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Sports science, first year

Pass the first year of sports science, from anatomy to physical activities.

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Path 1

The body in motion: bones, joints, nerves and vessels

Locate, name and move the body: bones, joints, nerves and vessels.

  1. Landmarks and skeleton

  2. Joints

  3. The prime movers

  4. Nerves and vessels

Path 2

The body at work: energy, heart and breath

Understand what the body does during exercise, from ATP to the heart.

  1. The muscle

  2. The energy of exercise

  3. Heart and breathing

  4. Regulation

  5. Sports nutrition

Path 3

From neuron to movement

Understand how the nervous system drives movement.

  1. The nervous system

  2. Spinal cord and reflexes

  3. Commanding movement

Path 4

The physics of sports movement

Explain a sports movement through forces, levers, energy and fluids.

  1. Describing motion

  2. Forces

  3. Rotation and flight

  4. Energy and fluids

Path 5

From Antiquity to Paris 2024: sport and PE through history

Place sport, its institutions and PE in their history, from Antiquity to Paris 2024.

  1. From ancient games to modern sport

  2. Olympism

  3. Physical education

  4. Institutions and laws

  5. Sport in society

Path 6

What sport says about society

Understand what sport says about society, with the authors and their concepts.

  1. Authors and theories

  2. Who plays what

  3. Spectacle, violence and new practices

Path 7

Learn, get motivated, perform

Understand how people develop, learn a movement and handle motivation, stress and the group.

  1. Development

  2. Motor learning

  3. Sport psychology

Path 8

Who organises, funds and coaches sport

Know who decides, funds and coaches sport in France and worldwide.

  1. How sport is organised

  2. The club and the professions

  3. Doping and economics

Path 9

Building training that drives progress

Build, dose and plan training that drives progress without injury.

  1. The basics

  2. Physical qualities

  3. Plan and assess

Path 10

Reading data and reasoning like a researcher

Read data, choose a test and reason like a researcher.

  1. Statistics

  2. Research practice

  3. Reading and speaking English

Path 11

Eighteen activities: rules, fields and moves

Know the rules, fields, moves and refereeing calls of the activities taught in sports science.

  1. Against the clock, the tape and the judges

  2. Team sports

  3. Racket sports

  4. Combat sports

  5. Adapting to the environment

  6. Creating and performing

Path 12

Making pupils learn in PE: from curriculum to lesson

Design, run and assess a lesson where every pupil learns safely.

  1. The framework

  2. Designing

  3. Running and assessing

Path 13

Prevent, protect, rescue

Play sport without injury, respond to accidents and protect everyone's health.

  1. Rescuing

  2. Preventing

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Sports science year one

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