Sports Science study guides

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of biomechanics and movement analysis (SEAB 6081). How force, speed and Newton's laws explain sporting motion, the three lever systems and mechanical advantage, the planes and axes of movement, and the factors affecting a projectile's flight path, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems (SEAB 6081). How the heart pumps through a double circulation, what blood and vessels do, how breathing and gas exchange work, and how heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output and breathing respond to exercise, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of energy systems and fitness components (SEAB 6081). How the body produces energy with and without oxygen, the difference between health-related and skill-related fitness, and how each is tested and interpreted, including the BMI calculation, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of the principles and methods of training (SEAB 6081). The principles of training and the FITT framework, the main training methods, how training intensity and heart-rate thresholds work, and how a training year is periodised with recovery, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of safety and injury prevention (SEAB 6081). The common sports injuries and their causes, the RICE procedure for treating soft-tissue injuries, how a risk assessment prevents harm, and the role of the warm-up and cool-down, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of skill acquisition (SEAB 6081). How motor skills are classified on continua, the information-processing model and reaction time, the cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of learning, and the types of practice, guidance and feedback, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of sports psychology (SEAB 6081). How motivation drives performance, how arousal and anxiety affect it through the inverted-U, how aggression differs from assertion and is controlled, and how SMART goal setting improves performance, with links to every dot point.

An O-Level Exercise and Sports Science overview of the musculoskeletal system (SEAB 6081). How the skeleton supports, protects and moves the body, how synovial joints permit named movements, how the three muscle types and fibre types work, and how muscles act in antagonistic pairs, with links to every dot point.