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St George’s Academy

Year 12 A LEVEL PE

 Transition Pack
   2020-2021
Year 12 A LEVEL PE - Transition Pack 2020-2021 - St George's Academy - Sleaford ...
Hi all,
Thank you for showing an interest in studying A Level Physical
Education. This transition pack will provide a summary of the course
as well as reading, tasks and questions you will need to complete on
your return to Sixth Form in September.
The new content you will have to learn will be split into three
sections;
   1. Exercise Physiology
   2. Skill Acquisition
   3. Sport and society and the role of technology
If you are unable to print this booklet, then please answer all tasks
and questions on a word document and email/ save to a pen drive so
it can be accessed at school.
You can also print and write on the booklet and bring the hard copy
into school.
There will be an assessment based upon the content covered in this
booklet in September.
Your suitability for the A Level Physical Education course will be
based upon your GCSE Physical Education Result, the quality of
work produced in this booklet and the short assessment you will
take in September.
If you have any questions with regards to this transition pack or A
Level P.E in general, then please email Mr Harrison.
Aaron.Harrison@st-georges-academy.org
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Course Summary

SECTION ‘A’ – MR HARRISON

 SECTION ‘B’ – MRS JONES

   SECTION ‘C’- MS HALL
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SECTION 1 –
                           Exercise Physiology

In your first year of A Level P.E study you will be focusing on Exercise Physiology with Mr
Harrison. This topic area covers Diet and Nutrition, Preparation of Training Methods and
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation.
The content you will cover in this transition pack will be Periodisation. This topic area is an
expansion on training seasons at GCSE level and goes into greater detail about how a
performer can manipulate their training into blocks to allow for peak performance.

Please read the following content;
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Year 12 A LEVEL PE - Transition Pack 2020-2021 - St George's Academy - Sleaford ...
Year 12 A LEVEL PE - Transition Pack 2020-2021 - St George's Academy - Sleaford ...
TASK 1
Using your knowledge of periodization can you apply the key features to the relevant athletes.

 What competitions would this athlete be training for?

 In terms of Macrocycle, what specific activities would the athlete be completing in the
 Preparation Phase?
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In terms of Macrocycle, what specific activities would the athlete be completing in the
Competition Phase?

In terms of Macrocycle, what specific activities would the athlete be completing in the
Transition Phase?

How would the athlete incorporate tapering into their training cycle?
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What competitions would this athlete be training for?

How would Usain Bolt’s training programme differ to a games based players (football, netball,
rugby etc…)?
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What factors would need to be considered in Bolt’s Mesocycle phase of training?

Provide one example of a Microcycle training session that Usain Bolt may use.
QUESTION
Elite swimmers follow structured training programmes to develop
exceptional levels of fitness.

Explain how a swimmer would use ‘periodisation’ to prepare for
competitions.

(8 MARKS)

Top Tip for Answering;

Remember AO1 (point), AO2 (example) and AO3 (evaluate) can you apply/
structure your answer using these assessment objectives.

Include all the key words for periodisation including tapering, peaking,
double periodisation.

 SPACE TO PLAN
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SECTION B –
   SKILL ACQUISTION & SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

In your first year of A Level P.E study you will be focusing on SKILL ACQUISTION with Mrs
Jones. This topic area covers Skill continuum and classification, practice for learning,
theories of learning, guidance and feedback, memory and information processing.
The content you will cover in this transition pack will be skill continuum and classification.
This topic area is an expansion of Skill classification at GCSE level. It increases the level of
detail with extra continuums and an emphasis on the justification of skill placement on
each of the continua.

Please read the following content;

     Skill: The learned ability to bring about predetermined results with the
                     minimum outlay of time, energy or both.
TASK 1
Using your knowledge of skill continua on the four different sporting skills below.
For each one:
    1. Name/Identify the type(s) of skill being used.
    2. Classify the skill using each of the continua you have read up on (5 in total).
    3. Justify you answers with a short explanation. (Sorry you are past GCSE now).
Task 2
JUSTIFICATION OF SKILL PLACEMENT ON EACH OF THE CONTINUA

SKILLS CAN CHANGE!
A skill classified by one thing can change in different situations and, as the game develops,
skills can be classified in different ways.
   1. Review each of the classifications and think of your own example to illustrate the
      change in skills.
   2. You must justify (give reason) for why it changed.
QUESTION
   1. The triple jump is an athletic event where the aim is to jump as far as possible.
      The jumper does this by performing a hop, a step and a jump from a running start.
      The photograph below shows an athlete performing the triple jump.

Classify the triple jump using the following continua:
•      open − closed
•      self-paced − externally-paced
•      discrete − serial − continuous
•      gross − fine.

Justify your choices.

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(Total 4 marks)
2. Give one example of a low organisation skill in football.

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(Total 1 mark)

   3. State two factors that determine whether a skill is classified as open or closed.

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(Total 2 marks)
SECTION C –
                             Sport and Society
In your first year of A Level P.E study you will be focusing on Sport and Society with Miss
Hall. This topic area covers Drugs, Ethics, Organisations, Violence, Technology,
Commercialisation.
The content you will cover in this transition pack will be understanding the Sporting
Development Continuum. This is a new term which will increase your understanding of how
physical activity and sport can vary at different levels.

                             Please read the following content;
TASK:
Running can be characterises as 4 different types of activity.
Explain, using the characteristics how it can fit into sport, school sport, physical education,
and physical recreation.
You may wish to use the photos below to help you.

 Running as SPORT                              Running as School SPORT

 Running as Physical recreation                Running in Physical Education
QUESTIONS:
Ensure you focus on what the ‘command word’ is asking from you.

   1. List the 4 stages of the Sporting Development Continuum

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(Total 1 mark)

   2. Define the term ‘perceived risk’ in association to Outdoor Education

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(Total 1 marks)

   3. Explain 4 objectives of the National Curriculum (PE)

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4. State which level of the SDC, that primary PE best fits into.
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(Total 4 marks)

   5. Extended question (8 marks). The sporting development continuum has 4 levels.
Evaluate the level where ‘sport’ fits into on the SDC.

Top Tip for Answering;

Remember AO1 (point), AO2 (example) and AO3 (evaluate) can you apply/ structure
your answer using these assessment objectives.

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                                RESEARCH TASK:
Most Olympic Athletes all started out at the foundation level of the Sporting
Development Continuum.

Suggest how they can progress up the continuum and reach the
‘excellence’ stage.

Top Tip for Answering;

What are the 4 stages?

What physical activity links to the different stages?

Think about organisations (you already know about Sport England)
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