Sports Studies

Assessment

Students can choose to study BTEC Sport for the equivalent of one or two option blocks or time. BTEC Sport is the perfect course for those who have completed the BTEC Level 2, GCSE PE or those who have already decided that Sport is the area they want to focus on and gain a career in. It is taught by the PE Department and is assessed through a mixture of internally assessed coursework and external assessments. You will study a variety of units in Year 12 and Year 13, depending on the amount of time you study BTEC Sport for these include: • Anatomy and physiology (external exam) • Fitness training and programming for health, sport and wellbeing (external vocational task) • Professional development in the sports industry (internal) • Sports leadership (internal) • Application of fitness testing (internal) • Sports psychology (internal) • Practical sports performance (internal) • Coaching for performance (internal) • Research methods in sport (internal) • Sports injury management (internal) • Development and provision of sport external vocational task) • Investigating business in sport (external vocational task) • Skill acquisition in sport (internal) • Rules, regulations and officiating in sport (internal)