Lecture Notes: AQA Paper 2 Preparation Session

Introduction

• Session led by James, focused on AQA Paper 2.
• Aim: To go deep into specific skills like classification and guidance.
• Encouragement to use notes, like, and subscribe to the YouTube channel.
• Live chat available for questions via the Hub page.
• Session planned to last an hour and a half.

Key Focus Areas

• Skills Emphasis: Deep dive into skills rather than just notes.
• Session Tools: Use of tablets or printed notes for effective learning.

Topics Covered

Skill Classification

• Basic vs. Complex Skills: Few decisions vs. many decisions.
• Open vs. Closed Skills: Environment affects open skills; closed skills have few stimuli.
• Self-paced vs. Externally-paced Skills: Performer initiates in self-paced; environment dictates in externally-paced.
• Gross vs. Fine Skills: Large muscle groups vs. small, precise movements.

Examples and Justifications

• Dribbling in hockey: Complex, open, externally-paced, gross.
• Swimming front crawl: Basic, closed, self-paced, gross.
• Tennis serve: Basic, closed, self-paced, gross.
• Throwing a dart: Basic, closed, self-paced, fine.

Guidance in Sports

• Visual Guidance: Good for groups, provides mental images; limited by demo quality.
• Verbal Guidance: Provides clarity, can be tailored to individuals or groups; can overload with information.
• Manual Guidance: Early kinesthetic experience, safe; requires permission, slow learning.
• Mechanical Guidance: Increased safety, early whole-skill experience; temporary, expensive.

Evaluation and Explanation Skills

• Evaluated scenarios using guidance types.
• Differences in verbal guidance for beginners vs. elite athletes.

Aggression in Sports

• Direct Aggression: Physical contact, e.g., tackles in rugby.
• Indirect Aggression: Aggression through an object, e.g., Bodyline bowling.

Sponsorship and Media

• Types of media and sponsorship: TV, press, internet, equipment, facilities.
• Explained the relationship and commercialized nature of media, sponsorship, and sport.

Conduct and Ethics in Sports

• Etiquette: Unwritten rules.
• Sportsmanship: Adhering to rules and spirit.
• Gamesmanship: Gaining advantage by stretching rules.
• Contract to Compete: Trying hard, respecting rules, and others.

Performance Enhancing Drugs

• Advantages for performers: Increased success chances, fame.
• Disadvantages: Reputational damage, health risks.
• Impact on Sport: Reputation damage, decreased trust, less sponsorship.

Health, Fitness, and Lifestyle

• Social Health: Interactions, friendships, teamwork.
• Mental Health: Feel good, decreased stress, emotional control.
• Physical Health: Improved heart function, decreased illness risk.

Sedentary Lifestyle Consequences

• Leads to obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension.

Dehydration Effects

• Causes: Sweating, lack of water balance.
• Consequences: Blood thickening, increased heart rate, reduced efficiency, overheating.

Conclusion

• Focused on skill emphasis for improved exam performance.
• Encouragement for feedback on the session's usefulness.

Note: The session included an interactive Q&A, and shoutouts to participating schools, emphasizing the communal and interactive nature of the learning experience.