This program investigates: the role and specific responsibilities of the coach, training programs, health and safety considerations, instruction, choosing a team, analysis of training and performance, aspects of a respected/successful coach and strategies.
Languages: English
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Sport and Competition
s competition necessary for sporting achievement and enjoyment? How does competition affect performance, participation, physical well-being, kids’ enjoyment and mental well-being, and social wellbeing? These questions and more are answered in this important program.
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Sport and Nutrition
Elite sportspeople are increasingly realizing that nutrition is an integral component of their training and competition. This program explores the ways elite sportspeople use nutrition to give themselves an extra edge. The program starts with a basic overview, looking in particular at the roles of individual nutrients in sports performance. We then look at competition planning, and interview a number of athletes to illustrate the differences between sports. Finally, the program examines the validity of the fads, pills, and potions which seem so common in elite sport.
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Sport and Psychology
Elite sportspeople are increasingly realizing that nutrition is an integral component of their training and competition. This program explores the ways elite sportspeople use nutrition to give themselves an extra edge. The program starts with a basic overview, looking in particular at the roles of individual nutrients in sports performance. We then look at competition planning, and interview a number of athletes to illustrate the differences between sports. Finally, the program examines the validity of the ‘fads, pills, and potions’ which seem so common in elite sport.
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Sport and Technology
Technology affects sport in at least four ways: by assisting performance, by aiding recovery from injuries, by improving judging of events and by raising the standard of spectator information, knowledge and comfort. In all areas, progress is increasingly rapid. In this highly informative program, we select certain sports to show the improvements in these different aspects of sport.
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Orienteering
Orienteering is a sport for everyone. Whether you’re a super-fit, elite athlete or someone who just enjoys a walk with friends, there’s an orienteering event that suits you. This program outlines basic orienteering knowledge, map skills, navigational aids (including a very clear description of how to take a bearing) and more advanced skills such as using hand rails, attack points, control flow and map memory. We also examine the history and different types and levels of this growing sport – a sport that has everything.
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Sentences and Paragraphs
This program talks to celebrated children’s writer, Margaret Clark, about sentences and paragraphs. Margaret reads from her books to illustrate key points and receives help from a leading young Melbourne comedian and mime artist, Richard Jones. The program is funny, highly informative and definitely not boring!
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Our Earth in Motion
Why does the sun rise in the east? Why does the moon change shape? How do tides happen? This program explains in detail how the Earth and the Moon move with respect to each other and the Sun, why we have day and night and different time zones. Why we have four seasons every year, two tides and the different phases of the moon. This program will enhance student understanding of key concepts that are effectively demonstrated through clear graphics and animation.
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Pushing the Limits: In Athletic Performance
In 1903, W.G.George ran one mile in a world record time of 4 minutes, 12 seconds. His coach said “the probability is that this record will never be broken.” In 1954, both Roger Bannister and John Landy broke the “four minute mile” and to this day, these records continue to be broken. This program follows the performance of today’s record-breakers in distance running in order to understand the fundamental question: is there a limit to human athletic performance? Interviews with Dick Telford, Craig Mottram, Kerryn McCann and Nick Harrison cover the following topics: Training and diet, Coaching, Psychology, Money, Drugs, Male / female differences and health risks.
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Our People: Our Business: An Overview of the Human Resource Management Function
This program introduces human resource management as part of the total process of successful business management, including: Defining the HR function; Describing the HR role in the organization; Identifying factors that influence HR.