Leaving Cert Physical Education Notes
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Explore skill and technique, the physical and psychological demands of performance and planning for optimum performance, alongside ethics, gender and promoting physical activity.
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1. Learning and Improving Skill & Technique: BiomechanicsBiomechanics applies mechanical principles to human movement to improve performance efficiency and reduce injury risk.1. Learning and Improving Skill & Technique: Ability and Skilled PerformanceA skill is the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty and minimum outlay of time or energy (or both).2. Physical/Psychological Demands of Performance: Diet, Nutrition, Hydration and Energy SystemsIllustrated explanations.2. Physical Demands of PerformancePhysical fitness is your ability to carry out everyday tasks and sporting activities without getting overly tired.2. Psychological Demands of PerformanceUse the SMART goals explained in Programme Design to make progress visible.2. Physical/Psychological Demands of Performance: Training Methods and Fitness PlanningGood training programmes do not happen by accident.3. Structures, Strategies, Roles & ConventionsBefore breaking down a competitive match, you need to separate three ideas that students often mix up: structures, strategies, and tactics.4. Planning for Optimum PerformanceThe planning cycle reflects the structure of the Leaving Certificate Physical Activity Project (PAP), an 8- to 10-week digital project worth 20% of your…5. Promoting Physical ActivityTopic 5 examines how physical activity is defined, experienced, measured, and sustained across all life stages.6. Ethics & Fair PlayEthical practice in sport encompasses written rules as well as unwritten standards of behaviour known as etiquette.9. Gender & Physical ActivityPhysical activity participation rates differ markedly between males and females in Ireland.Business & Enterprise in Physical Activity & SportCommercialisation happens when sport is packaged, marketed, and sold as an entertainment product for financial profit.
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