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Diploma in Outdoor and Physical Education Studies
This online physical education course will help you launch a career in adventure activities, health, and fitness.
Description
This free online physical education course will give you an introduction to outdoor adventure activities and cover their main characteristics, types, and impact on the environment. You will learn what motivates people to go on an adventure, look at examples of adventure, and study adventure safety, accessibility, timing, and location. The course will also cover grading, guidebooks, adventure as a commodity, outdoor equipment, and land management.
Next, you will study basic muscle physiology for physical education, the heart, and the energy systems as well as how to convert food to energy. The course will also cover the principles of training, training methods, oxygen uptake, fatigue, and recovery. You will also study coaching and fitness, legal and illegal ergogenic aids, sports psychology, and sporting injuries. Finally, the course will cover the relationship between physical activity and society.
They say that if we were meant to stay in one place, then we'd have roots instead of feet. This course is ideal for anyone interested in making a career out of their interest in outdoor activities and health and fitness. It is also valuable for anyone who might like to organise some outdoor events for their personal and social life. Have a look at the course today, and find out where it takes you.
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Meaning of adventure
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The Meaning of Adventure
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The meaning of adventure
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Peak adventure
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Misadventure and devastation and disaster
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The Meaning of Adventure: Key elements
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Exploration and experimentation
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Aspects of confidence
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Danger under control
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Competence, degree of difficulty and risk
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Rafting on the Snowy River
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A high ropes course (Cathedral Ranges)
Characteristics of adventure
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Charcteristics of Adventure: Safety
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Charcteristics of Adventure: Women in Adventure Activities
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Charcteristics of Adventure: Size of group
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Charcteristics of Adventure
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Charcteristics of Adventure: Cost
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Charcteristics of Adventure
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Charcteristics of Adventure: Physical and Emotional Safety
Motivation for adventure
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Historical Adventurers and Motivation for Adventure
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Motivation for Adventure: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards and Historical Adventurers
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Motivation for Adventure: Contemporary Understandings
Examples of adventure
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Historical adventurers
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Historical examples of adventurers
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Historical and contemporary images of adventure
Access to adventure
Safety in adventure
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Safety and competence in adventure (knowledge and skills)
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Where safety fits into adventure
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The Safety and Competence Activity
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Where safety fits in
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Personal competence
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Safety and competence in adventure: individual ladder of needs
Timing and location
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Variety of locations
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Timing and location
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Location and effects table
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Influences on the outcome of adventure activities
Different types of adventure
Impact on the environment
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The Natural Area Activities
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Deterioration of the wilderness
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Minimal impact on the environment
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Outdoor adventure and impact on the environment
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How society views the importance of wilderness and natural areas
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Influences on outdoor adventure
The media
Grading and guidebooks
Adventure as a commodity
Equipment
Ways of viewing the environment
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Ways of viewing the environment
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Ways of viewing the environment: indigenous people
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Ways of viewing the environment: worth-ship, worship and kinship
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Land as a commodity
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Ways of viewing the environment: focus questions
Conservation
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Conservation is management
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World conservation
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Development of interest groups and methods used to influence decisions
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Resolving conflicts
Recreation and land management
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Conflicts of interest: land use
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Conflicts of interest: land use
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The conflict over land
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The importance of outdoor environments and the experiences they offer society: environmental issues
Case Study - The Australian Aborigines
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Aboriginal perceptions of the land
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Aboriginal People
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Aboriginal ceremony
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Landrights
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The Aboriginal lifestyle
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Aborigines and the land
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Aboriginal perception of the land: focus questions
Basic muscle physiology
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Basic muscle physiology
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Muscle architecture
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Basic muscle physiology: interior components
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The motor unit
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Regulation of muscular force
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Basic muscle physiology: firing pattern
Muscle groups
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Joint actions
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Major Muscle Groups and the Microscopic Structure of Muscle
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Summary of muscles and their actions
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Muscle fibre types
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Muscle fibre types: features
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Microscopic muscle structure
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Sliding filament theory
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Muscle fibre recruitment: muscular contraction
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Types of muscle contractions
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Agonists and antagonists
Information on the heart
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The heart: what's in a name?
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Where is the heart located?
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How big is the heart?
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What controls the heart rate?
Energy systems
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Accumulation of Lactic Acid and the Anaerobic Threshold
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Energy Systems and fitness components
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Energy Systems
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The need for ADP reconversion
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Energy system characteristics
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Energy system 1: ATP - PC system
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Energy systems 2 and 3
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Lactic acid system (LA system)
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Aerobic energy system
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Interplay between the systems
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Links between aerobic and anaerobic systems
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Heart rate
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Use of energy systems: example
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Comparing the three energy systems - a summary
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Energy Systems
Converting food to energy
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Hitting the wall
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The conversion of food to energy
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The conversion of food to energy: carbohydrates
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Carbohydrate loading (legal ergonomic aid)
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Carbohydrate loading continued
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The conversion of food to energy: protein
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The conversion of food to energy: fats
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Advantages and disadvantages of fuel sources
The principles of training
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The principles of training
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The overload principle
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Overload: maintaining homeostasis
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The overload principle: thresholds and diminishing returns
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The principle of specificity
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Is there ever a place for cross training?
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The reversibility principle
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The principle of individual differences
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Different strokes for different folks
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The bottom line
Training principles
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Training principles
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Training principles: intensity
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Training principles: overload
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Training principles: frequency
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Training principles: duration
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Training principles: variety
Training methods
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Training Methods
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Interval Training
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Benefits of interval training
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Continuous training
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Fartlek Training (Speedplay)
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Circuit training
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Circuit training continued
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Plyometrics
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Plyometric Stress Index
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Weight training
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Weight training: guidelines
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Training methods: flexibility
Maximal oxygen uptake
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Maximal Oxygen Consumption - the VO2 Max.
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VO2 max. defined
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Why is his or hers bigger than mine?
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Muscles and oxygen delivery
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How is VO2 max. measured?
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How is VO2 max. measured?
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Measuring VO2 max.
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Measuring VO2 max.
Acute responses
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Summary of acute/short-term Responses
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Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: respiratory
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Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: cardiovascular responses
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Acute (short term) and chronic (long term) responses: muscular
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Student activity: short-term/acute responses
Chronic training responses
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Summary: factors changed by exercise
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Summary of long-term responses (chronic training responses)
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Anaerobic Systems
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Anaerobic Systems (continued)
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Aerobic
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At rest
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Submaximal
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Maximal changes
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Student activity: long-term responses
Fatigue and recovery
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Fatigue and recovery
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Lactic acid accumulation
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Oxygen debt
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Glycogen restoration (muscle)
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Lactic acid breakdown and removal
The core components of fitness
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The core components of fitness: cardio-respiratory endurance demands
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The core components of fitness
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The core components of fitness: muscular strength (MS)
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The core components of fitness: muscular power (MP)
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The core components of fitness: local muscular endurance (LME)
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The core components of fitness: flexibility
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The core components of fitness: agility
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The core components of fitness: speed
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The core components of fitness: anaerobic power
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The core components of fitness: cardio-respiratory endurance
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The core components of fitness: coordination
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The core components of fitness: balance
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The core components of fitness: reaction time
Assessment of fitness
The role of the coach
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The role of the coach in improving performance
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The role of the coach in improving performance: fundamental attributes and skills
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The stereotypical coach
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The role of the coach in improving performance: the importance of feedback
Coaching styles
Coaching techniques
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Coaching applications
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Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete - cognitive
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Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete: associative stage
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Coaching from the beginner to the skilled athlete: autonomous stage
Legal ergogenic aids
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Ergogenic aids - legal
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Ergogenic aids - legal: nutrition
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Ergogenic aids - legal: creatine
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Ergogenic aids - legal: sodium bicarbonate
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Ergogenic aids - legal: colostrum
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Ergogenic aids - legal: HMB
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Ergogenic aids - legal: re-hydration
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Ergogenic aids - legal: carbohydrate loading
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Ergogenic aids - legal: altitude training
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Ergogenic aids - legal: massage
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Ergogenic aids - legal: alchohol and smoking
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Ergogenic aids - legal: mental rehearsal/visualisation
Illegal ergogenic aids
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Ergogenic aids - illegal
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: amphetamines and ephedrine
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: beta-blockers
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: caffeine
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: anabolic steroids
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: narcotics - analgesics
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Ergogenic aids - illegal: growth hormone
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Ergogenic aids - blood doping and EPO
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Ergogenic aids - tranquillisers
Sports psychology
Limits to performance
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Anatomical and physiological differences affecting performance
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Limits to performance: socio-cultural factors
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Biological and socio-cultural factors affecting performance
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Factors affecting performance
Sporting injuries
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Common sports injuries
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Injury prevention
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Assessment of injuries
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Managment of soft tissue injury
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Concussion
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Heat stress
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Summary of sports injuries/research topics
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Common sports injuries sample questions
Different groups within society
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Recreation and physical activity for different groups within society
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Promoting involvement in physical activity: children
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: teenages/adulthood
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: the elderly
Influences on physical education
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - cost and time
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - education/ethnicity and race
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: positive and negative influential factors - gender
Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness
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Promoting involvment in physical activity summary
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: gender
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: age
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: children/adolescents
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: adults
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: elderly
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: family
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: culture
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: peers and school
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: work
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes: socio-economic status
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Intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness attitudes - the media
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Media plays a role in the development and running of sports
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Sports participation categories
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Sports coverage
Socio-cultural considerations
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - gender
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - ethnicity
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - geographical location
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - income and socio-economic status
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Participating in sport: - socio-cultural factors - age
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - disability
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - family influences
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - peers
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - work/occupation
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - school/other institutional influences (clubs)
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - time available
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Participating in sport: socio-cultural factors - politics
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Participation in sport: socio-cultural factors - environment, climate and access
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Participation in sport: the role of the coach
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The media
Motivational factors
Participation rates
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: role models
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Role models
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: lack of media
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: violence
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: sport and the media in general
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Promoting involvment in physical activity: sponsorship
Fact or fiction activity
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Key points
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Preparing a participation rates report
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Developing a research question
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Sample report
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Styles of questions
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Planning and conducting your survey or interview
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Introductory activity
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Classifying information
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Making conclusions about research
Assessment
Learning Outcomes
Studying this course, you will learn about different types of adventure. You will be aware of the degree of difficulty, the risks involved and the skills required in each type of adventure. You will know the different characteristics that are involved in adventure and the various reasons that motivate people to participate in such adventures. You will learn of historical adventures. You will know the high, medium and low accessibility of different adventure sports and the factors that can affect accessibility. You will gain a good knowledge of safety in adventure. You will know the effect that locations and times can have in adventure activities. You will be aware of the equipment used, the environment, conservation, recreation and land management. You will gain a knowledge of the basic muscle physiology, muscle groups, the heart, energy systems, converting food to energy, principles of training and training methods. You will know the maximum oxygen uptake, acute responses, chronic training responses, fatigue and recovery. You will understand the core components of fitness, the role of a coach, coaching styles, coaching techniques, legal and illegal ergogenic aids. You will know sports psychology, the limits to performance and sporting injuries. You will be more aware of different groups in society, influences on physical education, intrinsic/extrinsic influences on fitness, socio-cultural considerations and participation factors.
Certification
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