Sports Studies

Course summary

Consists of three mandatory units and one optional unit: Unit 1: Anatomy & Physiology Having an understanding of body systems is imperative in the sports industry so that professionals can help support people who are taking part in sport and exercise. The human body is made up of many different systems that interrelate to allow us to take part in a huge variety of sport and exercise activities. Learners explore how the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems function and the fundamentals of the energy systems. Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Wellbeing In this unit, you will explore the process required for screening clients and assessing their lifestyle and nutritional intake. How to interpret this information will be examined. From this information you will explore how to make judgments on a specific individual’s current lifestyle and suggest modifications to help improve the individual’s fitness, health and overall wellbeing. Fitness training methods will be examined for each component of physical and skill-related fitness. The selection of appropriate training methods for a selected individual and their application into a training programme will be explored. Unit 3: Professional Development in the Sports Industry In this unit, you will research the different possible careers and the associated job roles in the sports industry, then plan your development towards achieving a selected career aim. You will analyse your own skills and identify how to develop them into a career through the use of a career plan. You will research your chosen career to understand how to access and progress within it. You will take part in application and interview assessment activities for a selected career pathway, drawing on knowledge and skills from across the qualification to identify your own strengths and gaps in knowledge and skills. Either Unit 7: Practical Sports Performance* Learners study the skills, techniques, tactics and rules of selected sports through active participation in individual/team sports. or Unit 14: Sports Psychology* This unit covers the psychological dimensions of sport, and introduces psychological techniques that can be used to enhance performance. * Unit studies will be decided upon once students have selected the course.