Physical education

This unit develops understanding of what skillful movement looks like and how it can be classified on different continua. It builds on the basic understanding that psychological factors can affect sporting performance in the same way physiological factors influence it.

Sport psychology: skill and ability

This unit develops understanding of how goal setting and SMART targets can be used effectively to improve performance as well as unpicking the different types of guidance and feedback that help us learn sporting skills.

Sport psychology: goal setting, guidance and feedback

This unit develops understanding of how to best prepare our mind for competition and explores strategies like mental rehearsal, visualisation and imagery to support peak performance.

Sports psychology: mental preparation for performance

This unit will examine the socio-cultural factors that impact on physical activity, sport and society. Understanding engagement patterns of different social groups and factors affecting participation require an ability to interpret and analyse data.

Socio-cultural influences: engagement patterns

This unit will examine the golden triangle relationship between the media, sponsors and sportspeople to help understand how sponsorship has benefits and risks for all parties as sports increasingly operate as big businesses in a billion dollar industry of professional sport.

Socio-cultural influences: commercialisation

This unit will examine socio-cultural factors concerned with sportsmanship, gamesmanship and etiquette in sport to understand the choices made by some sportspeople and spectators.

Socio-cultural influences: ethics and behaviour

This unit will examine the benefits of participating in physical activity and sport on health, fitness and well-being to include physical, emotional/ mental and social factors. It will also explore the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle and implications of ill health.

Health and well-being: reasons for participation

This unit will examine how much energy is needed to function and the additional requirements of a balanced diet, good hydration and potential tweaks to food consumption to allow for optimal sporting performance and energy balance.

Health and well-being: diet and nutrition

This unit will explore how best to achieve top marks in the examination with a particular focus on the extended answer questions.

Physical education

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