Students learn about:

• Children and young athletes
  • Medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy)
  • Overuse injuries (stress fractures)
  • Thermoregulation
  • Appropriateness of resistance training
    
    
• Adult and aged athletes
  • Heart conditions
  • Fractures/bone density
  • Flexibility/joint mobility
    
    
• Female athletes
  • Eating disorders
  • Iron deficiency
  • Bone density
  • Pregnancy.

Students learn to:

• Analyse the implications of each of these considerations for the ways young people engage in sport and how each is managed.
• Explain the sports participation options available for aged people with medical conditions
• Assess the degree to which iron deficiency and bone density affect participation in sport.

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