New support materials

I have placed three new support materials to help you with your studying.  I have put a mind map for each of the areas on the Wikispace.  They give you a break down of all the topics and areas within these topics that you will need to revise.

If any one has any problems accessing them please let me know.

Skills & Techniques Task – Due 8 December

Remember to use your plan and your workbook to help you answer the questions.  Take your time and aim to produce your best piece of work to date.  If you have any questions please ask before Monday.

(a) From an activity of your choice, describe and explain one method that you have used to analyse your performnace of a technique.  Explain why thismethod was appropriate for you. (5)

(b) From your analysis in part (a) describe in detail the strengths and weaknesses of your technique.  Explain how this affected your overall performance. (4)

(c) Describe in detail a plan of improvement to correct the weakness you identified in part (b).  Your answer must include consideration for the principles of effective practice.

(d) Discuss the changes that occurred within your performance when following your programme of practice as you progressed from one stage of learning to the next. (5)

Exam Question & Homework 7

Exam Question

(a) Choose one activity.  With reference to your own fitness levels, discuss the specific fitness demands of this activity.  (6 marks)

(b) With reference to two of the fitness demands you identified in Part (a), describe, briefly, the methods you used to assess your fitness.  (4 marks)

Homework 7

(1) Write 3 or 4 sentences for each answer to explain what the following principles of training mean.

•  progressive overload
• frequency
• duration
• reversibility
• specificity
• rest
• intensity adaptation

(2) Explain what is meant by the term AEROBIC exercise.

(3) Explain what is meant by ANAEROBIC exercise

(4) Which of the following activities are aeroci and which are anaerobic and state which of the 3 main energy systems is used to supply the energy needed in each activity.

• 100m sprint
• 25 minute run
• 400m sprint
• a bench press
• handspring vault
• 800m swim

Please use your workbook to help with your response.  Any questions just post a comment or see me in class.

Homeworks 5 & 6 Due 17th Sept

Homework 5

When we gathered data on our performance in football we used video, ticksheets and a personal thoughts and feelings sheet.  Your task is to explain in detail why these methods were appropriate.

Your answer should be about a page in length and will be marked on a pass/fail basis.

Homework 6

From the data you will have highlighted a specific fitness weakness.  For the purpose of this homework it will be CVE.  Your task is to select one method of assessing this specific aspect of fitness, name it and explain in detail why this method was appropriate.

Your answer should be around a page in length and will be marked on a pass/fail basis.

Class of 2008-2009

Welcome to your Higher PE Blog.  Throughout the year we will use this blog to complete teacher set tasks, share information and support each other during the year.  You can access this blog from home and can leave a comment at any time that myself or Mr Stanger will respond to.

Your first task is to save the blog’s web address in your favorites, then leave a comment on this post.  It is very simple, click on the title bar of this post and follow the instructions.

Good luck

We Have Started a Wiki

We have started a wiki to support your studies you will find course notes and PowerPoint’s on the wiki and more content will be added check it out at https://physical-ed.wikispaces.com/