Sports Studies

Assessment

Unit 1: Anatomy and Physiology 120 Mandatory Externally Assessed • Written examination set and marked by Pearson. • 1.5 hours. • 80 marks. Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Wellbeing 120 Externally Assessed • A task set and marked by Pearson and completed under supervised conditions. • In Part A, learners will be given a case study one week before a supervised assessment period in order to carry out preparation. • In Part B, the supervised assessment period is 2.5 hours as timetabled by Pearson. • Written submission. • 60 marks Unit 3: Professional Development in the Sports Industry 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: jobs in the sports industry, personal skills audit, sports recruitment. • Identifies personal strengths and areas for development in interview technique. Unit 4: Sports Leadership 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: roles, qualities and characteristics of effective sports leadership, importance of psychological factors, leadership styles. • Identifies personal strengths and areas for development in sports leadership. Unit 22: Investigating Business in Sport and Active Leisure Industry 90 Externally Assessed • Written examination set and marked by Pearson. • 3 hours. • 64 marks. Unit 23: Skill Acquisition in Sport 90 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: skill performance, information processing, theories of teaching and learning in sport, application of teaching strategies. • Identifies personal strengths and areas for development in sports coaching. Unit 5: Application of Fitness Testing 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: principles of fitness testing, components of fitness, fitness test results analysis. Unit 6: Sports Psychology 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include personality, motivation, competitive pressure, groups dynamics, psychological skills training, programme design. Unit 7: Practical Sports Performance 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: National Governing Bodies, rules, laws, and regulations, skills techniques and tactics, practical performance, performance analysis. Unit 8: Coaching for Performance 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: skills, knowledge, qualities and best practice, practice used to develop skills, techniques and tactics, planning, caching impact analysis. Unit 10: Sports Event Organisation 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: types of sports events, developing a proposal, planning, promotion and delivery, review of planning promotion and delivery. Unit 11: Research Project in Sport 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: Planning research project, conduct research project, produce written report on research project. Unit 17: Sports Injury Management 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: common sports injuries, physiological and psychological responses, common treatment, rehabilitation methods, risk factors, prevention strategies. Unit 18: Work Experience in Active Leisure 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include: work-placement research, job application process, complete work experience placement, review impact of work experience placement on career development. Unit 24: Sports Performance Analysis 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include methods to analyse sports performance, models, benchmarks, and protocols to analyse performance, application of performance analysis on a team or individual, review analysis and provide feedback. Unit 25: Riles, Regulations and Officiating in Sport 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include roles and responsibilities of official’s performance of officials, officiate in a competitive sport. Unit 26: Technical and Tactical Demands of Sport 60 Internally Assessed • Two written tasks that are evidenced in a portfolio. • Areas covered include technical skills and tactical components of sport for effective performance, methods to measure performance, assess technical and tactical performance at different stages of performance continuum.