The Macclesfield Academy offers BTEC Level1/Level 2 First Award in Sport. The course is equivalent to a GCSE’s at grade 1-9 and are graded as combinations of:
Pass = 4
Merit = 6
Distinction = 7
Distinction* = 8.5*
Unit that will be covered:
Unit 1: Fitness for Sport and Exercise (Exam – 25%)
Unit 2: Practical Performance in Sport (25%)
Unit 3: Applying the Principles of Personal Training (25%)
Unit 6:Leading Sports Activities (25%)
Unit 1 – (Exam)
Learning aims
In this unit students will:
A, know about the components of fitness and the principles of training
B explore different fitness training methods
C investigate fitness testing to determine fitness levels.
Unit 2
Learning aims
In this unit students will:
A understand the rules, regulations and scoring systems for selected sports
B practically demonstrate skills, techniques and tactics in selected sports
C be able to review sports performance.
Unit 3
Learning aims
In this unit students will:
A design a personal fitness training programme
B know about the musculoskeletal system and cardiorespiratory system and the effects on the body during fitness training
C implement a self-designed personal fitness training programme to achieve own goals and objectives
D review a personal fitness training programme.
Unit 6
Learning aims
In this unit students will:
A know the attributes associated with successful sports leadership
B undertake the planning and leading of sports activities
C review the planning and leading of sports activities.
BTECs are vocationally related qualifications, where learners develop knowledge and understanding by applying their learning and skills in a work-related context. The qualifications are popular and effective because they enable learners to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop skills that are essential for the modern-day workplace.
These skills include: teamworking, working from a prescribed brief, working to deadlines, presenting information effectively, accurately completing administrative tasks and processes. BTEC Firsts motivate learners, and open doors to progression to further study and responsibility in the workplace.