Students learn about:

• Energy systems
  • Alactacid system (ATP/PC)
  • Lactic acid system
  • Aerobic system
    
    
• Types of training and training methods
  • Aerobic, eg continuous, Fartlek, aerobic interval, circuit
  • Anaerobic, eg anaerobic interval
  • Flexibility, eg static, ballistic, PNF, dynamic
  • Strength training, eg free/fixed weights, elastic, hydraulic
    
    
• Principles of training
  • Progressive overload
  • Specificity
  • Reversibility
  • Variety
  • Training thresholds
  • Warm up and cool down
    
    
• Physiological adaptations in response to training
  • Resting heart rate
  • Stroke volume and cardiac output
  • Oxygen uptake and lung capacity
  • Hemoglobin level
  • Muscle hypertrophy
  • Effect on fast/slow twitch muscle fibers

Students learn to:

• Analyse each energy system by exploring:
  • Source of fuel
  • Efficiency of ATP production
  • Duration that the system can operate
  • Cause of fatigue
  • By-products of energy production
  • Process and rate of recovery
• Assess the relevance of the types of training and training methods for a variety of sports by asking questions such as:
  • Which types of training are best suited to different sports?
  • Which training method(s) would be most appropriate? Why?
  • How would this training affect performance?
• Analyse how the principles of training can be applied to both aerobic and resistance training
• Examine the relationship between the principles of training, physiological adaptations and improved performance

Extract from PDHPE Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2009 Board of Studies NSW.