• Bones 

• Structure and function of the skeleton

• Muscles of the body

• Structure of a synovial joint

• Types of freely movable joints

• Movements at a joint

• The pathway of air 

• Gaseous exchange

• Blood vessels

• Structure of the heart

• The cardiac cycle and the pathway of the blood

• Cardiac output, stroke volume and heart rate 

• Mechanics of breathing

• Interpretation of a spirometer trace

• Aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise are differing intensities of exercise

• Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC)/oxygen debt

• The recovery process from vigorous exercise  

• Immediate, short-term and long-term effects of exercise

• Health and fitness

• The relationship between health and fitness

• The components of fitness

• Linking sports and physical activity to the required components of fitness

• Reasons for fitness testing

• Limitations of fitness testing

• All training programmes should consider: 

– specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, tedium, FITT principles.

• Advantages and disadvantages

• Calculating intensities to optimise training effectiveness.

• Injury prevention