Defined

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

• A person's health cannot be defined solely by physical condition.
• The idea of health should be ambitious, including positive elements such as overall well-being.

Factors Influencing Personal Health

Health depends on three key factors:

• Individual Lifestyle: Includes personal behaviors such as diet and physical activity.
• Environmental Factors: Includes social aspects like climate and pollution.
• Genetic Factors: Depends on inherited genes.

Understanding Myocardial Infarction

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Bones of the Upper Limb

Shoulder Girdle

Clavicle

The clavicle, a long, S-shaped bone, is situated horizontally between the sternum and the scapula. It possesses two curvatures, two surfaces, and two ends.

Scapula

The scapula, or shoulder blade, is a flat, triangular bone located on the posterior aspect of the upper chest. It articulates with the clavicle (acromioclavicular joint) and the humerus (glenohumeral joint).

Arm (Humerus)

The humerus is a long bone with the following features:

• Body: Elongated, almost straight, irregularly cylindrical at the top and triangular prismatic in the lower half. It has three surfaces (internal, external, and posterior) and three edges.
• Upper Extremity: Rounded and smooth articular surface, the head of the humerus,