Sports Studies

Course summary

This unit-based course offers a productive and fulfilling nationally recognized vocational course, aiming to give students opportunities to develop an awareness and thorough understanding of sport and the science behind it. The course can be taken as either the equivalent of 1 or 2 A levels. Students are given the opportunity to: ❖ Develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of sport’s core elements – anatomy and physiology, fitness, training, and psychology* ❖ To allow education and training for employees in the sports sector. ❖ To be assessed coaching skills in a sport of their choice. ❖ To give learners the opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills, and attitudes essential for successful performance in working life, especially within the sporting sector. The skills learned and knowledge gained in this course are seen in almost every aspect of, and activity within, the sports sector.