Exam Preparation Course for Year 12 VCE PE Units 3-4 |

In Area of Study 1, you'll go over:

1. Skill classification

2. Biomechanics

Key Knowledge:

• Classification of movement skills including fundamental movement skills, sport specific skills, open and closed skills, gross and fine skills, and discrete, serial and continuous motor skills

• Influences on movement including individual, task and environmental constraints on motor skill development

• The link between motor skill development and participation and performance

• Biomechanical principles for analysis of human movement including:

  • angular and linear kinetic concepts of human movement: Newton’s three laws of motion, inertia, mass, force, momentum and impulse

  • angular and linear kinematic concepts of human movement: distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration and projectile motion (height, angle and speed of release)

  • equilibrium and human movement: levers (force, axis, resistance and the mechanical advantage of anatomical levers), stability and balance (centre of gravity, base of support and line of gravity)

Key knowledge:

• classification of movement skills including fundamental movement skills, sport specific skills, open and closed skills, gross and fine skills, and discrete, serial and continuous motor skills

• influences on movement including individual, task and environmental constraints on motor skill development

• the link between motor skill development and participation and performance

In Area of Study 2, you'll cover:

1. ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phospate)

2. The 3 Energy Systems

3. Energy System Interplay

4. Acute and Chronic Responses to Exercise

Key Knowledge:

• characteristics of the three energy systems (ATP–CP, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic system) for physical activity, including rate of ATP production, the yield of each energy system, fatigue/limiting factors and recovery rates associated with active and passive recoveries

• interplay of energy systems in relation to the intensity, duration and type of activity

• acute physiological responses to exercise in the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems.

Key Knowledge:

• characteristics of the three energy systems (ATP–CP, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic system) for physical activity, including rate of ATP production, the yield of each energy system, fatigue/limiting factors and recovery rates associated with active and passive recoveries

Key Knowledge:

• interplay of energy systems in relation to the intensity, duration and type of activity

In Area of Study 1, you'll learn:

1. Fitness Components

2. Fitness Testing

Key Knowledge:

• fitness components: definitions and factors affecting aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, balance, body composition, coordination, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength, reaction time and speed

• assessment of fitness including:
  – the purpose of fitness testing including physiological, psychological and sociocultural perspectives
  – pre-participation health screening (PAR-Q)
  – informed consent
  – test aims and protocols
  – test reliability and validity

• methods of at least two standardised, recognised tests for aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength and speed.

In this section, you'll cover:

• Fitness Components

• Fitness Testing

Key Knowledge:

• fitness components: definitions and factors affecting aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, balance, body composition, coordination, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength, reaction time and speed

In this section you'll learn about testing the 11 fitness components

Key Knowledge:

• assessment of fitness including:
  – the purpose of fitness testing including physiological, psychological and sociocultural perspectives
  – pre-participation health screening (PAR-Q)
  – informed consent
  – test aims and protocols
  – test reliability and validity

• methods of at least two standardised, recognised tests for aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength and speed.

In Area of Study 2, you'll learn:

1. Training Principles (S.P.O.R.T & F.I.T.T)

2. Training Methods

3. Sleep

4. Macronutrients

Key Knowledge:

• training program principles, including frequency, intensity, time, type, progression, specificity, individuality, diminishing returns, variety, maintenance, overtraining and detraining

• training methods including continuous, interval (short, intermediate, long and high intensity), fartlek, circuit, weight/resistance, flexibility and plyometrics

• psychological strategies used to enhance performance and aid recovery including sleep, confidence and motivation, optimal arousal, mental imagery and concentration

• nutritional and rehydration recovery strategies including water, carbohydrate and protein replenishment

In this section you'll learn:

1. S.P.O.R.T training principles

Key Knowledge:

• training program principles, including frequency, intensity, time, type, progression, specificity, individuality, diminishing returns, variety, maintenance, overtraining and detraining

Key Knowledge:

• training program principles, including frequency, intensity, time, type, progression, specificity, individuality, diminishing returns, variety, maintenance, overtraining and detraining

Key Knowledge:

• training methods including continuous, interval (short, intermediate, long and high intensity), fartlek, circuit, weight/resistance, flexibility and plyometrics

Key Knowledge:

• training methods including continuous, interval (short, intermediate, long and high intensity), fartlek, circuit, weight/resistance, flexibility and plyometrics

Key Knowledge:

• psychological strategies used to enhance performance and aid recovery including sleep, confidence and motivation, optimal arousal, mental imagery and concentration

Key Knowledge:

• nutritional and rehydration recovery strategies including water, carbohydrate and protein replenishment

Thanks so much for taking this course! I truly hope it has helped you revise and feel more confident about the major concepts in the VCE Physical Education course - Units 3 & 4. As we mentioned at the start, this course does most but not all of the Key Knowledge that you'll be assessed on. Below is the complete list of content that we've covered in this course, you'll need to fill the gaps by revising the other Key Knowledge points.

Best of luck!

Mr D

Study design > https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/physicaledu/2017PhysicalEducationSD.pdf

Key Knowledge covered in this course:

• Classification of movement skills including fundamental movement skills, sport specific skills, open and closed skills, gross and fine skills, and discrete, serial and continuous motor skills

• Influences on movement including individual, task and environmental constraints on motor skill development

• The link between motor skill development and participation and performance

• characteristics of the three energy systems (ATP–CP, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic system) for physical activity, including rate of ATP production, the yield of each energy system, fatigue/limiting factors and recovery rates associated with active and passive recoveries

• interplay of energy systems in relation to the intensity, duration and type of activity

• fitness components: definitions and factors affecting aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, balance, body composition, coordination, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength, reaction time and speed

• assessment of fitness including:
  – the purpose of fitness testing including physiological, psychological and sociocultural perspectives
  – pre-participation health screening (PAR-Q)
  – informed consent
  – test aims and protocols
  – test reliability and validity

• methods of at least two standardised, recognised tests for aerobic power, agility, anaerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, muscular endurance, power and strength and speed.

• training program principles, including frequency, intensity, time, type, progression, specificity, individuality, diminishing returns, variety, maintenance, overtraining and detraining

• training methods including continuous, interval (short, intermediate, long and high intensity), fartlek, circuit, weight/resistance, flexibility and plyometrics

• psychological strategies used to enhance performance and aid recovery including sleep, confidence and motivation, optimal arousal, mental imagery and concentration

• nutritional and rehydration recovery strategies including water, carbohydrate and protein replenishment