Physical Education / Sports Studies

Course summary

Are you interested in discovering what makes an elite level sports person tick? From Sports Psychology to Sports Physiology and Biomechanics this course gives an incredibly varied look at how coaches and teachers can maximise elite performance and that of your own performance! As well as this, you will be led through Sports History in the UK and the structure of Sport in this country. You will need to have proven expertise in one sport of your choice, which is on the recognised list of sports from AQA (see specification). The course combines theory with practice. Where possible, your teachers will teach the theory through practical means as the context for a lot of the content is about how to improve sporting performance. The course is delivered by a variety of teachers and combines the various disciplines as listed in the is this course for me? section.