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G. Stanley Hall said that man is an ommibus in which all
of his ancestors ride. Through the hundreds and thousands of years that man
has been struggling with man the competitive urge has been dominant.

Our givernment has stressed physical fitness as the most
essential thing for our men in the armed forces of our nation. with the
soldier and the sailor as the boy's hero, i ts ie bb Cn tates ee
the playground teacher and the coach to stimulate youth with a high endeavor
of physical fitmess. By physical fitnesu we mean the capacity for efficient
performances in the fundemental activities of man, whick are running, jump- .
ing, leaping, vaulting and climbing. These should endure under sustained
effort in a variety of situations. Quick and efficient control of the body
in an emergency situation may save the life of one individual or many.

Speed and endurance in the fundamental locomotion efforts are first essentials.

Physical fitness is composed of skills plus power plus
endurance. A high level combination of skills, power and endurance is
practically synonomous with dynamic health, meaning capacity for ones and
endurance in vigorous forms of physical activity with relatively little
fatigue developing to restrict, or mar the form of the movements, or to
lower the threshold of resistance to infection and disease.

Sports and other types of physical work which require power
and endurance involve relatively long periods of conditioning. Some sports
require much more power and endurance than others. Some are predominantly
useful in developing general body control and powers; others develop organic
endurance, persistant and aggressive attitudes, and tearmwork; others are more
useful as media through which sociability and relaxation in leisure time