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GCSE Physical Education · key term
The ability to change direction quickly while maintaining control.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1, Paper 2
The ability to change direction quickly and effectively while maintaining control and balance.
Revise: Components of fitnessAgility is the ability to change direction quickly and effectively while maintaining control and balance. It combines quick movement with a controlled change in the direction of travel, rather than simply moving fast in a straight line.
Paper 1
The ability to change direction quickly while maintaining control and balance.
Revise: Components of fitnessMost sports require a combination: a footballer may need stamina throughout the match, agility to evade a defender and co-ordination to control a pass.
For agility, include a change of direction: moving quickly in a straight line describes speed.
Lower scores are better for the Illinois Agility Test, 30 Metre Sprint Test and Ruler Drop Test. Longer balance times and higher successful counts, distances or loads indicate better performance in the other tests.
For a performance explanation, link the affected fitness component to a specific sporting action. For example, reduced agility makes it harder to change direction to intercept a netball pass.
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