In the body control process, the brain, the central nervous system and the body muscles work together. Practising body control promotes learning new skills.

The Fitness Decathlon body control tasks are: rope skipping and forward bending.

ROPE SKIPPING

The aim of rope skipping is to proceed as far as possible within 30 seconds by performing the following tasks:

1. Twenty jumps on two feet.
2. 10 jumps on both the right and left leg.
3. 20 jumps alternating feet.
4. You move 10 metres forward by skipping the rope, one rotation per step.
5. You move 10 metres backward by skipping the rope forward one rotation per step.

The result is the number of jumps if the performance has progressed to the first, second or third phase.

If you’ve reached the fourth or fifth stage, the result is the length you progressed within the given time with the accuracy of 10 cm (up to 20 m).

If you have time to complete all five phases, the result is recorded as the time spent on the run (to one hundredth of a second) after the fifth phase.

FORWARD BENDING

Forward bending takes the widest possible straddle, and you bend your torso forward while keeping your feet straight. You slide your hands along the base as far forward as possible.

The result is the distance proceeded of the fingertips from the zero line of the heels.