PE Academic Vocabulary WordS
Physical Education Vocabulary Tiers
Level 1 (6th):
Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Breathing Rate
Coordination
Cramp
Defense
Exercise
Extend
Fine Motor Skills
Flexibility
Force
Form
Foul
Heart Rate
Hydration
Intensity
Jogging
Participation
Perspiration
Practice
Race
Reaction Time
Relaxation
Repetition
Response Time
Rest Heart Rate
Routine
Running
Skill
Stretching
Team Sport
Level 2 (6/7th):
Athlete
Body Control
Competitive Sport
Conditioning
Cool-Down
Curl-Up
Endurance
Endurance Activity
Fitness Level
Fitness Standard
Increased Heart Rate
Individual Sport
Lifestyle
Lifetime Sport
Locomotor Skill
Motor Skill
Movement Control
Movement Pattern
Muscle Soreness
Muscular Endurance
Muscular Strength
Non-Locomotor Skill
Personal Challenge
Physical Fitness Test
Physical Injury
Power
Proper Nutrition
Pull-Up
Pulse Rate
Recovery Rate
Self-Assessment
Sport Etiquette
Sport-Specific Skill
Sportsmanship
Training
Warm-Up
Weight-Bearing Activity
Level 3 (7/8th):
Advanced Movement Skill
Aerobic Activity
Aerobic Capacity
Anaerobic Activity
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Cardiorespiratory Exertion
Eye-Hand Coordination
Fat Body Mass
Fitness Goal
Frequency of Training
Health Benefit
Heart-Rate Recovery
Heart-Rate Reserve
Irregular Heart Rate
Isometric Exercise
Lean Body Mass
Leisure Activity
Movement Concept
Muscle Cramp
Overtraining
Overuse Injury
Range of Motion
Resistance Training
Resting Heart Rate
Target Heart Rate
Threshold
Weight Control
Weight Training
Level 4 (8th):
Aerobic Endurance
Ballistic Stretching
Biomechanics of Movement
Body Composition (BMI)
Cardiovascular Efficiency
Circuit Training
Fast-Twitch Muscle
Health-Enhancing Level of Fitness
Interval Training
Law of Specificity
Overload Principle
Personal Fitness Program
Progression Principle
Progressive Overload
Rate of Perceived Exertion
Sedentary Lifestyle
Slow-Twitch Muscle
Specificity Principle
Sport Psychology