Physical Education / Sports Studies

Course summary

A level Physical Education has been designed to allow students to play to their strengths and gain dynamic theoretical and practical skills for further education or work. Those that have enjoyed the GCSE course will most definitely enjoy building on their existing knowledge. The scientific areas of the course provide students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of the changes that take place within the body’s systems during exercise, as well as interpreting data and graphs relating to factors that affect the body during different types of exercise and recovery. In addition, students will enhance their knowledge of training principles and the different methods used to improve performance. They will also study the basics of motion and forces, and their relevance to different physical activities. Using biomechanical definitions, equations, formulae and units of measurement, they will analyse data and performance.