GCE Physical Education – Exemplar Materials Unit 2: The Critical Sports Performer (6PE02) Task 2.2 – Local Study (Football) Commentary Mark band three (7-9): “The student has demonstrated a good level of knowledge of the local provision in their chosen physical activity.” General comments This work suggests that limited research has been undertaken and only covers some of the key areas required‚ such as club and school provision. Although the detail for the opportunities in local leagues
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School Football - Reduce the Risk and Reap the Rewards? September 13‚ 2013‚ was sixteen year old Damon Janes’ last football game. Why‚ because he was pronounced dead in a local Buffalo hospital three days after that game. His cause of death‚ brain damage. Janes took numerous hits to the head during a varsity football game. He seemed perfectly healthy‚ but in actuality‚ he suffered brain swelling‚ bleeding‚ and bruising all resulting from numerous hits to the head while playing football. Janes
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The average football match last for 90 minutes‚ consisting of two 45 minute halves‚ with a 15 minute break in between them. Due to football matches consisting of various intensities‚ it is believed that all three energy systems are used: aerobic‚ ATP-PC and lactic acid. Here is the data that each system contributes to performance in soccer: • ATP-PC= 60% • Lactic Acid= 20% • Aerobic= 20% (Mathews 1974) Centre backs are required to have the following components of fitness: Component of fitness Definition
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rugby league club was involved in a long term salary-cap breach scandal. "They had a long term system of effectively two sets of books and the elaborate lengths they have gone through to cover this up has been extraordinary‚" said NRL chief David Gallop (2003). It was disclosed that the Storm had been paid $1.7 million to their players for the past five years and including roughly about $700‚000 in year 2010. However‚ this amount was over the salary cap amount‚ and strictly not allowed (NRL‚ 2010)
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shown in football primarily through the position of the running back. The running backs main job is to carry the ball and move up the field to score. One example of how a running back would use kinematics is with the concept of position. When a running back receives a handoff‚ his goal to to change his position to the destination‚ in this case the endzone. Kinematics: Another kinematic concept used by running backs is velocity‚ which describes both the direction and speed of the player. In the
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What is the relationship between feedback from air pressure of a football to the performance of a athlete? Alex Long Purpose The purpose for my experiment is to work out scientifically whether the air pressure inside a football effects the performance of a sports performer. There are several different types and brands of footballs all with different structures and pressure recommended for the ball. It would be interesting to find out the differences between the different
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Football at Slack by Ted Hughes Analysis of Language 1. The language of the poem is distinctive in its use of verbs. Scan the verses and identify the types of verbs used. Can you suggest why they fit the scene? In the first verse there are three verbs: plunging‚ bounced‚ and bounced. Plunging and bounced are effective in fitting the scene because they are words synonymous with football: footballs bounce‚ and players plunge for the ball‚ a goal‚ an attack. They are all normal verbs that are
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The National Football League has a bigger problem on their hands that go beyond the gridiron. Concussions in football leads to greater health risks later in life‚ because of the trauma that is put towards the head area which leads to more serious head injuries. According to Simon Flynn‚ Andre Waters‚ who was a former player in the National Football League‚ and who died at age of only forty-four had a brain of an eighty-five-year-old. If more preventions were in place in football then Water’s’
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Football is America’s favorite sport‚ with 111.9 million people watching the last Super Bowl. In a 2014 poll by Harris Polls‚ a whopping 35% of people called professional football their favorite sport‚ and 11% said college football. To put these numbers into some perspective‚ baseball‚ the next most popular‚ was behind professional football by 11% of the votes. So it is practically inevitable if you are a parent that your son would ask if he could play football. What should you do? Football is a
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Concussion in Football In a country that thrives on competition it is no wonder Americans have embraced football as their favorite sport. Every weekend during football season‚ millions line up‚ tune in‚ or change the channel to watch their favorite teams do battle for 60 minutes. It is a rough physical game and at the collegiate and professional levels‚ played by some of the worlds best athletes. There are many dangers involved when participating in such a sport. Rarely will a player go through
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