Psychological Factors Skill Acquisition with Sports Psychology Face to face with Wes Davis – Tuesday 11th June – 9.30am – 3.30pm

Venue: The Stables Business Centre, Wychbold Worcestershire, WR9 0BU

Tutor: Wes Davis (see Wes’s profile at end)

• A quality assured, power-packed day with a supremely experienced and
  knowledgeable presenter
• increased knowledge and confidence – whether starting out or upskilling
• stacks of powerful tips, tools, techniques and ideas to equip, motivate and inspire
• links to exam questions and essential exam technique throughout

Session 1: 9.30-10.45 Skill Acquisition 1

• What does an outstanding A Level PE lesson look like?
• Stages of learning
• Types and methods of practice
• Guidance
• Feedback
• Challenging students to interleave skill acquisition concepts and tackle evaluation questions successfully

Break: 10:45-11.00

Session 2: 11.00-12.15 Sports Psychology 1

• How to approach the theories
  o a streamlined approach to progressing from describe to evaluate
• Personality
• Attitude
• Motivation
• Anxiety
• Groups and teams
• Arousal

Lunch: 12.15-1.00

Session 3: 1.00-1.45 Skill Acquisition 2

• Theories of learning
• Memory models
• Applying memorisation to multiple areas of the specification

Stretch / Screen Break: 1:45-1.50

Session 4: 1.50-2.35 Sports Psychology 2

• Social facilitation
• Attribution
• Confidence
• Practical activities to engage and develop high level understanding

Stretch / Screen Break: 2:35-2:45

Session 5: 2.45-3.15 Synoptic

• Bringing psychological factors topics together synoptically
• What does a level 3 response look like?
• Essential tips for synoptic success

3.15-3.30 – Q+A to finish the session

Tutor Profile – Wes Davis

• teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College (ALPS 2 for A level PE)
• consistently excellent student examination results
• passionate about applying evidence informed teaching and learning into A level PE
• highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and team leader for a major awarding body
• Finalist for recent TES Teacher of The Year award