Physical Education / Sports Studies

Course summary

Do you  have an interest in sport and physical education?  want to learn about and improve your own health and fitness?  want to understand and improve your own sporting performance?  have a desire to work in the sport, health and fitness industry?  have an interest in how your mind and body work? If the answer is yes to one or more of the above, then A Level Physical Education would be an excellent subject choice for you. A Level Physical Education provides an ideal starting point for those that are enthusiastic about sport and physical education and wish to make a healthy living from their passion. From professional sport to amateur teams and individuals who just want to get into shape, the sport, health and fitness industry is large and fast growing with many opportunities in a variety of different roles such as sports science and nutrition; physiotherapy; teaching, coaching and personal training and sports development. Or for those who perhaps have other career aspirations but have a desire to improve their own level of performance this is an ideal course to learn about how to optimise the most important factor of any sporting performance…you! There are six main content areas that make up the A Level Physical Education qualification: 1. Applied Anatomy and Physiology - Changes within the musculo-skeletal, cardio-respiratory and neuro-muscular systems and the use of energy systems during different types of physical activity and sport. 2. Skill Acquisition - How skill is acquired and the impact of psychological factors on performance. 3. Exercise Physiology - Adaptations to the body systems through training or lifestyle, and how these changes affect the efficiency of those systems. 4. Biomechanical Movement - Motion and forces, and their relevance to performance in physical activity and sport. 5. Sport Psychology - The role of sport psychology in optimising performance in physical activity and sport. 6. Sport, Society and the Role of Technology - Interaction between, and the evolution of, sport and society and the technological developments in physical activity and sport.