The 10 General Physical Skills
1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance - The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility - the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity


Level 1-4 Skills Spreadsheet

How Fit Are You?
This simple question becomes very complex when you are thinking about overall fitness. Many individuals who set themselves up with a workout routine that will focus on their strengths and tend to stray from their weeknesses. To improve your Total Overall Fitness Level, you must excel in things are decent at and master the things that give you the most trouble. With the Skill Level Charts, one can determine their fitness level by determining how many skills they can achieve. Though many will be able to accomplish the ones you see in your daily workouts, the ones that look troublesome are the ones that need the most attention. We have broken the Skill Levels down into 4 different categories.

Skill Level 1: Healthy Beginner
This level is the minimal standard for health. Lacking in these basic levels of strength, flexibility, and work capacity tend to make daily life unnecessarily limited. This level of fitness should take a healthy individual with no fitness limitation 3 months to a year to complete. After completing this level, the Athlete should have acquired basic movements of the hip, shoulder, and core while healed injuries and structural problems are resolved.

Skill Level 2: Intermediate Athlete
All healthy adults can aspire to this level of fitness and should perceive these skills as normal. Basic movements are perfected and advanced skills are introduced. The complete Level II may take from six months to several years to reach after achieving Level I. Along the way, you develop significant levels of strength, stamina, work capacity and speed, building on the Level I foundation already attained.

Skill Level 3: Advanced Athlete
Few individuals are able to attain this level of fitness, though it is not impossible. The strength, work capacity, power and skill required to meet these goals can prepare you to tackle any kind of physical performance with competence and confidence. Expect to invest another three to five years of consistent effort. This is an appropriate level of general fitness for those who depend on their fitness: competitive athletes, military, law enforcement and firefighters. Engaging in combat or highly competitive sports without possessing the abilities of Level III is inviting injury or failure. Any additional requirements of your sport need to be added to this list.

Skill Level 4: Elite Athlete
This level of achievement requires long-term dedication and a passion for fitness. The skills required of Level IV are very advanced and, taken as a whole, represent a highly skilled and well-rounded athlete.