Sports Development is an integrated study that focuses on specialised sports development for the individual. Students learn about principles of high performance, self awareness and understanding of their prowess in an individual sport. They learn about and practice ways of maintaining elite performance. This course prepares students aspiring to participate in elite sport.

The study of Sports Development provides pathways to further study in both tertiary and vocational areas as well as providing foundations for future involvement in elite sport as a competitor, official or administrator.

The Sports Development course is written under The HEALTH, OUTDOOR AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FRAMEWORK 2019: BSSS HEALTH, OUTDOOR AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Framework

Achievement Standards for HEALTH, OUTDOOR AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION courses can be found within the Framework.

Health, Outdoor and Physical Education are the study of biological, physiological, psychological, social and cultural influences on performance and participation in physical activity. Students develop knowledge, understanding and skills, including health literacy competencies, to support them to be resilient, to strengthen their sense of self, to build and maintain satisfying relationships, and to make decisions to enhance their health and physical participation.

Personal Development in a Sport

Students will explore time-management, lifestyle balance, academic pursuits, training, work and social interactions in the context of developing and maintaining an elite athlete.

Building an Elite Athlete

Students will explore personalising programs, individual and/ or team development, nutrition, psychology and recovery in the context of developing and maintaining an elite athlete.

Athletes in Society

Students will explore issues in sport, drugs, community expectations of athletes, as well as community, national and global environments in the context of developing and maintaining an elite athlete.

Performance Analysis

Students will explore technology in sport, injury management and prevention, biomechanics, tactics, game analysis and feedback in the context of developing and maintaining an elite athlete.

Independent Study

An Independent Study unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning. An Independent Study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own independent study and negotiated with their teacher. The program of learning for an Independent Study unit must meet the unit goals and content descriptions as they appear in the course. Students must have studied at least THREE standard 1.0 units from this course. A student can only study a maximum of one Independent study unit in each course. An Independent Study unit requires the principal’s written approval. Independent study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. Principal approval is also required for a student in Year 12 to enrol concurrently in an Independent unit and the third 1.0 unit in a course of study.

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