Physical Education

Examinations

Examinations:  BTEC Tech Award Sport (2022) is assessed through the completion of three component units:

Component 1: Preparing participants to take part in sport and physical activity-internally assessed.

Component 2: Taking part and improving other participants' sporting performance- internally assessed.

Component 3: Developing fitness to improve other participants' performance in sport and physical activity-externally assessed.

Component 1:

• Types and providers of sport and physical activities

• Types and needs of participants

• Benefits of physical activities

• Barriers to participation and methods to overcome

• Different types of sport clothing and equipment required for participation

• Different types of technology and their benefits and limitations for participation and performance

• Planning a warm up and responses of the cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal systems

• Adapting warm ups

   

Component 2:

• Components of physical fitness

• Components of skill-related fitness

• Techniques, strategies and fitness for sport performance

• Key officials and roles

• Rules and regulations

• Planning and delivering skills, conditioned practices

Component 3:

• Fitness training principles

• Fitness test methods

• Fitness training methods

• Additional requirements for fitness training

• The effects of long-term fitness training on the body

• Fitness programme design

• Motivational techniques for fitness programming