Unit 1 Defining the Concepts Health, Exercise and Fitness
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What is
Health?
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Physical,
Social and Mental Health
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What is
Exercise?
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Types of
Exercise Sports Continuum
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The
Sports Continuum
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What is
Fitness?
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Health
Benefits of taking Part in regular Exercise
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10
Reasons to get More Active
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Health
Related Components of Fitness
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Skill
Related Components of Fitness
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Comparison of Health and Skill Related Fitness
Unit 2
Understanding Components of Fitness and How To Test them
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Definition of the Components of Fitness
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Detained
Analysis of each Component
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Why do we
want to Test our Fitness?
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Measuring
the Components of Fitness Examples of Fitness Tests
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Components of Fitness needed for Different Sporting Activities
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Unit 3
Ways to Improve Fitness Training Methods
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How does
the Body Generate Energy for Exercise?
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The
Creatine Phosphate System
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The
Lactic Acid System and Oxygen Dept
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The
Aerobic System
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Analysis
of Different Training Zones
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Principles of SPORT
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FITT
Principles
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Methods
of Training :- Continuous, Fartlek, Interval, Weight
Training, Plymetrics, Flexibility Training and Circuit Training
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Examples
of Training Sessions for each Training Method
Unit 4 Planning Training and Fitness Programmes
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Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Warming Up
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Cool Down
Reasons why it is Important
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Phases of
a Warm Up:- Body Temperature Raising, Stretching and
Skill Development
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Planning
a Training Programme
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Applying
the Sport and Fitt Principles of Training
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Periodisation Off Season, Pre Season, Peak Season and
Transitional Period
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Planning
a Training Session:- Warm Up, Main Activity and Cool Down
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Examples
of Training Programmes and Sessions
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Unit 5 Factors Affecting your Sporting Performance
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Factors affecting Sporting Performance Age, Gender,
Personality, Lifestyle, Environment, Injury, Illness, Diet, Body Type
and Drugs
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Social
Drugs:- How Smoking and Alcohol Affect Sporting Performance
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Other
Social Drugs and their Effect on Sporting Performance
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Types of
Performance Enhancing Drugs
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Examples
and Effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs
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Blood
Doping
Unit
6 Safety in Sport
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How to Prevent Injury:- Safe Environment, Clothing and
Equipment, Fair Competition, Obey the Rules and Warm Up and Cool down
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What
Causes Sports Injuries?
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Accidental Injuries, Overuse Injuries, Chronic Injuries
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Examples
of Sports Injuries:- Soft Tissue Injuries, Skin injuries
and Hard Tissue Injuries
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Injuries,
Symptoms and Treatment
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RICE
Procedure
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More
Serious Injuries
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Assessing
the Casualtys Condition DRACB
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How to
Treat an Unconscious Casualty
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Emergency
Action Plan
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Other
Conditions that can Influence Sports Performance
Unit
7 Diet and Nutrition
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A
Balanced Diet
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The
Essential Groups of Nutrients
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Macronutrients and Micronutrients
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Diet and
Exercise
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The
Importance of each Nutrient for Exercise
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Energy
and Diet:- Metabolic Rate and Physical Activity Level
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Energy in
Food
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Energy
Equations
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The
Athletes Diet:- Day of Competition, After the Event and
Glycogen Loading
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Common
Eating Disorders
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Healthy
Eating
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Food
Pyramids
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Examples
of Diets
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Unit
8 Body Systems The Skeletal System
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Outline
of the Different Body Systems
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The Human
Skeleton Major Bones
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Functions
of the Skeleton:- Support, Protection, Movement,
Blood Production and Mineral Storage
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Ossification
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Cartilage
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Types of
Bone
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The
Skeletal Frames:- Axial and Appendicular
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Exercise
and the Bones
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Definitions of Fixed, Slightly Movable and Synovial Joints
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A Typical
Synovial Joint Structure
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Movement
Patterns at Synovial Joints
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How can
Exercise Help Improve the Skeletal System
Unit 9
The Muscular System
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Functions
of Muscles
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Types of
Muscle Tissue
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Skeletal
Muscles Structure and Functions
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Muscular
Contractions:- Isotonic, Isometric and Isokinetic
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How
Muscles are Attached to Bones
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Muscle
Fibres:- Slow and Fast Twitch
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Characteristics of Muscle Fibres and Exercises they Relate to
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Major
Muscles in the Human Body:- Location and Function
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Exercises
to Strengthen the Muscles
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Benefits
of Warming Up the Muscles
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Unit
10 The Cardiovascular System
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What
Parts of the Body Make Up the Cardiovascular System
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Functions
of the Cardiovascular System
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The
Double Pumping Action of the Heart
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Pulmonary
Circulation
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Systemic
Circulation
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Structure
of the Heart
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Blood
Flow Through the Heart
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How does
the Heart Pump Blood
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Blood
Vessels:- Arteries, veins and Capillaries
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The Heart
and Exercise
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Heart
Rate Measuring the Pulse
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What
Happens to our Cardiovascular System when we Exercise
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Long Term
Effects of Training on the Cardiovascular System
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Components and Functions of Blood
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The Blood
and Exercise
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Blood
Pressure Measuring Blood Pressure
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Factors
Affecting Blood Pressure
Unit 11
The Respiratory System
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Structure
of the Respiratory System
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How Air
Passes Through the Body
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Pulmonary
Ventilation
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The
Mechanics of Breathing
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Inspiration and Expiration
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How do we
get the Oxygen to the Working Muscles?
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External
Respiration
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Internal
Respiration
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Capacity
for Exchanging Gases
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What
Happens to the Respiratory System as we Exercise?
Unit
12 The Digestive System
Unit 13 The Nervous System
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Basic
Functions of the Nervous System
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Parts of
the Nervous System
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The
Central Nervous System Parts of the Brain
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The
Spinal Cord
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The
Peripheral Nervous System:- Sympathetic and Autonomic
Nervous Systems
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Reflex
Actions and Conditioned Reflexes
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Receptor
Organs
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The
Nervous System and Sport
Unit 14
The Endocrine System
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Hormones
What are they?
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Hormone
Producing Organs and Body Parts
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The
Endocrine System and Exercise
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Unit 15
Stress and Anxiety in Sport
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