GCSE PE Year 9 Summer Project

Overview This project needs to be completed over the Summer before you start your GCSE PE course in September The Project will consist of 2 parts: Part 1 – Practical Performance in Sport Part 2 – Theory work in preparation for the examination

Part 1 – Practical Task As part of the practical assessments you are required to perform in 3 different sports. 1 must be a team sport 1 must be an individual sport 1 can be either a team or an individual sport

Continued….. Each sport will be marked out of marks are awarded for how you well you can perform skills from within that sport 15 marks are awarded for how you can play within a full game

Team sports that are allowed… FootballRugby BasketballDoubles Table Tennis Doubles BadmintonDoubles Tennis CricketVolleyball HandballGroup Dance HockeyNetball If you play any others outside of school see Mr Blount to see if they are allowed

Individual sports that are allowed… BoxingGymnastics AthleticsSkiing Singles Badminton Swimming CyclingSingles Table Tennis Solo DanceSingles Tennis Golf Trampolining If you play any others outside of school see Mr Blount to see if they are allowed

The actual task Your job is to select one of the sports listed on the pervious slides and produce a video of yourself performing the skills required, this will be graded out of 10. The skills required for each sport can be found in the following place – education/gcse/physical-education- 8582/introduction (called the specification) education/gcse/physical-education- 8582/introduction There is also a copy of it on the school website An example is on the next slide….

The examples…

The video…. The video should be brought to your first GCSE lesson on a memory stick It needs to clearly show you performing the skills required It will then be assessed and you will be given a mark out of 10 Then within your practical lessons in year 10 you will be assessed in full games to get another mark out of 15 (giving you your total out of 25)

Part 2 – The theory work Within your lessons throughout year 9 you have been learning about different components of fitness you now need to complete a task that is related to these

A quick recap…... Component of FitnessDefinition AgilityThe ability to move your body and change direction at speed BalanceTo be able to retain the centre of mass of the body above your base Cardiovascular EnduranceThe ability to exercise the entire body for a long period of time Co-oridinationThe ability to use 2 or more body parts at the same time FlexibilityThe range of movement possible at a joint Muscle EnduranceThe ability to use muscles many times without getting tired Power/Explosive StrengthSpeed X Strength Reaction TimeThe time between seeing a stimulus and responding to it StrengthThe amount of force a muscle can exert SpeedHow quickly you can cover a given distance

Your task To watch 5 sports/ events from the Rio Olympics and then select the 3 most important components of fitness for that sport/ event There is an example of what we expect to see on the next slide

Example After watching the Pole Vault in the Olympics I feel that the most important component of fitness in that event is …….. I have selected this because………… The 2 nd most important component of fitness is…….. I have selected this because……… The 3 rd most important component of fitness is…….. I have selected this because…………

Task continued…… You need to complete the task for 5 different sports and events and present it as a written document.

Extension Task If you wish to you can complete Part 1 of the task for another sport You can also say which is the least important component of fitness required for each of the sports selected for Part 2.

Good Luck Have a good Summer watching sport, remember this task will have a big impact on your GCSE PE course and your grade.