BTEC FIRST IN SPORT

UNIT 1
FITNESS TESTING
AND TRAINING

NORTH SHORE
HEALTH ACADEMY
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Contents

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Contents

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How to set your work out

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Assignment ONE – Components of fitness/
Training Types

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Assignment TWO – Fitness Testing

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Assignment Three – Lifestyle Factors

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Assignment Four – Psychological factors

It is often said that ‘failing to prepare is preparing to fail’.

Therefore it is essential that those who are involved, or study
sport have a good understanding of concepts relating to
effective participation. This unit will give learners the
opportunity to examine basic factors of fitness, lifestyle and
psychology in sport.

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Welcome to BTEC Sport Unit 1 – Fitness Testing and Training

To help you to keep track of your work and to make sure that none of
your work is lost, it is important that you use an organised way of
saving each piece of coursework.

How to save your work

Create a ‘new’ folder.

Call it ‘BTEC Sport Unit 1’

Save each piece of work you do into this folder.

Each piece of work should be saved using the title at the top of each
work sheet. For example the first piece of work that you will save will
be called ‘Fitness requirements’.

How to set your work out.

To make sure that your work looks professional and well presented to the
examiner, you MUST follow the following instructions: -

• Never use word art! This makes your work look childish and makes
things difficult when you want to add extra things into your work.
• Choose a sensible font that is easy to read.
• Use the same font for the whole of your coursework.
• Use font 14 for assignments.
• Make sure you include the unit number and title on each piece of work
e.g. Unit 1 Fitness Testing and Training (do this as a foot note).
• Make sure you clearly mark what criteria the assignment covers e.g.
P1, M1 etc.
• Ensure you put you NAME and TEACHER’S NAME on every piece of
coursework as a header.

NAME:
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Assignment ONE – Components of fitness/ Training Types
Hand out date: Completion Date:
Teacher marked date: IV date:

SCENARIO:
You have been very fortunate in gaining the opportunity to become the
manager of a sports team of your choice at Team North Shore. Last year
your team were not as successful as hoped and you believe this is down to
the fitness and lifestyle of some of the team.
As a new manager you have decided to focus on improving the team’s basic
fitness levels and understanding of how an improvement in their training
and lifestyle may result in an improved performance in their sport. Your
target is to win the league and cup next year and you believe that by
tackling fitness and lifestyle factors from the beginning that you have
the opportunity to become a very successful manager.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS:
1. You need to produce a presentation which describes and explains
the health and skill related components of fitness to deliver to
your team and describe three training methods which may help
improve some of their components of fitness to achieve excellence
in their chosen sport (P1, M1, P2).

Guidelines:

√ Identify the components of fitness. – Physical Fitness – (Aerobic

endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, strength, body
composition). Skill related fitness – (Agility, balance, power,
coordination, reaction time). (P1/M1)
√ Describe/explain what each component is and why it is needed to
achieve excellence in sport. (P1/M1)
√ Give some sporting examples of who exhibits these characteristics
and tell them how it makes them a successful athlete. (P1/M1)

√ Tell your team three training methods that will help improve their
components of fitness and thus the opportunity to achieve
excellence in sport. E.g., flexibility training (static, active, passive
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ballistic), strength and power training (resistance machines, circuit
training, plyometrics), endurance training (continuous, fartlek,
interval, heart rate, training zones), speed and speed endurance
training (acceleration sprints, hollow sprints and interval training).
(P2/M2)

Hand in
Grading Criteria
To Achieve a PASS your work must:
P1 describe the fitness requirements for achieving excellence in a
selected sport.
P2 describe three different fitness training methods used to
achieve excellence in a selected sport.
To achieve a MERIT your work must:
M1 explain the fitness requirements for achieving excellence in a
selected sport.

NAME:
Assignment TWO – Fitness Testing

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Hand out date: Completion Date:
Teacher marked date: IV date:

SCENARIO:
Before your team starts their intensive training you have realised that
you will not be able to monitor any improvements in fitness without
measuring benchmark fitness levels.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS:
1. You need to carry out four different fitness tests for different
components of fitness and record the results accurately (P4)
2. You must then interpret the test results obtained, comparing them
to normative data. You should explain/evaluate what the results
show in relation to personal fitness and the fitness levels of
athletes who have achieved excellence in sport. (P5,M2,D2)

Guidelines:
√ You must identify the four tests you are going to complete and
explain the method you are going to follow in order to make them
valid and reliable. (P4)
√ You must perform four fitness tests (with informed consent) using
correct protocol. (P4)
√ Record the results accurately in a suitable table. (P4)
√ Compare your results to normative data and data of those whom
have achieved excellence in sport identifying your own strengths
and areas of improvement. (P5/M2/D2)

Hand in
Grading Criteria
To Achieve a PASS your work must:
P4 Carry out four different fitness tests for different components of
fitness, recording the results accurately.
P5 Interpret their test results and personal levels of fitness.

To achieve a MERIT your work must:

M2 Explain their test results and personal levels of fitness, identifying
strengths and areas for improvement.

To achieve a DISTINCTION you must:

D1 Evaluate their test results and personal levels of fitness, considering
the level required to achieve excellence in a selected sport.
NAME:
Assignment Three – Lifestyle Factors

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Hand out date: Completion Date:
Teacher marked date: IV date:

SCENARIO:
As the manager of the North Shore Team you are aware of a number of
factors which may be preventing your team from performing at maximal
levels. In order to address the problem you first need to identify a range
of factors which may be impacting upon your team and their performance.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS:
1. You must produce a poster which describes four lifestyle factors
which can affect training and sports participation saying how each
affects the participation (P3)

Guidelines:

√ You must identify four lifestyle factors which may prevent

achieving excellence in sport. (P3)
√ You must say how each of the four affect sports participation, be
it in training or competitive matches. (P3)
√ These may include: alcohol, smoking, sleep, drugs, diet, gender,
culture and work demands. (P3)

Hand in
Grading Criteria
To Achieve a PASS your work must:
P3 describe four different lifestyle factors that can affect sports
training and participation.

NAME:
Assignment Four – Psychological factors
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Hand out date: Completion Date:
Teacher marked date: IV date:

SCENARIO:
You have noticed in your teams training that some players appear to be
improving more than others and that some are putting in more effort than
others. You are interested in finding out the reasons why this may be,
knowing that talent spotters will be attending very soon, so decide to
produce a case study of two players.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS:
1. You must produce a case study of two different players from your
team who exhibit different psychological characteristics (use case
studies provided of the two players) and describe/explain/analyse
how these affect sports participation. (P6/M3/D2)

Guidelines:

√ Read the two case studies.

√ You must give a definition of: arousal and anxiety, motivation,
personality and concentration. (P6/M3/D2)
√ You must say how each of these may affect participation for Team
North Shore identifying the impact that each may have.
(P6/M3/D2)
√ You need to suggest methods to improve any of the factors which
may lead to an improved performance. (P6/M3/D2)

Hand in
Grading Criteria
To Achieve a PASS your work must:
P6 describe the effects of psychological factors on sports training
and performance.

To achieve a MERIT your work must:

M3 explain the effects of psychological factors on sports training
and performance.

To achieve a DISTINCTION you must:

D2 analyse the effects of psychological factors on sports training
and performance.

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