Physical Education / Sports Studies

Course summary

A-Level Physical Education provides a fantastic insight into the amazing world of sports performance. You will be a talented sports performer wanting to use your playing or coaching abilities towards a qualification, by learning the physiological, biomechanical and psychological principles that underpin sports performance. It is an academically rigorous course that will challenge you to develop the skills needed for several sport-related professions. The course is wide and varied, enabling you to consider a range of different contexts in Physical Education. Through examined assessment, you will learn about numerous physiological mechanisms in the body related to the cardiovascular, neuromuscular, metabolic and musculoskeletal systems that impact both participation and performance. You will consider if these mechanisms can be developed and used as pre-determinants of success. You will also consider the biomechanical principles of performance e.g. how will body position alter the angular velocity of a gymnast when somersaulting?