Year 12 PDHPE

Year 12 will commence the HSC course with a ‘Sport Medicine' topic. This option is concerned with the specific issues of prevention, assessment, management of and recovery from sports injury. In this module, students examine how the extent and intensity of sports participation relates to the incidence of sports injuries. They explore the range of technical and scientific approaches for maintaining the wellbeing of athletes.

Core 1 "Health Priorities in Australia" will commence with students examining the health status of Australians and investigates, in depth, the current health priority areas in Australia. Students identify and justify the choice of priority areas and examine the roles that health promotion and health services play in achieving better health for all Australians. An assignment will be required to be completed during the summer break.

Core 2 will commence towards the end of term 1. This module looks at factors that affect performance as students explore the physical and psychological bases of performance. They experience and critically analyse approaches to training and skill development and will investigate the contributions of psychology, nutrition and recovery strategies to performance.

The final unit for year 12 students is an ‘option' entitled "Improving Performance". In this module, students will investigate approaches to the physiological preparation and skill development of athletes. They will experience and analyse a variety of training methods and look at the application of these methods to improving performance. The effects of planning on performance and ethical considerations relating to improving athletes' performance are also examined.