[raw_html_snippet id="my first ad"] Recovery strategies in sport are various. In HSC PDHPE you need to know different types of recovery strategies, what they are? and how they might benefit the athlete? A recent article in the European Journal of Applied Physiology has discovered the benefits of turmeric (a yellow spice commonly used in Indian [...]
In HSC PDHPE ATSI health is one of the key topics that you need to understand. The problem is that there is so much to take in related to ATSI health. In Australia, ATSI people experience a massive disadvantage as a marginalised people group. ATSI people have poorer outcomes not just in health, but in education, [...]
Smoking is a risk factor for just about every chronic or lifestyle disease known to man. People who smoke place a greater burden on our health system. Smoking is linked with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increases in CVD, diabetes, stroke, and pretty much every type of cancer. A recent article from channel nine reported [...]
Improving Performance requires you to look at the use of technology to improve performance as an ethical consideration. GPS devises are used expensively as a piece of technology that can improve performance. GPS devises provide trainers and coaches with objective data to help analyse an athlete's performance both during training and during competition. GPS devises [...]
Cancer risk factors are a hot topic in the media since the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organisation did a press release on cancer risk factors (26 October 2015) . This release on cancer risk factors has caused a great stir in the media, particularly amongst the Meat Corporations. The press release [...]
Sandor Earl is a great example to use in examining the ethical considerations for return to play and the pressures on athletes to return quickly. In 2013 Sandor Earl was charged with the use of an illegal substance and trafficking that substance. Sandor Earl speaks out in his interview on the Footy Show giving us [...]
Gymnastics is a great sport to be used as an example in HSC PDHPE. Gymnastics requires excellent psychological strategies, superior muscular strength, flexibility and balance along with excellent planning and focused training. Gymnastics is also full of injuries and rehabilitation. Training Gymnastics requires long term focused periodisation training that is sectioned into its various phases [...]
One of the key things in Sports Medicine is to provide examples in your answers. Hard tissue injuries are one type of injury and an example from this year could easily be Ben Ross, who broke his arm during an arm wrestle with Wendell Sailor. This injury is classified as an indirect hard tissue injury, [...]
Recently I sat through a great workshop on metabolism (energy systems connection with source of fuel) at the PDHPETA Conference. Though this does not sound like it is connected with the HSC PDHPE syllabus, there were some great points made, I thought I should share with you. Metabolism refers to the energy burnt by your [...]
In HSC PDHPE it is vital to use examples. This post is designed to help HSC PDHPE students apply the principles of training in exams. The principles of training are: progressive overload specificity reversibility variety training thresholds warm up and cool down These principles of training need to be applied to aerobic training and resistance training for [...]