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 What you need to be able to do

Fitness for sport
and exercise

• Know about the components of fitness and the principles of training.
• Explore different fitness training methods.
• Investigate fitness testing to determine fitness levels.

• Know the skill and health related components of fitness.
• Identify various methods of training.
• Apply training principles to a fitness training programme.
• Undergo a series of fitness tests.
• To be able to use different exercise measures to monitor intensity.
• Provide a comparison of data and fitness results and suggest appropriate recommendations for improvement.

Practical performance in
sport

• To understand the rules, regulations and scoring systems for selected sports.
• To practically demonstrate skills, techniques and tactics in selected sports.
• To be able to review sports performance.

• Describe the rules, regulations and scoring systems for selected sports.
• Apply the rules of a selected sport in four specific situations.
• Describe and explain the rules and responsibilities of officials from selected sports.
• Describe the components of fitness, and technical and tactical demands of two selected sports.
• Demonstrate relevant skills, techniques and tactics effectively, in two selected sports, and in competitive situations.

Applying the principles of personal training

• Design a personal fitness training programme.
• Know about the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory system, and the effects on the body during a fitness programme.
• Implement a self-designed personal fitness training programme to achieve own goals and objectives.
• Review of a personal fitness training programme.

• Independently design a safe six-week personal fitness training programme to meet an activity / sport goal, taking into consideration personal information, showing creativity in design.
• Describe and outline the structure and function of the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems.
• Summarise and explain the short-term effects of exercise on the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems during the fitness training programme.
• Justify the fitness training programme design, explaining links to personal information.

Leading Sports Activities

• Know the attributes associated with successful sports leadership.
• Undertake the planning and leading of sports activities.
• Review the planning and leading of sports activities.

• Describe and explain the attributes required for, and responsibilities of, sports leadership.
• Describe and evaluate the attributes of two successful sports leaders.
• Plan two selected sports activities.
• Compare and contrast the attributes of two successful sports leaders.
• Review the planning and leading of the sports activity session – and to describe, explain and justify strengths and targets for future development.