Sports Studies

Course summary

Course Content: Unit 1 – Body systems and the effects of physical activity. In this unit you will gain an understanding of the structures and functions of the key body systems, how these support and impact performance in sport, and the effects that physical activity has on them. Unit 2 – Sports coaching and activity leadership. This unit will give you an understanding of the theory of what makes good sports coaches and activity leaders and methods that can be employed to improve the performance of sports participants. Unit 3 – Sports organization and development. In this unit, you will gain an understanding of the organizations involved in sports in the UK, their roles and responsibilities, and how they work together. Unit 4 – Working safely in sports, exercise, health, and leisure. Throughout the unit you will gain an understanding of key safety requirements to be able to ensure your own, and your clients’ safety. Unit 5 – Performance analysis in sport and exercise. This unit will give you the skills and knowledge required to carry out performance profiling and analysis and deliver feedback to the performers in a manner that is suitable for them. Unit 8 – Organization of sports events. This unit is designed for you to develop skills in planning, promoting, and delivering a sports event; with a focus primarily on your role, as well as working as part of a team and reflecting on your input and future personal development. Unit 11 – Physical activity for specific groups. This unit will allow you to develop a knowledge and understanding of the different groups of individuals who would benefit physiologically, psychologically, and sociologically from participating in physical activity and why these particular groups are targeted by initiatives. Unit 13 – Health and fitness testing for sport and exercise. In this unit, you will learn a range of fitness tests, what they test, and the advantages and disadvantages of them. You will learn how to complete client consultations which will give you the background knowledge you need about a client to be able to plan and deliver appropriate fitness tests. You will then learn how to interpret the data acquired from fitness tests and how best to feed this back to the client, so they can go on to make informed decisions about their health and fitness training. Unit 17 – Sports injuries and rehabilitation. This unit will teach you how to recognize and treat common sports injuries both immediately and through longer-term rehabilitation programs, the possible psychological impacts of sports injuries, and how to minimize the risk of sports injuries occurring in the first instance. Unit 18 – Practical skills in sport and physical activities. This unit allows you to participate in several different sports and outdoor activities which allows you to experience, first-hand, situations that participants you may later be coaching or leading will come across. Unit 19 – Sport and exercise psychology. In this unit, you will learn different motivations that people have for participating in sports and physical activity and how performance can be managed through an understanding of attribution theory, stress, and group dynamics. You will also learn the impacts that participation in sport and physical activity can have on a person’s mental health and well-being, whether an elite performer or a member of the general public.