A Level P.E.

Topic areas include: anatomy and physiology, skill acquisition, sport and society, biomechanics, exercise physiology, sports psychology, technology in sport.

Assessment

2 Written Exams

• Paper 1. Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport.
• Paper 2. Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity and sport

PE Practical Activity List

• Amateur Boxing
• Association Football
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Camogie
• Canoeing (flat water & white water)
• Cricket
• Cycling (Track, road cycling or BMX)
• Dance
• Diving (Platform diving)
• Equestrian
• Figure Skating
• Futsal
• Gaelic football
• Golf
• Gymnastics (Floor routines and apparatus, acrobatic)
• Handball
• Hockey (Must be field hockey)
• Hurling
• Ice Hockey
• Inline Roller Hockey
• Kayaking (flat water & white water)
• Lacrosse
• Netball
• Rock climbing (Can be indoor or outdoor)
• Rowing
• Rugby League
• Rugby Union (Can be assessed as sevens or fifteen a side, not tag rugby)
• Sailing
• Sculling
• Skiing (Outdoor/indoor on snow, not to be dry slopes)
• Snowboarding (Outdoor/indoor on snow, not to be dry slopes)
• Squash
• Swimming (Not synchronised swimming)
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Trampolining
• Triathlon (sprint only)
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Windsurfing