This clear and engaging book covers the core and most popular units - enabling students to get a Level 3 Certificate, Subsidiary Diploma or Diploma in either the Performance and Excellence or Development and Coaching pathways. * Teach with confidence with assignments that enable students to produce their portfolios as they work through the activities connected to the book. * Enable every student to progress with Pass, Merit and Distinction material clearly differentiated and signposted * Engage students with unit content presented in clear sections using high quality illustrations and photographs that bring the subject to life. * Help students to succeed with material carefully and concisely matched to the 2010 specification (with no irrelevant sections) written by teachers with hands-on experience of teaching at the right level for BTEC students. The units in full: Units covered in full: 1. Principles of anatomy and physiology in sport 2. The Physiology of fitness 3. Assessing Risk in Sport 4. Fitness Training and Programming 5. Sports Coaching 6. Sports Development 7. Fitness, Testing for Sports and Exercise 8. Practical Team Sports 9. Practical Individual Sports 11. Sports Nutrition 14. Exercise, Health and Lifestyle 17. Psychology for Sports Performance 18. Sports Injuries 27. Technical and Tactical Skills in Sport 28. The Athlete's Lifestyle

Kirk Bizley is an established and popular Sport author and teacher, a former senior examiner, and runs successful revision sessions in schools. Simon Chalk is currently working as a Course Team Leader and internal verifier for BTEC Subsidiary/ Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Sciences. He has worked as a team leader on BTEC Nationals in Sport for 11 years, with experience at Newcastle and Northumberland College. He also has experience of PE teaching (Whitley Bay High School, West Denton High School).