Sports Studies

Course summary

If you are well organised and enjoy learning new skills then you will enjoy BTEC Sport. It is very different to any course you have already done and includes a wide range of varied activities. You will need to be organised to meet coursework deadlines which have been set. The BTEC Level 3 in Sport at Ash Green expands upon the important notions and concepts introduced within the BTEC Level 2 course in Sport. The course further extends students understanding within the sports sector. The course is designed to focus on specialist sporting issues, looking to uncover and analyse the important factors to improve and develop sporting performance. During the course you will study the human body and how it is affected by physical activity, the health and safety factors involved in sports participation, the key principles involved in the coaching process, the fitness requirements and training methods needed for different sports as well as how to create fitness training programmes.