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Performance Factors: Physical and Physiological

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Ability of muscles to move against resistance or to prevent the movement of the body against resistance

The ability to maintain repetitious movement of skeletal muscle

The combination of height, weight, and body dimensions including fat distribution and amount

The ability of muscles and tendons to lengthen without damage

The ability to maintain the body in a defined position over changing centers of balance

The ability to quickly change direction in response to outside stimuli

The ability to rapidly contract muscles in a sequenced manner to propel the body

The ability to move the body in ways that requires complex inputs and carefully graded muscle contractions

Initiation of movement or changing the speed of movement in response to external stimuli

A component of timing, the ability to initiate movement and respond to a stimulus

Synchronized movements associated with thought in repetitive movements

Ability to maintain frim control over body movements

Precise location of propelled objects

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