Year 9 Program 2013 - Diamond Valley College

Health & Physical Education Domain
Health & PE: Fitness for Life-PEFL
This course enables students to develop an
understanding of the importance and
benefits of a healthy lifestyle supported by
lifelong fitness habits. Students will need to
commit themselves to improving their
fitness levels between pre and post fitness
tests and participating in a training program
over the semester.
Activities include speed training, weight training, boxing and swimming. Excursions
to community fitness facilities and other relevant venues will be part of the program.
Students will be required to participate in the college swimming, athletic, cross
country and interschool sporting events.
The course will involve a theoretical component that includes:
Studying the National Physical Activity Guidelines.
Developing an individual fitness training program
Sports injury management
Sports nutrition
Biomechanics
To successfully complete this unit students are expected to:
Make an active contribution towards class activities and wear the correct
uniform
Demonstrate a willingness to learn and improve personal fitness levels
Participate in excursions to community fitness facilities
Maintain a class workbook
Demonstrate a satisfactory understanding of relevant theory through set class
work and knowledge tests
Satisfactorily complete a research assignment
Demonstrate improvement between pre and post fitness testing
Contact Teacher – Zoe Slatter
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