BBC iPlayer – sports documentaries
Anatomy of an Olympian: 22 short Youtube clips
Icarus – sports science and doping scandal
Supersize Me – Diet & Nutrition
The Last Dance – Michael Jordan docu-series
The High Performance Podcast – range of topics
The Barcelona Way – Football club culture and performance
All or nothing Amazon series Manchester City/ Tottenham Hotspur
Game changers – nutrition, performance
Drive to survive series – behind the scenes look at Formula One
Moneyball – sports analysis film centred on Baseball
The Real Science of sport podcast
The Latest copy of the PE review – PE and sport in schools
Sports Leadership:
Dear England: Lessons in Leadership by Gareth Southgate
Winning by: Sir Clive Woodward
Foundations of Sports Coaching: 3rd edition
Physiology:
Psychology:
The champion’s mind: How great athletes think, train and thrive
Performance enhancement
The Sports Gene by David Epstein 2013
The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle 2009
Research questions
- What impact is money having on….. Football/rugby/ etc
- What role does technology play on improving performance in……
- How has the Summer Olympics changed over the years?
- What impact does hosting an Olympics have on that country and city?
- How big an impact does Psychology have on high performance?
- Are we at our limit of physical performance?
- Should the enhanced games be promoted and televised?
Create
- Write an essay to critically review and answer one of the questions above
- Create a poster that shows the journey of one of the topics above over the last 10, 20, 50 years
- Create a powerpoint that could be shared in assemblies or BTEC Sport level 2 lessons that introduces a topic/question from above
Workout planners
The National Football Museum, Manchester.
Sheffield Institute of Sport
St Georges Park, Burton
Birmingham Commonwealth Games stadium/campus
Aintree, Liverpool
Wimbledon, London
Belfry Golf course and village
The London Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Elite training centres: Lilleshall, Loughborough University, University of Bath, Lee Valley Velopark
PE leadership opportunities at CTA:
Join PE leadership academy – See Miss Vivian/Miss Wilson
Support with extra-curricular activities – see PE timetable
Support with extra-curricular teams practices and fixtures – see Mr Barter/Mrs Bromley
Support with PE lessons – see Mr Barter
Interhouse PE competitions: December, April, July