Unit 16: exercise for specific groups
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription for Young children
Specific objective: For young children, they have not been doing many things with sport and they
have not experienced different types of sport, so what I want to do is I want to introduce them to
different types of activities that they can take part in. Which may help and introduce them sports
that they like so then they could pressure it in future.
The Guidelines form NHS is recommended for young children from age 3 to 19 to do 60 minutes’
worth of exercise every day whether it is intense or not. Also to make sure that the young children
are doing various types of activities.
Mode of Exercise: Various activities
F.I.T.T Aerobic Resistance Flexibility
Frequency Three times a week Two times a week Two times a week
Intensity moderate High - very good to do high- Low – as they are not
intensity exercise activities as training to get their heart
these types of exercise will rate up but keep it low
cut the amount of exercise and impact the muscles
that they after do as 30 more than anything.
minutes is equivalent to 60
minutes of moderate-
intensity
Duration 1 hour per session 30 minutes per session 1 hour per session
Type of activity Long-distance Running Circuit training (bodyweight) Dynamic stretching
(static) also known as
Yoga
Progression:
if the children are finding it too easy then I would progress it and make it hard so I would time them and
when they do the same thing again I would say that they need to beat it, therefore, they will be trying their
best to beat their score which means they will try harder.
However, if the young children are finding it too hard, then I would make sure to make it easier for them so
that they don’t quite and carry on so that they can finish the exercise or the training session so that I could
keep the engaged with in the training. Also not to knock their confidence and that they would feel better as
they can do it. All it would take is to decrease the level of intensity or change to make is similar so everyone
understands what they are doing.
Contra-indications:
If children ages 3-15 should avoid training weights as their body is not fully developed which could damage
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription for Young children
Specific objective: For young children, they have not been doing many things with sport and they
have not experienced different types of sport, so what I want to do is I want to introduce them to
different types of activities that they can take part in. Which may help and introduce them sports
that they like so then they could pressure it in future.
The Guidelines form NHS is recommended for young children from age 3 to 19 to do 60 minutes’
worth of exercise every day whether it is intense or not. Also to make sure that the young children
are doing various types of activities.
Mode of Exercise: Various activities
F.I.T.T Aerobic Resistance Flexibility
Frequency Three times a week Two times a week Two times a week
Intensity moderate High - very good to do high- Low – as they are not
intensity exercise activities as training to get their heart
these types of exercise will rate up but keep it low
cut the amount of exercise and impact the muscles
that they after do as 30 more than anything.
minutes is equivalent to 60
minutes of moderate-
intensity
Duration 1 hour per session 30 minutes per session 1 hour per session
Type of activity Long-distance Running Circuit training (bodyweight) Dynamic stretching
(static) also known as
Yoga
Progression:
if the children are finding it too easy then I would progress it and make it hard so I would time them and
when they do the same thing again I would say that they need to beat it, therefore, they will be trying their
best to beat their score which means they will try harder.
However, if the young children are finding it too hard, then I would make sure to make it easier for them so
that they don’t quite and carry on so that they can finish the exercise or the training session so that I could
keep the engaged with in the training. Also not to knock their confidence and that they would feel better as
they can do it. All it would take is to decrease the level of intensity or change to make is similar so everyone
understands what they are doing.
Contra-indications:
If children ages 3-15 should avoid training weights as their body is not fully developed which could damage
