Unit 3: Tactical Awareness and Ethics in Physical Activity

6 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do body and movement concepts combine to build specialised movement sequences and movement strategies in a selected physical activity?

Body and movement concepts (body awareness, space awareness, quality of movement, relationships) and how they interact to produce specialised movement sequences and movement strategies in a selected invasion or net and court activity

Body and movement concepts. Body awareness, space awareness, quality of movement and relationships, and how they combine into specialised movement sequences and movement strategies in a selected activity.

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How do dynamic systems theory and a constraints-led approach explain the development of tactical awareness in a selected physical activity?

Dynamic models of motor learning (dynamic systems theory and the ecological model) and the constraints-led approach (learner, task and environmental constraints) as the basis for developing tactical awareness in a selected invasion or net and court activity

Dynamic systems theory, the ecological model, and the constraints-led approach. How learner, task and environmental constraints interact to shape tactical awareness in a selected physical activity.

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What ethical issues affect physical activity and sport?

Ethics and integrity in sport: ethical frameworks applied to contemporary issues (drugs in sport, gender equity, race and indigenous participation, gambling, technology, violence), the role of sport governance

Ethics and integrity in sport. Ethical frameworks, contemporary issues (drugs, gender, race, gambling, technology, violence), and Australian sport governance.

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How is tactical awareness developed and applied in physical activity?

Tactical awareness in a chosen physical activity: principles of attack and defence, decision-making, the recognition and application of patterns of play

Tactical awareness. Principles of attack and defence, decision-making models, recognising patterns of play, and applying tactical concepts to a chosen activity.

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How is the ethical decision-making framework used to analyse a dilemma and devise an ethics strategy in physical activity?

The ethical decision-making framework: identifying an ethical dilemma and the tension between values, analysing the dilemma, devising an ethics strategy as a course of action, and evaluating its effectiveness on stakeholders to optimise integrity and engagement

Ethical decision-making framework. Identifying an ethical dilemma and value tensions, analysing it, devising an ethics strategy, and evaluating its effect on stakeholders to optimise integrity and engagement.

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How are biomechanical principles applied to refine performance in a chosen physical activity?

Application of biomechanical principles (force summation, balance and stability, projectile motion, angular kinetics, fluid mechanics) to refine technique and tactics in a chosen physical activity

Applying biomechanical principles to a chosen physical activity. Force summation, balance and stability, projectile motion, angular kinetics, fluid mechanics, and how to use them to evaluate and refine technique.

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