Exam Revision

Exam Revision

1. Intervention stratergies in schools

   • Making PE a compulsary class
   • Having a variety of sports avaliable
   • Educating students of how to have a healthy lifestyle
   • Incentive programs
     • Prizes
   • Providing sports equiptment

2. Barriers to physical activities

   • Income
     • People with higher incomes can participate in a wider variety of activities and more often. Gym memberships and  sporting club memberships are usualy expensive.
   • Gender
     • Greater proportions of males participate in sport and physical activity than females. Females generally have less opportunity and less access to sporting activities. 
   • Race or culture
     • People born in Australia are more active than those who were not. Race is often used as a form of discrimination, thus reducing participation. 
   • Socioeconomic Status (SES)
     • Well educated white collar workers are the most physically active Australians.
   • Geographic Location
     • Where you live can limit access to facilities and specific sports. For example if you live in a remote area, there is a lesser chance that you will be able  to participate in group sports or make use of leisure centres.
   • DIsability

3. Benefits

   • Physical
     • Reduce risk of heart attack
     • Manage your weight
     • Lowers blood pressure
   • Mental
     • Reduce Stress
     • Release endorphins
       • Makes you happy
     • Improve self confidence
   • Social
     • Meet new people
     • Increase your confidence

4. Motivation and Goals

   • Goal Setting
     • S.M.A.R.T.E.R.
       • Specific – Clear goals to focus on Measurable – Need to be assessed against previous performances Accepted – Acceptance by the all parties involved Realistic – Goals need to be within the athlete’s capacity Time Phased – Specific date for completion needs to be set Exciting – Challenged, inspired and rewarding goals Recorded – Goals should be written down and kept
     • How does it improve the athlete?
       • Organising an athletes efforts
       • Promoting new learning stratergies
       • Refining movements and set plays
       • Encourages athlete to persevere
   • Motiviation
     • Defenition
       • MOTIVATION - is an athlete's reasons for participating. It is the driving force that makes you decide what to do and how much effort to put in.
     • Types of Motivation
       • Intrinsic
         • INTRINSIC MOTIVATORS come from the activity itself.
         • Satisfaction
         • Stress Release
         • Relaxation
         • Fitness and Health
       • Externsic
         • EXTRINSIC MOTIVATORS come from outside the activity.
         • Money
         • Prizes
         • Fame and Recognotion
         • Trophies

5. Stages of the lifespan

   • Infancy (0-2)
   • Early Childhood (3-6)
   • Late Childhood (7-12)
   • Youth or Adolesence (13-18)
   • Young Adulthood (19-39)
   • Middle Adulthood (40-64)
   • Late Adulthood (65+)

6. Sociology

   • Defenition
     • the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

7. Women in sport

8. Who are providers of facilities

   • Private enerprises
     • May be run by businesses
   • Local Authorities
     • Park, Pools, etc.
   • Voluntary Organisations
     • To a need, not to make a profit.
   • Sports council
     • 'Centres of Excellence'- Professional use.
   • What they keep in mind while choosing a location
     • Population
     • Natural Environment
     • Cost
     • Acsess
     • Planning permission

9. Disabilities

   • Types of disabilities
     • Physical
     • Mental
     • Permanent
     • Temporary
   • Modifying sport for the disabled
     • Also known as adaptive sports.
     • Some modifications include
       • - Changing the size of the playing field. - Modifying the equipment.