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Flexibility
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- 1What three factors influence flexibility?1. age
2. muscle temperature
3. gender - 2What three things can be improved with increased flexibility?1. Improved force/velocity production
2. improve the elasticity of the musculo-tendon unit
3. improve contractile force - 3What is flexion?Movement from the starting position to the end of its maximal reach.
- 4The return movement from flexion is called?Extention
- 5What is hyperextension?movement beyond the starting position.
- 6What happens within the muscles as a result of stretching?Myo-filaments overlap, decreases at maximal resting length.
- 7What realigns to increase its length due to flexibility training?connective tissue.
- 8Name three forms of stretches.Dynamic/Ballistic training, Static training, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF),
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- sport science Flashcards on Flexibility, created by leedjones3156 on 14/04/2014.
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