Year 10 - Physical education
Performance enhancing drugs
Physical training: injury and injury prevention
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Unit Summary
This unit unpicks the many factors to be considered to prevent injury in sport. It focussess on the effective delivery of both warm up and cool down components of training.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to name the major performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) and identify the positive and negative effects on sporting performance and performer lifestyle.
Key Notes
- Anabolic steroids and growth hormones help to increase muscle mass and power output.
- Beta blockers reduce heart rate and help calm a performer but also cause an increased risk of heart attack.
- Diuretics help reduce body weight by increasing fluid loss which helps to meet weight categories.
- Narcotic analgesics mask pain to enable athletes to keep training/performing but risk damage to the underlying injury.
- EPO and blood doping all help with aerobic performance but put strain on the cardiovascular system.
Vocabulary To Learn
- anabolic steroids: synthetic hormones that promote muscle growth and enhance performance
- beta blockers: medications that reduce blood pressure by blocking the effects of adrenaline
- diuretics: medication that increases urine production, helping to remove excess fluid from the body
- narcotic analgesics: pain-relief drugs that act on the central nervous system, often opioids
- stimulants: substances that increase alertness, energy and activity by boosting nervous system activity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All performance enhancing drugs are illegal/banned/negative.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Anabolic steroids and growth hormones help to increase muscle mass and power output. Beta blockers reduce heart rate and help calm a performer but also cause an increased risk of heart attack.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'anabolic steroids'
synthetic hormones that promote muscle growth and enhance performance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All performance enhancing drugs are illegal/banned/negative. Correction: The use of some PEDs to enhance performance is perfectly acceptable. Many sportspeople use narcotic analgesics to get through an event or drink caffeine for its stimulating effect. WADA is responsible for determining which PEDs are allowed.
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