Physical Education - H155

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Free Physical Education - H155 revision notes for Cambridge OCR AS Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.

Skeletal and muscular systems

  • Joints, movements and muscles

  • Functional roles of muscles and types of contraction

  • Analysis of movement

  • Skeletal muscle contraction

  • Muscle contraction during exercise of differing intensities and during recovery

Cardiovascular and respiratory systems

  • Cardiovascular system at rest

  • Cardiovascular system during exercise of differing intensities and during recovery

  • Respiratory system at rest

  • Respiratory system during exercise of differing intensities and during recovery

Diet and nutrition and their effect on physical activity and performance

Preparation and training methods in relation to improving and maintaining physical activity and performance

  • Aerobic training

  • Strength training

  • Flexibility training

  • Periodisation of training

  • Impact of training on lifestyle diseases

Biomechanical principles, levers and the use of technology

  • Biomechanical principles

  • Levers

  • Analysis through the use of technology

Skill acquisition

  • Classification of skills

  • Types and methods of practice

  • Transfer of skills

  • Principles and theories of learning movement skills

  • Stages of learning

  • Guidance

  • Feedback

Sports psychology

  • Individual differences

  • Group and team dynamics in sport

  • Goal setting in sports performance

Sport and society

  • Emergence and evolution of modern sport

  • Global sporting events

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