3 A PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROFESSIONALS

Synthesis of the case study

The document was developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Association (NASPE) in 2010. NASPE is the largest of the five professional organizations within the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America. For professionals it explains the importance of all fields related to physical activity to model active lifestyles and physical fitness, as well as the key factors related to modelling in general, and in physical activity and fitness in particular. The document gives insight of the role that Physical Activity professionals have in influencing many attitudes and behaviours, and the adoption of physical activity patterns of those who carry strong modelling status among many children and adults such as physical educators, coaches and other professionals in fitness.