Revision Session 1

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Revision Session 1

• Social Reasons for Participation
• School
• Social Background

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Before we start Revision Tip 1
I always try to run home so that I can do more
revision each evening!
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Social Reasons For Participation

• More people are involved in physical activity
  than ever before
• Why is this the case??????

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Increased Leisure Time

• Shorter Working Week- Many jobs now have a
  shorter working week. This may give people extra
  time to participate in physical activity

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Increased Leisure Time

• Technological Advances
• Many jobs take much less time due to technology.
• Computers can save a lot of time and even allow
  people to work from home, avoiding travelling
  time. This allows extra time for leisure.
• Machinery makes many jobs easier and quicker i.e.
  machinery on building sites means that there is
  less labouring to do.
• Many jobs are less physical now that machinery
  does a lot of the work This means that workers
  are not so tired and more likely to want to do
  something active in their leisure time
• Technological advances in medicine mean that
  people are living longer and so have more
  retirement time for leisure activities
• Advances in media technology means that there is
  greater coverage of sport and physical activity
  This often leads to greater participation

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Increased Leisure Time

• Early Retirement
• Many more people are retiring earlier when they
  still able to be physically active in their
  leisure time
• Without the commitments of work they have a great
  deal of leisure time
• These people often have enough money to afford to
  do the activities they are interested in

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Increased Leisure Time

• Unemployment
• Many people lose or leave their jobs
• Without the commitments of work they have a
  greater amount of leisure time
• However these people may not have much money if
  they are not earning a wage and so they have
  fewer options.

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Why do people participate?

• You need to know the 3 main reasons
• Health
• Leisure
• Vocation

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Health

• People are more aware that regular exercise is
  good for their physical and mental health.
• Body image is important for many people
• There are many more gyms and sports clubs
  available

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Leisure and enjoyment

• People participate in sport and physical activity
  simply because they enjoy it
• Benefits include
• Friendship
• Personal satisfaction
• Relaxation/stress relief
• People can involve themselves in active hobbies.

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Vocation

• For many people their job is sport related.
• There are professional sportsmen/women who are
  full time
• There are semi-professionals who have other jobs
  as well
• There are many jobs related to sport other than
  playing sport- i.e. management of teams or sports
  clubs/gyms, and medical support for players.

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Revision page Print this page for your file

• Social Reasons for Participation
• Shorter working week
• Technological Advances
• Early retirement
• Unemployment

Why People Participate Health Leisure Vocation
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Revision Tip 2
If you dont organise your revision you could
feel this bad after your exams
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Schools Promoters of Physical Activity

• There are 4 main areas you need to know for the
  exam
• The National Curriculum
• Examination Courses
• Extra-Curricular activities
• Links with Local Clubs

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National Curriculum

• Teaching PE is a requirement of the NC
• The NC provides a wide range of activities for
  students to experience
• Encourages an active and healthy lifestyle
• Encourages teamwork

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Examination Courses

• Exam students learn
• About fitness and health
• Skills
• How to act as officials/referees
• How the body works when exercising
• How to coach others
• History of sport
• Issues in sport- drugs/ hooliganism etc.

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Examination Courses

• Examples of Exam Courses
• GCSE
• AS/A2 ALevel courses
• JSLA
• GNVQ

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Extra Curricular Activities

• Activities that take place inn addition to normal
  PE lessons
• Sports clubs
• School teams
• House matches
• Activities week Outdoor And Adventurous (OAA)
  activities
• Tours and trips
• Sports Leaders Award
• Trials

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Links with Local Clubs

• Schools are developing more and more links with
  local clubs to encourage more participation
• School Sports Co-ordinators arrange events to
  encourage these links
• Sports Fairs
• Clubs noticeboards
• Taster sessions
• Visiting speakers

• Some clubs use school facilities.

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Revision page Print this page for your
fileThese are the areas that you must be able
to discuss in the exam

• Schools- Promoting Physical Activity
• The National Curriculum
• Examination Courses
• Extra-curricular Activities
• Links with Local Clubs

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Revision Tip 3
If you dont organise your revision you could
feel this bad after your exams
Remember - Revision is not just for geeks! Its
for cool people like us too!
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Social Background

• The following areas are ones that you must
  consider when discussing influences on
  participation
• Access
• Age
• Disability
• Education
• Environment
• Family
• Gender
• Media
• Peer Groups
• Politics
• Poverty
• Religion
• Sponsorship
• Tradition/culture

Print out this and the following 4 slides which
give a brief summary of these points. Make sure
you read up on these in your textbook.
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• Access to facilities can people get there, are
  facilities available and are they affordable?
• Age Some sports are considered Old or Young
  peoples sports which may put some people off
  taking part. More older people are getting
  involved in sport now.
• Disability There is now much more available for
  disabled people, with clubs set up for them,
  facilities accessible to them and more role
  models in the media.
• Education Students encouraged to participate at
  school (as we have just discussed) and even after
  they leave school. Adult Education encourages
  participation. However, many playing fields have
  been sold off in the past reducing opportunity to
  participate, and teachers have so many
  administrative responsibilities they have less
  time for extra-curricular activities.

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• Environment The physical environment and
  climate have an effect on the sports that people
  play. ie if you live near the coast there are
  more opportunities for surfing, sailing etc, and
  if you live near mountains there might be more
  opportunities for skiing, mountain walking etc.
  Also a good climate encourages more outdoor
  sport.
• Family Parental support can be vital in
  participation, by encouraging participation in
  sports they enjoy themselves, by providing
  finance and transport etc. If parents dont
  provide this support then it is difficult for
  their son/daughter to carry on participating.
• Gender Often sports are associated with
  particular genders and so some people would not
  want to get involved. However there are some
  areas where this is changing i.e. womens
  football and rugby are both growing very quickly.
  More boys may be involved in dance
• The Media With greater media coverage of sport
  there are more role models and greater interest
  in sports which may encourage participation

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• Peer Groups People often will participate in
  the sports that their friends are involved in. It
  is often difficult to get involved with
  activities that your friends dont like.
• Politics Governments who see the benefits of
  the population being involved in sport can
  encourage this by giving more funding to schools,
  clubs and associations to provide more facilities
  and opportunities
• Poverty Many people cannot afford to do
  expensive sports and so rarely do people from
  poorer backgrounds succeed in these sports. The
  cheaper sports are often popular with people from
  poorer backgrounds and sometimes this allows
  people to succeed professionally and break away
  from their poorer roots. Many funding
  initiatives (ie The Active Communities Programme)
  are aimed at encouraging participation in
  deprived areas.
• Sponsorship Companies and the government can
  provide financial support and equipment for
  sports leagues, clubs and players in return for
  positive advertising . This allows these people
  to participate in activities without having to
  find the money to cover their expenses.

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• Tradition and Culture This can affect
  participation in positive and negative ways. In
  some cultures for example women are not allowed
  to expose their arms and legs so wearing sports
  kit is discouraged and therefore sporting
  opportunities are reduced.
• Often different cultures concentrate on specific
  activities. For example there are more Asians who
  play top level Cricket compared to those who play
  football

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Wow that revision session was really good! Im
going to get straight on the PE Website when I
get home to go through that again