A Level in Physical Education

Over the course of the two years, learners will study the following topics: skeletal and muscular systems, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, energy for exercise, environmental effects on body systems, diet and nutrition, preparation and training methods, injury prevention and the rehabilitation of injury, biomechanical principles, levers and the use of technology, linear motion, angular motion, fluid mechanics and projectile motion, skill acquisition, sports psychology, emergence and evolution of modern sport, global sporting events, ethics and deviance in sport, commercialisation and media, routes to sporting excellence in the UK, and modern technology in sport.