H555/01 Physiological factors with Will Laidlaw Monday October 6th – 3 – 4.50 pm

Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Will will provide detailed examples of how and why the highest performing students excelled. Teaching and learning strategies will be provided to address both exam skills and subject knowledge to maximise future success. There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – with a guarantee of straightforward, supportive and reliable answers.

Focus:

why did students drop marks?

• SO functional characteristics – effective evaluation and accurate examples
• Intrinsic regulation of HR
• Creatine and Nitrates – benefit and risk
• Warm-up and Cool down
• Conservation of Angular Momentum for a diver.

the synoptic question

• Newton’s Laws – AO2 at the start and during the race
• Plyometric training – detailed description
• Adaptations – linking AO3 more effectively to the AO1
• discussion and Q&A

Timings

3.00 – 3.50       Session One
3.50 – 4             Break
4 – 4.50             Session Two
4.50 – 5             Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Will Laidlaw

• Head of academic PE at a school in Cumbria for 15 years.
• Taught OCR A level PE for 23 years
• Senior Team Leader for H555/01
• Former assistant examiner for H555/02
• Former A level PE practical moderator