1. Analysing and Improving
Pick your best sport.
Write down 3 things you do well in that sport and 3 things you don´t do so well.
You might write about fitness aspects, skills, or social aspects
Examples could include being fast, being accurate with shooting, having a high scoring/tackling rate, cooperating well with team members, etc.

2. Analysing and Improving Task
Coursework – 50% Nota 4

3. What is it?
This coursework is for you to show you understand your best sport.
In simple terms, you are required to look at the performance of someone in that sport and identify good and bad elements of performance.

4. Introduction State your sport
State the name of the person you are writing about – it could be yourself or a classmate
Describe that person´s role in the activity – are they a goalkeeper? A forward? A mid-fielder?
E.g. what is their main job in the game - is it to score goals? To stop the opposition from scoring?
List all the skills you need to be able to do to play this sport (even the simple ones).

5. Strengths Pick 3 strengths of the performer. These might be:
Fitness components
Skills
Part of their teamwork, etc.
How do these strengths help them to be a good performer in this sport?
Explain in as much detail as possible.
What is it they do that makes them good at it?
How do you know that they are good at it?

6. Weaknesses Pick 3 weaknesses.
How do these cause problems for the performer as a player? For the team?
If talking about skills or technique, what do they do wrong?
Explain in as much detail as possible what they don´t do very well and how this affects their performance.

7. Improvements
Explain practices/training that can be done to improve your weaknesses.
E.g. To improve passing, explain (using diagrams where it may be helpful) a passing drill.

8. Factors Affecting Performance
Physiological
Psychological
Social
How can the above affect performance in your sport?
Answer in general terms but also consider the performer and anything that affects them.

9. Training programme Design a 6 week training programme for your sport.
The training programme should aim to improve an aspect of performance (ideally related to one of your weaknesses).
You can focus on improving fitness, skills or another aspect of performance.

10. Training Programme
You need to state an aim/objective of the training programme
What is your training programme trying to improve. BE SPECIFIC.
Pick 2 training methods to use
You need to refer to the training principles of FITT and SPORT when designing and writing about your training programme.
What things need to be considered when designing a training programme?

11. Monday
Tuesday
Weds
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Week 1
Circuit training – Complete 2 circuits 45 seconds/ station
Team skills training session
Rest
Fartlek Training – 4 minute jog, 30 sec. fast jog x 5
Total = 22 mins
30 minute Continuous running – 65% MHR
Week 2
Circuit training – Complete 2 circuits
60 secs/station
Fartlek Training – 3 minute jog, 30 sec. fast jog x 6
Total = 21 mins
35 minute continuous running – 65% MHR
Week 3
Circuit training – Complete 3 circuits
45 secs/station
40 minute continuous running – 65% MHR
Week 4
Fartlek Training – 2 minute jog, 10 sec. sprint x 10
40 minute continuous running – 70% MHR
Week 5
Circuit training – Complete 3 circuits but increase reps at station
45 minute continuous running – 70% MHR
Week 6
Circuit training – Complete 3 circuits but increase reps at each station
Fartlek Training – 2 minute jog, 20 sec. sprint x 10

12. Remember…
This is 50% of your Nota 4. That is 20% of your overall PE marks this semester.
Therefore, it is something that you need to spend time on – it is not something you can complete in half an hour!
The more detail the better.
You can hand this in to your teacher as many times as you want before the deadline.