There are plenty of useful sites for Factors Affecting and Improving Performance that I use all the time. They provide up-to-date information and cover lots of content. The first of our useful sites for Factors Affecting and Improving Performance is Australian Association of Strength and Conditioning (ASCA). They don't provide a lot of free information to kick [...]
This article today is to describe a couple of usefulSports Medicine sites and why I try to use them as much as possible when looking at Sports Medicine. Throughout my site I have tried to make sure that there are useful Sports Medicine links that can help you to extend your study, knowledge, understanding and application [...]
The current trends in Australia's health "progressed" according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Their Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013 cover various components of Australia's health with the most important indicator being life expectancy at birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth indicates that our current overall health is trending upwards. Life expectancy is one of the most widely recognised [...]
When considering the use of drugs ethical considerations concerning fair play vs cheating need to be explored. The teacher notes in the HSC PDHPE syllabus are used to guide the learning of content to which they refer. In Improving Performance, use of drugs comes under ethical issues related to improving performance, and our understanding and application [...]
The performance effects and harms associated with drug use are drug specific and content heavy. It is specifically because of this that the HSC PDHPE syllabus has a teacher note to reduce the content and focus on ethics. Students need only a general understanding of the performance-related effects of, and the harm associated with, using [...]
Continuing our teacher note series, today we look at the combination of cold, wind and hypothermia. This teacher note comes under environmental considerations for What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete? in Sports Medicine. The teacher note says: Students should understand how the combination of heat and humidity or cold [...]
In Sports Medicine it is vital that you have a deep knowledge of heat, humidity and hyperthermia. This topic comes up under the critical question: "What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?", dot point: environmental considerations. The teacher note says: Students should understand how the combination of heat and humidity or [...]
Every year I have students who complain that they want more prac. There are many students who chose to do PDHPE in year 11 and 12 thinking that they will get to do prac and so won't have to sit in a chair all day every day throughout their HSC. I know many schools that [...]
Often my students ask me: "do I need to know statistics for Health Priorities in Australia?" The answer is NO! The HSC PDHPE syllabus is very clear that students do not need to know statistics on Australia's health. Under the critical question "How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified?" there is what is known [...]
This January I have been writing articles and researching ways to improve your study. So many people use ineffective study methods, such as cramming or reading through textbooks and notes. You can improve your study with some very simple tips. Even before January I had written on: Flashcards Mind-maps Past papers Marking rubric etc And now I have [...]
