1. Drugs in Sport

2. TASK
WORDSEARCH

3. Title: Drugs in Sport
Lesson Objectives - List why drugs are used in sport - Describe the effects that drugs can have on the body - Explain the reasons why people start using drugs
- List examples of drugs used in sport
- Describe the effects that drugs can have on the body
- Explain the reasons why people start using drugs

4. TASK
What is a drug?
A substance that can be taken in a variety of ways to produce physical and/or psychological effects on the person taking it

5. Performance Enhancing Drugs
Doping
Many are banned
Unfair advantage
Illegal and often harmful
This is known as doping
Many performance-enhancing drugs are banned by sports’ governing bodies
These are taken to gain an unfair advantage
It is illegal and often harmful

6. Suggest why you think sports players sometimes take drugs
TASK
Suggest why you think sports players sometimes take drugs
Physiological reasons
Build muscles
Increase energy
Lose weight
Reduce tiredness
(painkillers – mask athletes pain)
(anabolic steroids – growth of muscle)
(sedatives – steady hands and good aim)
Social reasons
Pressure to win
Earn money
Fear of losing
(nicotine – smoking)
(alcohol – drinking)
(caffeine – too much coffee)
(cannabis – reduces concentration)

7. Suggest why you think athletes shouldn’t take drugs in sport
TASK
Suggest why you think athletes shouldn’t take drugs in sport
Unfair advantage
Reflects bad on sport
Addiction
Lower life expectancy
Organ disease
Legal reasons
Being a bad role model

8. In your books, write what you think social drugs are (with examples)
TASK
In your books, write what you think social drugs are (with examples)
- Usually taken to help people relax, or on occasion to give a feeling of having more energy
Some are banned in many sports and are also illegal
Nicotine
Alcohol
Cannabis
Caffeine

9. TASK
Smoking damages the H__RT and _XYG_N capability of the blood. Both alcohol and caffeine cause extra urine – this adds to the risks of D_HYDR_T__N.

11. EXIT TICKET 4 5 6 List why drugs are used in sport
Describe the effects that drugs can have on the body 6
Explain the reasons why people start using drugs

12. Hand in next lesson for an extra House Point
HOMEWORK
CHALLENGE
Hand in next lesson for an extra House Point