Physical Education Unit 3: Movement skills and energy for physical activity, sport and exercise

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this unit.

Course Description

This unit introduces students to principles used to analyse human movement from a biophysical perspective. Students use a variety of tools and coaching techniques to analyse movement skills and apply biomechanical and skill-acquisition principles to improve and refine movement in physical activity, sport and exercise. They use practical activities to demonstrate how correctly applying these principles can lead to improved performance outcomes.

Students consider the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems and the roles of each in supplying oxygen and energy to the working muscles. They investigate the characteristics and interplay of the 3 energy systems for performance during physical activity, sport and exercise. Students explore the causes of fatigue and consider different strategies used to postpone fatigue and promote recovery.

This subject combines practical and theoretical components, enabling students to apply sports science knowledge to real-world performance scenarios.

Areas of Study

How Are Movement Skills Improved?

Students examine the biomechanical and skill acquisition principles that can be applied when analysing and improving movement skills used in physical activity and sport.
Through coaching and involvement in a variety of practical activities, students investigate and analyse movements to develop an understanding of how the correct application of biomechanical and skill acquisition principles leads to the development of optimal movement patterns to enhance participation and performance.

To achieve this outcome students collect and analyse information from, and participate in, a variety of physical activities, sport and exercise to develop and refine movement skills from a coaching perspective, through the application of biomechanical and skill acquisition principles.

How Does the Body Produce Energy?

Students explore the various systems and mechanisms associated with the production of energy required for human movement.
They consider the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems and the roles of each in supplying oxygen to, and creating energy at, the working muscles.
They examine the ways in which energy for movement is produced by the 3 energy systems and the associated fuels used for physical activity, sport and exercise of varying intensity and duration.
Students also consider the many factors contributing to fatigue, nutritional tools to delay fatigue and recovery strategies used to optimise the return to pre-exercise conditions.
Through practical activities, students explore the interplay of the energy systems during physical activity, sport and exercise.

To achieve this outcome students use data collected in practical activities to analyse how the major body and energy systems work together to enable movements to occur; explain the factors causing fatigue; and recommend suitable recovery strategies.

Assessment

Outcomes	Assessment Tasks	Marks Allocated
Outcomes	(school-assessed coursework)	Marks Allocated
Analyse primary data collected from participation in physical activity, sport and exercise to develop and refine movement skills from an individual and coaching perspective, by applying biomechanical and skill-acquisition principles.	Structured questions that draw on primary data which analyses a movement skill using biomechanical and skill acquisition principles.	45
Use data collected in practical activities to analyse how the major body and energy systems work together to enable movements to occur, explain the factors causing fatigue and recommend suitable recovery strategies.	A laboratory report based on primary data collected during participation in a practical activity, which analyses the acute responses to exercise, energy system characteristics, energy system interplay, fatigue and recovery.	45
Total Marks		90

Overall Final Assessment

Graded Assessment	Title	Assessment	Exam Duration	Contribution to Study Score (%)
1	Unit 3 Coursework	School-assessed	-	22.5%
2	Unit 4 Coursework	School-assessed	-	27.5%
3	Written Examination	November	2 hours	50