Resources: 

Join the A-Level PE ‘Pre Course Work 2025-26’ Google Drive CLICK HERE In the Google drive create a folder with your name as the title.  

For the activities below that require you to submit work please put the work in the folder you have created with your name on it. 

Activity: 

Download and print a copy of the OCR A-Level PE Specification and Guide to NEA CLICK HERE 

1. Read this article which explores some of the key gender issues in sports. Sports are  designed around men – and that needs to change. Write a summary or the article and your opinion on it. Upload to your drive folder 

https://ideas.ted.com/sports-are-designed-around-men-and-that-needs-to-change/ 

2. Read this article ‘Which discusses periodisation of training’. Explain what Periodization is  from what you have read in the article. Upload to your drive folder 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637911/ 

3. Listen to this radio programme from the BBC World service. Sports Hour is a live Saturday morning sports show with reports, debate and humour. There are over 280 shows available covering all world sport. Select a programme to listen to and summarise the discussion. Upload to your drive folder 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmfz/episodes/downloads 

4. Take personality and leadership style tests to give you insight into different personality types and leadership styles. Upload your result to your drive folder 

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test 

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leadership-style-quiz.htm 

5. Prepare a 5 minute presentation on any of the work you have carried out or on a sporting topic of your choice. Ready to present during the first week of Year 12 lessons. 

Below is a guide as to how you may want to section this short presentation.

1. Title/Question 

Select a topic of your choice 

2. Introduction/Rationale 

An explanation and justification why you are looking or researching this particular topic. What are you hoping to learn or discover? 

3. Previous research (Literature review if wanted) 

Is there any current research, models, media or information about the topic? What does it suggest? 

Google scholar may be useful here to see any big research papers 

4. Your Current research 

Media/Social media/Podcasts/videos/films 

Books/journals 

Questionnaires/Experiments 

5. Conclusion 

What impact does this topic have on sport/sport performance? 

What have you learned or developed from this short project? 

What future work could you do?

6. References 

Where did you get your information/sources from? 

Optional Activities 

Watch The English Game which is a historical sports drama miniseries about the origins of modern football in England covering aspects of the emergence and evolution of modern-day sport.  

The English Game Netflix 

Watch the Michael Jordan basketball documentary series. Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls team are renowned as one of the greatest sporting dynasties of all time. While discussions rage on about who is the greatest of all time (GOAT), most people believe it is MJ.

The Last Dance Netflix 

Read “BOUNCE” by Matthew Syed. We’d hope that you’ve read this already, but it is a must for anyone who wishes to understand the thinking behind the myth of talent. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bounce-Myth-Talent-Power-Practice/dp/0007350546 

Any questions or queries please email drees@stgeorges.herts.sch.uk