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BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book 1
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Front Cover | ||
| Contents | iii | ||
| Introduction | iv | ||
| Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology | 1 | ||
| A: The effects of exercise and sports performance on the skeletal system | 4 | ||
| Structure of the skeletal system | 4 | ||
| Function of the skeletal system | 10 | ||
| Joints | 11 | ||
| Responses of the skeletal system to a single sport or exercise session | 16 | ||
| Adaptations of the skeletal system to exercise | 16 | ||
| Additional factors affecting the skeletal system | 17 | ||
| B: The effects of exercise and sports performance on the muscular system | 18 | ||
| Characteristics and functions of different types of muscle | 18 | ||
| Major skeletal muscles of the muscular system | 19 | ||
| Antagonistic muscle pairs | 22 | ||
| Types of skeletal muscle contraction | 23 | ||
| Fibre types | 24 | ||
| Responses of the muscular system to a single sport or exercise session | 25 | ||
| Adaptations of the muscular system to exercise | 26 | ||
| Additional factors affecting the muscular system | 27 | ||
| C: The effects of exercise and sports performance on the respiratory system | 28 | ||
| Structure and functions of the respiratory system | 29 | ||
| Lung volumes | 32 | ||
| Responses of the respiratory system to a single sport or exercise session | 34 | ||
| Adaptations of the respiratory system to exercise | 34 | ||
| Additional factors affecting the respiratory system | 35 | ||
| D: The effects of exercise and sports performance on the cardiovascular system | 36 | ||
| Structure of the cardiovascular system | 37 | ||
| Function of the cardiovascular system | 41 | ||
| Nervous control of the cardiac cycle | 43 | ||
| Responses of the cardiovascular system to a single sport or exercise session | 44 | ||
| Adaptations of the cardiovascular system due to exercise | 45 | ||
| Additional factors affecting the cardiovascular system | 46 | ||
| E: The effects of exercise and sports performance on the energy systems | 49 | ||
| The role of ATP in exercise | 49 | ||
| The ATP–PC (alactic) system in exercise and sports performance | 50 | ||
| The lactate system in exercise and sports performance | 50 | ||
| The aerobic system in exercise and sports performance | 51 | ||
| The energy systems in combination | 51 | ||
| Adaptations of the energy systems to exercise | 53 | ||
| Additional factors affecting the energy systems | 54 | ||
| Chapter 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being | 59 | ||
| A: Examine lifestyle factors and their effect on health and well-being | 61 | ||
| Positive lifestyle factors and their effect on health and well-being | 61 | ||
| Negative lifestyle factors and their effects on health and well-being | 69 | ||
| Lifestyle modification techniques | 72 | ||
| B: Understand the screening processes for training programming | 77 | ||
| Screening processes | 77 | ||
| Health monitoring tests and their results | 80 | ||
| C: Understand programme-related nutritional needs | 84 | ||
| Common terminology | 84 | ||
| Components of a balanced diet | 87 | ||
| Nutritional strategies for individuals taking part in training programmes | 93 | ||
| D: Examine training methods for different components of fitness | 97 | ||
| Components of fitness to be trained | 97 | ||
| Training methods for physical fitness-related components | 99 | ||
| Training methods for skill-related fitness components | 114 | ||
| E: Understand training programme design | 117 | ||
| Principles of fitness training programmes | 117 | ||
| Chapter 3: Professional Development in the Sports Industry | 127 | ||
| A: Understand the career and job opportunities in the sports industry | 130 | ||
| Scope and provision of the sports industry | 130 | ||
| Careers and jobs in the sports industry | 134 | ||
| Types of employment | 138 | ||
| Professional training routes, legislation and skills in the sports industry | 141 | ||
| Sources of continuing professional development (CPD) | 149 | ||
| B: Explore own skills using a skills audit to inform a career development action plan | 152 | ||
| Personal skills audit for potential careers | 152 | ||
| Planning personal development | 157 | ||
| Maintaining a personal portfolio/record of achievement and experience | 160 | ||
| C: Undertake a recruitment activity to demonstrate the processes that can lead to a successful job offer in a selected career pathway | 161 | ||
| Applying for a job | 161 | ||
| Interviews and selected career pathway-specific skills | 166 | ||
| D: Reflect on the recruitment and selection process and your individual performance | 171 | ||
| Updated SWOT and action plan | 173 | ||
| Chapter 4: Sports Leadership | 177 | ||
| A: Understand the roles, qualities and characteristics of an effective sports leader | 180 | ||
| Different leadership roles | 180 | ||
| Leadership skills, qualities and characteristics | 181 | ||
| B: Examine the importance of psychological factors and their link with effective leadership | 187 | ||
| External psychological factors | 188 | ||
| Internal psychological factors | 192 | ||
| Forms of leadership | 194 | ||
| C: Explore an effective leadership style when leading a team during sport and exercise activities | 196 | ||
| Planning and preparing an activity | 199 | ||
| Structuring and delivering the activity | 206 | ||
| Reviewing effectiveness of leadership | 208 | ||
| Chapter 5: Application of Fitness Testing | 213 | ||
| A: Understand the principles of fitness testing | 216 | ||
| Validity of fitness tests | 216 | ||
| Reliability of fitness tests | 216 | ||
| Practicality and suitability of fitness tests | 218 | ||
| Ethical issues associated with fitness screening | 220 | ||
| B: Explore fitness tests for different components of fitness | 222 | ||
| Fitness tests to assess components of physical fitness | 222 | ||
| Fitness tests to assess components of skill-related fitness | 237 | ||
| Planning tests | 246 | ||
| Administering tests | 250 | ||
| C: Undertake evaluation and feedback of fitness test results | 251 | ||
| Producing a fitness profile for a selected sports performer | 251 | ||
| Providing feedback to a selected sports performer | 253 | ||
| Chapter 6: Sports Psychology | 257 | ||
| A: Understand how personality, motivation and competitive pressure can affect sport performance | 260 | ||
| Personality factors and assessment of personality | 260 | ||
| Motivational factors | 262 | ||
| Arousal–performance relationship theories | 265 | ||
| Attentional focus and sports performance under competitive pressure | 268 | ||
| Stress, anxiety and sports performance under competitive pressure | 270 | ||
| Self-confidence and sports performance under competitive pressure | 273 | ||
| B: Examine the impact of group dynamics in team sports and its effect on performance | 276 | ||
| Group processes | 276 | ||
| Cohesion in effective group performance | 278 | ||
| Leadership in creating effective groups | 280 | ||
| Impact of processes, cohesion and leadership on a team and performance | 283 | ||
| Measuring the impact of processes, cohesion and leadership on a team and performance using sociograms | 284 | ||
| C: Explore psychological skills training programmes designed to improve performance | 285 | ||
| Psychological skills | 285 | ||
| Designing a psychological skills training programme | 291 | ||
| Chapter 7: Practical Sports Performance | 305 | ||
| A: Examine National Governing Body rules, laws and regulations for selected sports competitions | 308 | ||
| Rules and laws in sports | 308 | ||
| Roles and responsibilities of officials | 320 | ||
| B & C: Examine and develop the skills, techniques and tactics required to perform in selected sports | 324 | ||
| Technical demands required to perform in sport | 324 | ||
| Tactical demands applied in sports performance | 327 | ||
| D: Reflect on own practical performance using selected assessment methods | 330 | ||
| Assessment methods | 331 | ||
| Review performance in selected sports | 336 | ||
| Developments to improve performance | 338 | ||
| Chapter 8: Coaching for Performance | 343 | ||
| A: Investigate the skills, knowledge, qualities and best practice of performance coaches | 346 | ||
| Skills and knowledge for coaching for performance | 346 | ||
| Qualities for coaching for performance | 354 | ||
| Best practice for a coach for performance | 357 | ||
| Self-reflection on personal coaching ability | 362 | ||
| B: Explore practices used to develop skills, techniques and tactics for performance | 363 | ||
| Practices to develop skills, techniques and tactics for performance | 364 | ||
| Evaluation of practices | 367 | ||
| Adaptation of practices to promote development of performance | 368 | ||
| C: Demonstrate effective planning of coaching for performance | 370 | ||
| Planning considerations | 370 | ||
| Planning for an individual session for performance | 373 | ||
| Planning for a series of sessions for performance | 376 | ||
| D: Explore the impact of coaching for performance | 377 | ||
| Delivering for coaching performance | 377 | ||
| Reflection on session | 379 | ||
| Coaching development based on reflection | 380 | ||
| Chapter 26: Technical and Tactical Demands of Sport | 385 | ||
| A: Examine the technical skills and tactical components of sport that contribute to effective performance | 388 | ||
| Technical skills in sport | 388 | ||
| Tactical components in sport | 398 | ||
| Application and importance of technical and tactical skills in effective performance | 406 | ||
| B: Investigate methods to measure technical and tactical performance in sport | 409 | ||
| Measuring technical and tactical skills | 409 | ||
| Technical and tactical ideal models and benchmarks | 415 | ||
| Producing measurement tools and protocols | 417 | ||
| C: Explore the technical and tactical performance at different stages of the performance continuum | 418 | ||
| Assessing and developing elite sports performers | 418 | ||
| Assessing and developing non-elite sports performers | 423 | ||
| Chapter 27: The Athlete’s Lifestyle | 427 | ||
| A: Understand lifestyle factors that can affect an athlete’s sports performance | 430 | ||
| Lifestyle factors that affect performance | 430 | ||
| Physiological and sociological lifestyle distractions | 435 | ||
| The personal behaviour of an athlete | 439 | ||
| Supporting athlete development | 441 | ||
| B: Examine financial factors that influence an athlete’s lifestyle | 443 | ||
| Funding for athletes | 443 | ||
| Financial responsibilities | 449 | ||
| C: Investigate the importance of effective communication skills in sports performance and coaching | 452 | ||
| The use of communication skills | 452 | ||
| Communicating with the media | 455 | ||
| Being a role model | 460 | ||
| D: Examine career planning directed to becoming an elite athlete | 462 | ||
| Career planning for a competitive athlete | 462 | ||
| Career planning for a retired athlete | 465 | ||
| Chapter 28: Sports Performance Analysis | 471 | ||
| A: Examine methods for analysing sports performance | 474 | ||
| Performance profiling | 474 | ||
| Methods for analysing | 483 | ||
| Techniques for sports analysis | 489 | ||
| B: Explore ideal models, benchmarks and protocols for performance analysis | 497 | ||
| Information sources | 497 | ||
| Protocols and material for performance analysis | 500 | ||
| C: Carry out an analysis of the sports performance of an individual athlete or team | 505 | ||
| Carrying out a sport analysis | 505 | ||
| Collating and presenting analysis results | 506 | ||
| D: Review the collected analysis data and provide feedback to individual athlete or team | 508 | ||
| Comparing data to benchmarks and ideal model | 508 | ||
| Providing feedback to an athlete on performance | 510 | ||
| Index | 517 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |