QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Tuesday 17 April 2007
PREPARATION OF THE BODY
This section has been created to help you understand how to go about answering your Higher and Intermediate 2 exam questions
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EXAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE 2
DESCRIBE THE METHODS YOU USED TO IDENTIFY YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
I swam three races each of 105m, doing Front Crawl, Breast Stroke and Back Stroke to decide which stroke I would focus on. My partner clocked/recorded my overall times. I decided to focus on Front Crawl.
I then swam in another front crawl competitive race of 105m, ( Our school pool is 15m long and we swam seven lengths.) My partner recorded my overall time, individual length times and counted the number of arm strokes I took on each length. She wrote these down on my 'Data Collection' sheet. I worked out my finishing position by comparing my time against everyone else in my class.
I also wrote down on the sheet how I felt physically during the race. My partner/teacher helped me to focus here by asking me set questions.
I also did fitness tests in the gymnasium on my flexibility, muscular endurance and dynamic strength. I had my partner count and record scores for sit-ups, push-ups and sit and reach tests. I also did two dynamic strength recordings; one pool-based, the other land-based. ( the pool-based required me swimming 105m four times with a five minute interval between each swim. The land-based required me running a 15m shuttle run over 1 minute, four seperate times, once again with five minute rest intervals between each.) All my test results were recorded onto my Data Collection sheet.
EXAMPLE OF A HIGHER
DESCRIBE, IN DETAIL, THE METHODS YOU USED TO IDENTIFY YOUR PERFORMANCE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
I collected data in the activity of swimming. I initially had a partner collect my finishing times for swimming three 105m races in Front Crawl, Breast Stroke and Back Crawl. I raced against my classmates and I later ranked my finishing position.
After looking at my times I decided to concemtrate on the Front Crawl.
I then competed in another race of 105m and this time my partner recrded the following: Individual length times: Overall time: Number of arm strokes per length: and the number of breaths taken each length. My partner did this by walking along the side of the pool as I swam so that they could get accurate recordings of everything. They recorded all the information onto my Collection Data sheet and when I had finished they later asked me questions about how I felt. These were personal reflections on my performance and I recorded these onto the sheet, eg. How did I feel at the start? How did my arms/legs feel at the end? I also recorded some of the specific comments my teacher made about his thoughts on my performance.
In addition to these I collected specific data about my fitness in land-based tests. I had my partner count and record scores for me doing sit-ups, push-ups and the sit and reach test. These specifically measured my flexibility and my muscular endurance. I also did two different tests to help me find out about my Dynamic Strength: one land-based, the other pool-based. The two tests were similar:
(a) A 15 metre shuttle run done over 1 minute. This was repeated four times with a five minute rest interval between each run. The average time for one shuttle was recorded.
(b) I swam 105m front crawl four times with a five minute rest interval between each swim. The average time was recorded.