1. Higher physical education
Performance skills unit
Planning paper (8 marks)
Do you want 8 marks?

2. Let’s look at the big picture…
The ‘performance skills’ unit makes up 60% of your overall grade…
Performance skills unit:
1. planning paper (8 marks)
2. special performance (40 marks)
3. Evaluating paper (12 marks)
total: 60 marks

3. And the even bigger picture…
Your performance skills score will be added to your result from the final exam, as shown below:
Performance skills mark (out of 60) + Final exam (40 marks) = ????/100
Last year’s cut-off marks were: or more = a
= b
56 – 65 = c
Do the math…

4. The planning paper (8 marks)
This part of the course must be completed before your special performance.
Thursday 14th and Friday 15th February 2018
you will have the option to use both of these periods, if needed, to complete this paper.
This must be done under exam conditions.

5. Let’s have a look at the finer details…
The paper will be split up into two parts (1.a and 1.b) with each part worth 4 marks.
1(a) Explain two challenges you might encounter that might prevent you from performing to the best of your ability. (4 Marks)
1(b) describe what you are going to do to address these two challenges and explain why they are beneficial to you and your performance. (4 Marks)

6. Question 1(a) (4 marks)
Explain the relevance of two challenges you will face in this single performance.
Your two challenges must be from two different factors (mesP).
For example: “my first challenge I will face in my lacrosse performance is my lack of speed.” (physical sub-factor)
“my second challenge I will face in my lacrosse performance is my high levels of anxiety in the first quarter of the game because I know this is a really important performance.” (emotional sub-factor)

7. Task 1
At your table, you have three minutes to write down as many challenges as you can that sports people might encounter during their important performances.
Simply list these down the side of your paper.

8. Mental emotional social physical
Task 2
Next to each of your challenges, write down which factor they fall under.
Put these in brackets next to each challenge.
Mental emotional social physical

9. Part (ii) of part (a)…
In order to access marks in part (a), you must “explain the relevance” these challenges have in relation to your special performance. To do this part well, use the following phrases in your answer…
“…so that…” “which might cause me to…”
“this is relevant as if…” “which could cause me to…”
“if they can…then…”

10. Let’s clarify this some more…
So, in order to access all four marks I need to (for two challenges):
Describe the challenge (one/two short sentences – to the point)
Explain how they might impact your performance (one sentence)
Explain the impact this might have on your opponent (one sentence)
Make sure you identify which factor your challenge falls under.
Use the phrases on the previous slide to help you to explain the relevance of these two factors.

11. Task 3
Each member of the group must select a different challenge from your sheet.
Use the three-step approach outlined on the previous slide to explain the relevance that particular challenge might have on someone performing in an activity of your choice.
***maximum of four sentences***
***make it specific to your chosen activity***

12. Example…
Step 1: “a challenge I will face in my lacrosse performance is concentrating fully in front of a crowd. This is a challenge which would fall under the mental factor. I might be easily distracted by people shouting direct or indirect comments towards me or my team mates.”
Step 2: “this will be challenging because I will have to work harder to block out these distractions in order to concentrate on my positional responsibilities on the pitch. This will increase my team’s chances of keeping possession, creating attacking opportunities and scoring goals.”
Step 3: “this is relevant as if I get distracted by a remark from the crowd, I might miss my opponents playing a long pass over the top of me to a player behind me, giving the opposition a much higher chance getting nearer our goal and scoring.”