Sport

This is an options subject offered by the PE Department.

Student who chose this option will take the qualification Pearson BTEC Sport

[What is a BTEC? See page 4 of this parent and student guide]

Course description

The Tech Award gives learners the opportunity to develop sector-specific applied knowledge and skills through realistic vocational contexts. Learners will have the opportunity to develop applied knowledge and skills in the following areas:

investigating provisions for sport including equipment and facilities to enhance sport
planning and delivery of sports drills and sessions
fitness for sport including fitness testing and methodology.

How is the course graded?

The BTEC Tech Award qualifications will be graded and certificated on a seven-grade scale from Level 2 Distinction* to Level 1 Pass. Individual components will be graded on a six-point scale from Level 2 Distinction to Level 1 Pass.

How will I be assessed?

Components 1 and 2 are assessed through non-exam internal assessment. The non-exam internal assessment for these components has been designed to demonstrate application of the conceptual knowledge underpinning the sector through realistic tasks and activities.
Component 3 is an external assessment, which provides the main synoptic assessment for the qualification. Component 3 builds directly on Components 1 and 2 and enables learning to be brought together and related to a real-life situation.

What do students say?

BTEC Sport students share their experience of the course.

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Key course information

This Slides presentation summarises the course.

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Component 1

Preparing Participants to Take Part in Sport and Physical Activity

Students will explore the different types and provision of sport and physical activity available for different types of participants, barriers to participation and ways to overcome these barriers to increase participation in sport and physical activity. They will also research equipment and technological advances in a chosen sport or physical activity and how to prepare our bodies for participation in sport and physical activity.

Component 2

Taking Part and Improving Other Participants Sporting Performance

Learners will investigate the components of fitness and their effect on performance, take part in practical sport, explore the role of officials in sport and learn to apply methods and sporting drills to improve other participants’ sporting performance.

Component 3

Developing Fitness to Improve Other Participant's Performance in Sport and Physical Activity

Physical Activity requires learners to use theoretical knowledge and understanding of applied anatomy and physiology, movement analysis and physical training so that they can use this knowledge to analyse and evaluate performance and devise informed strategies for improving/optimising their own practical performance.