We need to choose our final unit!

Obviously we have to prepare for the Sports Injury unit which will be assessed via an exam at the end of the year. We also have to complete a further coursework unit. We can all decide which we would like to complete as a group. Take a look at the assignments below and then we can discuss which we like the look of:

Technology in Sport:

Task 1: How technology is used in sport

You decide to do some research on how technology is used in sport and how it has enhanced various aspects of sport. You will need to consider how technology has enhanced performance, game play and spectatorship.

Your task is to demonstrate your understanding of how technology is used to enhance various aspects of sport.

Task 2: The positive and negative effects of sports technology

To check how you are progressing in researching your article, the editor has asked you to give a presentation on the positive and negative effects of sports technology to your colleagues.

The presentation will draw upon the information you have gathered in Task 1 and will consider the positive and negative effects on each of the different aspects in sport – performance, game play and spectatorship.

Your task is to give a presentation on the positive and negative effects of sports technology.

You should demonstrate your ability to draw upon relevant skills/knowledge/understanding from other units you have studied in relation to the positive effects of sports technology.

Task 3: The impact of technology in sport

The editor is impressed by the knowledge you have shown on technology in sport and thinks that you now have enough information to enable you to write your article. Your article will evaluate factors affecting the use of technology in sport and the impact that technology has had.

The editor has advised that you should focus your article on one of the following:

• a specific technology used in one specific sport
• one piece of technology used and adapted across a range of sports
• an organisation which has been and/or is at the forefront of using new technology.

Your task is to write an article which evaluates the impact of technology in sport.

Psychology in Sport

Task 1: Personality and sports performance

You are to produce work for a display which includes definitions of personality and different personality types and shows the links between personality and sports performance, using examples from sport to capture the interest of the visitors.

Task 2: How motivation can affect sports performance

Your teacher asks you to use a visual display or produce a presentation which gives an overview of definitions and types of motivation and the links between motivation, performance and participation.

Task 3: How aggression can affect sports performance

To show how what you have studied in the unit is topical and relevant to what goes on in elite level sport you are going to produce some material on aggression in sport. You will look at types of aggression and reasons for it, and describe theories of aggression supported with examples from sport.

Task 4: The impact of arousal and anxiety on sports performance

You are going to produce a resource on how arousal and anxiety levels can affect sports performance, explaining some of the main theories which have been developed on the subject and applying them to sporting examples.

To show how some of this information can be used, you are going to carry out anxiety tests on squad members from one of the schools sport teams. An analysis of what you find will be on display at the open evening to show what you did and found out. It will also be relevant to Task 5.

Task 5: Using sport psychology strategies

 The teacher has asked you to produce a presentation on the effective use of sport psychology strategies in order to enhance performance.

In order to show the real-life application of what you are learning, you are to recommend and implement appropriate strategies to assist the schools sport team (who you conducted anxiety tests on in Task 4) in their performance. You will need to assess the effectiveness of the strategies recommended and any impact on performance which they have had.

You should demonstrate your ability to draw upon relevant skills/knowledge/understanding from other units you have studied in this task.