Boys

• Football
• Rugby
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Tennis
• Hockey
• Dance
• OAA
• Athletics
• Softball

Girls

• Netball
• Hockey
• OAA
• Athletics
• Rounders
• Dance
• Gymnastics
• Football
• Tennis
• Cricket

Boys

• Football
• Rugby
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Tennis
• Hockey
• Gymnastics
• Badminton
• OAA
• Athletics
• Softball

Girls

• Netball
• Hockey
• OAA
• Athletics
• Rounders
• Dance
• Gymnastics
• Football
• Tennis
• Cricket
• Badminton

Boys

• Football
• Rugby
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Hockey
• Gymnastics
• Badminton
• HRE
• Athletics
• Softball
• Table Tennis

Girls

• Netball
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Trampolining
• HRE
• Athletics
• Rounders
• Dance
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Cricket
• Badminton

Boys

• HRE
• Table Tennis
• Football
• Basketball
• Athletics
• Softball

Additional options may include:

• Sport Leader Level 1
• Football
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Table Tennis
• Badminton
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Softball
• Cricket
• Athletics

Girls

• Sports Leader Level 1
• Trampolining
• Basketball
• Table Tennnis
• HRE
• Athletics
• Rounders
• Tennis

Additional options may also include:

• Football
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Table Tennis
• Badminton
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Rounders
• Cricket
• Athletics
• Tennis

Boys

• Hockey
• Football
• Badminton
• Volleyball
• Tennis
• Softball

Additional options may include:

• Football
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Table Tennis
• Badminton
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Softball
• Cricket
• Athletics

Girls

• Badminton
• Volleyball
• Netball
• Hockey
• Rounders
• Tennis

Additional options may also include:

• Football
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Table Tennis
• Badminton
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Rounders
• Cricket
• Athletics

Health, fitness & well-being

• Health & fitness
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Obesity
• Somatotypes
• Energy use
• Diet
• Hydration

Applied anatomy & physiology

• Bones
• Structure & function of the skeleton
• Muscles
• Structure of synovial joints
• Joints
• Types of movement

Movement analysis

• Levers
• Mechanical advantage
• Analysis of basic sporting movements
• Planes & axes

Applied anatomy & physiology

Physical training

• Pathway of air & gaseous exchange
• Blood vessels
• Heart & cardiac cycle
• Cardiac output & stroke volume
• Mechanics of breathing
• Aerobic & anaerobic exercise
• Recovery & EPOC
• Short & long term effects of exercise

Sports psychology

• Skill & ability
• Goals
• SMART targets
• Information processing

Non-examined assessment (Practical controlled assessment)

A selection of activities from the following lists:

• Team activities: Association Football, Badminton, Basketball, Camogie, Cricket, Dance, Gaelic football, Handball, Hockey, Hurling, Lacrosse, Netball, Rowing, Rugby, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis & Volleyball
• Individual activities: Amateur boxing, Athletics, Badminton, Canoeing, Cycling, Dance, Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Equestrian, Kayaking, Rock climbing, Rowing, Sculling, Skiing, Snowboarding, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis & Trampolining.

Physical training

• Health & fitness
• Components of fitness
• Fitness testing
• How data is collected
• Principles of training
• Types of training
• Preventing injury
• High altitude training
• Warming up & cooling down

Sports psychology

• Feedback & guidance
• Arousal & the Inverted U theory
• Aggression & personality
• Intrinsic & extrinsic motivation

Socio-cultural influences

• Engagement patterns
• Commercialism, sponsorship & the media
• Technology
• Conduct of performers
• Drug taking
• Spectator behaviour & hooliganism

Performance analysis assessment (Written controlled assessment)

• Analysis of strengths & weaknesses of performance
• Evaluation using theoretical principles to cause improvement

Non-examined assessment Practical controlled assessment)

A selection of activities from the following lists:

• Team activities: Association football, Badminton, Basketball, Camogie, Cricket, Dance, Gaelic football, Handball, Hockey, Hurling, Lacrosse, Netball, Rowing, Rugby, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis & Volleyball
• Individual activities: Amateur boxing, Athletics, Badminton, Canoeing, Cycling, Dance, Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Equestrian, Kayaking, Rock climbing, Rowing, Sculling, Skiing, Snowboarding, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis & Trampolining.

Physiological factors affecting performance

Skeletal & muscular systems

• Joints, movements & muscles
• Functional roles of muscles & types of contraction
• Analysis of movement
• Skeletal muscle contraction
• Muscle contraction during exercise of differing intensities & during exercise

Cardiovascular & respiratory systems

• Cardiovascular system at rest
• Cardiovascular system during exercise of differing intensities & during recovery
• Respiratory system at rest
• Respiratory system during exercise of differing intensities & during recovery

Diet nutrition & their effect on physical activity & performance

• Diet & nutrition
• Ergogenic aids
• Aerobic training
• Strength training
• Flexibility training
• Periodisation of training
• Impact of training on lifestyle diseases

Biomechanical principles, levers & the use of technology

• Biomechanical principles
• Levers
• Analysis through the use of technology

Psychological & socio-cultural themes in physical education

Skill acquisition

• Classification of skills
• Types & methods of practice
• Transfer of skills
• Principles & theories of learning movement skills
• Stages of learning
• Guidance
• Feedback

Sports psychology

• Individual differences
• Groups & team dynamics in sport
• Goal setting in sports performance

Sport & society

• Emergence & evolution of modern sport
• Global sporting events

Performance in physical education

Practical performance

• Assessed in the role of performer or coach in one activity
  • Demonstrate effective performance, the use of tactics or techniques & the ability to observe the rules & conventions under applied conditions

The evaluation & analysis of performance for improvement

• Through observation, learners will provide an oral response analysing & critically evaluating their peers’ performance

Physiological factors affecting performance

Energy for exercise

• Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) & energy transfer
• Energy systems & ATP resynthesis
• ATP resynthesis during exercise of differing intensities & duration
• The recovery process

Environmental effects on body systems

• Exercise at altitude
• Exercise in the heat

Injury prevention & the rehabilitation of injury

• Acute & chronic injuries
• Injury prevention
• Responding to injuries & medical conditions in a sporting content
• Rehabilitation on injury

Linear motion, angular motion, fluid mechanics & projectile motion

• Linear motion
• Angular motion
• Fluid motion
• Projectile motion

Content of Psychological factor affecting performance

Skill acquisition

• Memory models

Sports psychology

• Attribution
• Confidence & self-efficacy in sports performance
• Leadership in sport
• Stress management to optimise performance

Content of Socio-cultural issues in physical activity & sport

Contemporary issues in physical activity & sport

• Ethics & deviance in sport
• Commercialisation & media
• Routes to sporting excellence in the UK
• Modern technology in Sport – its impact on Elite level sport, participation, fair outcomes & entertainment

Performance in physical education

Practical performance

• Assessed in the role of performer or coach in one activity
• Demonstrate effective performance, the use of tactics or techniques & the ability to observe the rules & conventions under applied conditions

The evaluation & analysis of performance for improvement

• Through observation, learners will provide an oral response analysing & critically evaluating their peers’ performance