Big Question:

How can understanding your heart rate help you optimise your fitness journey?

Key Objectives:

• • To be able to accurately measure resting heart rate at different pulse points and understand its significance as a fitness indicator
• • To identify and explain the components of fitness (both health-related and skill-related) and their importance in sport

Big Question:

How fit am I really, and how can I use this knowledge to improve my performance?

Key Objectives:

• • To accurately measure personal fitness levels using standardised fitness tests
• • To analyse personal fitness data against normative standards and identify strengths and areas for improvement

Big Question:

How can you design and adapt circuit training to maximise your personal fitness gains?

Key Objectives:

• • To understand and apply different training methods including continuous, Fartlek, interval, circuit, and resistance training
• • To participate effectively in circuit training sessions whilst accurately recording personal performance data

Big Question:

How can understanding your fitness strengths help you excel in your chosen sport?

Key Objectives:

• • To accurately replicate skill-related fitness tests and apply correct technique
• • To perform and record personal fitness levels with self-analysis

Big Question:

How does fatigue affect your body's ability to perform skills, and what does this teach us about training for sport?

Key Objectives:

• • To understand that exercise has both short-term and long-term effects on the body
• • To know and be able to describe in their own words, the effects that exercise has on the body

Big Question:

How can boxing training techniques improve your cardiovascular fitness and build mental resilience for lifelong health?

Key Objectives:

• • Perform the correct technique for the jab, cross/backhand, hook and uppercut punches
• • Participate to maximum levels within challenging cardiovascular tasks