NCEA L3 Sport Studies

This course is suited to students who are passionate about sport. Whether it be participating in sport and sports coaching, developing leadership, communication and organisational skills through a sporting lens or learning about the fitness industry and what it takes to be a personal trainer, this could be the course for you. 

Our major focus is sports coaching which we develop through a mixture of theory based lessons and practical application of coaching skills. We discuss and analyze other coaches, learn from each other and have a go ourselves. The class will progress from teaching a more laid back recreation lesson to coaching a group in a sport of your choice for a full session. 

We complete unit standards based around the skills of coaching

-Run a rec lesson. Students are required to plan and then teach the class for a recreation lesson. Students must show leadership and communication skills to manage their group. Once the lesson is complete students must reflect on and review their lesson.

-Plan and run a coaching session of your choice. 

-Review your coaching session

We complete several Unit Standards at Level 3 with a focus around skills required in the fitness industry

All of these units are completed at the Stadium 2000 gym complex

-Teaching correct and effective stretching techniques. Students are required to run group fitness sessions with their group. this includes, dynamic stretching, warm up, workout, warm down and static stretching 

-Planning and reviewing personal gym programs. Through their terms work down at Stadium 2000 gym facility, students are required to plan out their own personal gym sessions, complete these sessions and then review them.

-The science behind the body and how it works. Students will look into the anatomy and physiology of the human body in order to make better decisions around their training plans and sessions.