Sport

Board: Pearson

What will I study?

Everyone taking this qualifica on will study three mandatory units, covering the following content areas:

1. Anatomy and physiology. 2. Fitness training and programming for health, sport and well‐being. 3. Professional development in the sports industry.

In addi on, you can choose one op onal unit that has been designed to differen ate progression needs. They cover the following content areas: · applica on of fitness tes ng · sports psychology · prac cal sports performance · sports leadership.

How will I be assessed?

Over the course of the 2 years, there will be a mixture of assessment formats including:

Year 12:

1 x formal external exam ‐ anatomy & physiology (90 minutes)

3 x internal assignments

Year 13:

1 x formal external case study exam – fitness training & programming (2.5 hours supervised)

3 x internal assignments

How does it work? Why Sport?

Lessons will differ in style between The sport industry contributes billions of lecture style note making, prac cal pounds each year to the UK economy inves ga ons, video analysis, and is a con nuously growing sector. The industry employs more than 400,000 group discussions, oral presenta ons, and prac cal sports people and offers many career openings coaching. Regular performance in at in a range of areas, including manage‐least one sport is recommended as ment, fitness, leisure, recrea on, out‐the knowledge base will be required doors, well‐being, elite performance, to draw from for the coaching coaching and teaching. aspect (theory and prac cal) of the course.