Year 9
UNIT 1 - Components of Fitness
Students will look at both physical and skill related compenets of fitness including their definitions and why they are important for successful participation in sport. This is the building block for the qualification.
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This topic helps students understand how to measure and determine how hard a performer is working physically.
Read MoreUNIT 1 - Principles of Training
The principles of training are designed to inform students of ways and systems of how to improve elements of their components of fitness and ultimately their physical performance.
Read MoreUNIT 1 - Fitness Training Methods
Students explore explicit ways and researched methods of how to improve components of fitness. They will create detailed links which help their learning and understanding of all the topics previously covered.
Read MoreUNIT 1 - Fitness Tests
How do we know what level of fitness we are and if we are making progress? We delve in to protocol and methodology of fitness tests and how they link with components of fitness.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Rules, Regulations and scoring for Sports
What are rules and regulations? Why do we have them?! Why do we have Tries, Goals, Baskets and measurements? This topic aims to investigate all these concepts and apply them both theoretically and practically.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Types of Sports
What types of sport are there? How many types are there? Students will learn to categorise them and identify which elements are required for each sport.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Roles and Responsibilities of Officials
Officials play a big part in competetive sport. We investigate their purpose, what they do and how they do it.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Skill in Sport
We all know the term skill but what actually is it? we break down what a skill is and why it is important.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Technique in Sport
Linked with skill we now need to know how to perform that skill. Techniques can differ from person to person but what is the best way to perform a skill?
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Tactics in Sport
In many sports you need a plan in competetive situations . We look at how these plans can develop in to tactics.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Safe and appropriate participation
Students should know how to act in a safe and appropriate way when participating in Physical activity. We look at how to avoid injury and follow the safety guidelines.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Practice in Sport
Practice makes perfect! This topic looks at how effective practice improves performance.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Competition in Sport
Student look at how competition situations vary and change the outcomes of a performer.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Practical Performance in Isolation
Within this practical work, students look to improve their skills and techniques in stand alone practices.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Practical Performance in Competition
We look at how our skills and technique cope under competition situations within a variety of practical settings.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Observations in Sport
Students will try to identify strengths and weaknesses in both their own and others performance and record that information.
Read MoreUNIT 2 - Review of Performance
Can you identify and action what you need to do to improve in the future?
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UNIT 6 - What is a sports leader?
This section looks at the various types of sports leader and identifies potential employment opportunities for students to investigate.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - The attributes of a sports leader
We look at what is needed to be a good and succesful sports Leader in a variety of circumstances.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - The responsibilities of a sports Leader
What are Sports Leaders responsible for? Students become aware of what they need to do to fulfil their responsibilities.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Planning a sports session
Students will look at the processes of planning a sports session and what they need to do to make it a reality.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Leading a sports session
Students will work in a practical setting, leading their planned session and display the attributes needed as a sports leader.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Assessing the success of a sports session
How do you know your session went well. We look at the first stages of assessing your session.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Reviewing your sports session
Reviewing your session has many parts and this unit collates how to do this.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Creating targets for development
We all need targets to help our progression and students will set out clear ideas on what they might improve in future coaching sessions.
Read MoreUNIT 6 - Creating Action Plans
Action Plans outline how we might acheive some of those previously set targets and look at the next steps of your progression as a sports leader.
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UNIT 3 - Collating personal information
When Personal Training it helps to know the individual you are training. This topic looks at how to gain that information.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - Designing a training programme
To meet the needs of the client you'll need to create a bespoke training plan using all your knowledge. We'll look at this in detail and produce a plan!
Read MoreUNIT 3 - The Musculoskeletal System
Students will look at both the muscular and skeletal system and identify their uses.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - The Cardiorespiratory System
The cardiorespiratory system is made up of many structures and students must understand these when implementing their plans. They will look at the effects exercise has on these systems.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - Implementing a training programme
When taking part in a training programme, you will need to make sure that all procedures including safety, appropriate methods and recording performance are met.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - Creating a training diary
Whilst performing your training plan, it will be important to monitor how you or your client are doing. Your training diary will acheive this.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - Measuring success of a training programme
During your training programme you should look at various ways you may measure the success of the programme. We examine how to do this.
Read MoreUNIT 3 - The review of your programme.
Looking back at your training programme you should identify the short and long term benefits as well as identifying areas for improvement and reccomendations for future training .
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