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Leaving Certificate Physical Education: Strand 1 - Towards Optimum Performance

Physical Education
Leaving Certificate
Level 3
4 chapters
92 Lessons
0 Free lessons

Exam board-specific online course, featuring fast-paced tutorials taught by James, practice and test mode quizzing and checkpoint assessments preparing you for Strand 1. We recommend that you study the Strand 2 course and The Roadmap course along with this course.

Learning and Improving Skill and Technique
Defining a Skilled Performance
Lesson (1/0) 1
The Characteristics of Skill
Lesson (2/0) 2
Skill and Ability
Lesson (3/0) 3
Classification of Skill
Analysing Skill and Technique
Lesson (1/0) 1
Planes
Lesson (2/0) 2
Axes
Lesson (3/0) 3
Levers
Lesson (4/0) 4
Mechanical Advantage and Disadvantage
Lesson (5/0) 5
Vectors and Scalars
Lesson (6/0) 6
Newton's Laws of Motion
Lesson (7/0) 7
Quality, effectiveness and Economy of Movement
Lesson (8/0) 8
Creative Application of Skill
Skill Acquisition
Lesson (1/0) 1
Stages of Learning
Lesson (2/0) 2
Feedback
Lesson (3/0) 3
Guidance
Lesson (4/0) 4
Practice Types
Lesson (5/0) 5
Practice Methods
Lesson (6/0) 6
Principles of Effective Practice
Physical and Psychological Demands of Performance
Components of Fitness
Lesson (1/0) 1
Health and Performance Related Fitness
Lesson (2/0) 2
Components of Health Related Fitness
Lesson (3/0) 3
Components of Performance Related Fitness
Application of the Components of Fitness
Lesson (1/0) 1
Components of Fitness in Different Activities
Lesson (2/0) 2
Methods of Training 1
Lesson (3/0) 3
Methods of Training 2
Assessment of Components of Fitness
Lesson (1/0) 1
Factors Affecting Fitness Testing
Lesson (2/0) 2
Fitness Testing 1
Lesson (3/0) 3
Fitness Testing 2
Lesson (4/0) 4
Fitness Testing 3
Lesson (5/0) 5
The Principles of Training and Performance
Lesson (6/0) 6
FITT
Designing a Fitness Plan
Lesson (1/0) 1
Approaches to Training
Lesson (2/0) 2
Strategies to Promote Recovery and Adaptation
Lesson (3/0) 3
Periodisation
Psychological Preparation
Lesson (1/0) 1
Bandura's Model of Self-efficacy
Lesson (2/0) 2
Vealey's Model of Confidence
Lesson (3/0) 3
Strategies to Promote Confidence
Lesson (4/0) 4
Types of Anxiety
Lesson (5/0) 5
State and Trait Anxiety
Lesson (6/0) 6
Strategies to Control Anxiety
Lesson (7/0) 7
Arousal 1
Lesson (8/0) 8
Arousal 2
Lesson (9/0) 9
Concentration
Lesson (10/0) 10
Mental Preparedness Before, During and After Performance
Diet & Nutrition
Lesson (1/0) 1
Nutrition and Performance 1
Lesson (2/0) 2
Nutrition and Performance 2
Lesson (3/0) 3
Hydration
Lesson (4/0) 4
Sports Supplements
Lesson (5/0) 5
The Role of ATP
Lesson (6/0) 6
The ATP/PC System
Lesson (7/0) 7
The Glycolytic System
Lesson (8/0) 8
The Aerobic System
Lesson (9/0) 9
The Energy Continuum
Lesson (10/0) 10
Dietary Planning
Structures, Strategies, Roles and Conventions
Structures, Strategies or Composition
Lesson (1/0) 1
Introduction to Structures, Strategies and Composition
Lesson (2/0) 2
Evaluating and Modifying Structures, Strategies and Composition
Roles and Relationships
Lesson (1/0) 1
The Demands of Different Roles
Lesson (2/0) 2
Identifying Opponent Weaknesses
Risk and Injury
Lesson (1/0) 1
Warm Up and Cool Down
Lesson (2/0) 2
Clothing, Equipment and Facilities
Lesson (3/0) 3
Common Injuries
Lesson (4/0) 4
Overtraining
Rules, Rituals and Conventions
Lesson (1/0) 1
Organising Events
Role of a Coach and Choreographer
Lesson (1/0) 1
Goal Setting
Lesson (2/0) 2
The Role of the Coach/Choreographer
Role of the Official
Lesson (1/0) 1
The Role of the Official
Planning for Optimum Performance
Personal Performance Analysis
Lesson (1/0) 1
Factors Influencing Personal Performance
Methods of Analysis
Lesson (1/0) 1
Analysing Skill and Technique
Lesson (2/0) 2
Analysing Structures, Strategies and Choreography
Lesson (3/0) 3
Analysing Performance Related Fitness
Lesson (4/0) 4
Analysing Psychological Preparedness
Training Plans
Lesson (1/0) 1
Performance Goals
Lesson (2/0) 2
Designing a Training Plan

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