Health Priorities in Australia
Factors Affecting Performance
Sports Medicine
Improving Performnce
Sports Trivia
100

What is epidemiology?

Is the study of disease in groups or populations through the collection of data and information, to identify patterns and causes.

100

What are the 3 energy systems?

ATP-PC

Anaerobic

Aerobic

100

What is a soft tissue injury?

An injury to all tissue other than bones and teeth.
100

What is one benefit of drug testing?

•It protects the right of athletes to compete in a sporting environment free from doping.

•Athletes should be rewarded on their natural ability and training outcomes

•Knowing that athletes can be tested any time, anywhere, is a deterrent

•Doping is harmful to the health of athletes.

•Athletes like being tested because they like being able to prove that they are competing clean.

100

If someone in Australia has been awarded a "Baggy Green" what have they received?

A baggy green cap to represent the Australian Cricket Test team.

200

Name 3 of the groups experiencing health inequities.

ATSI, Socioeconomically disadvantaged people, People in rural and remotes areas, Overseas-born people, Elderly people & People with disabilities.

200

What fuels the ATP/PC system?

Creatine Phosphate

200

What are 3 out of the 5 areas you have to look out for when training children?

Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Overuse Injuries and Thermoregulation.

200

What is the term for planning a whole year of training?

Periodisation.

200

How many times Olympics has been hosted by Australia?

1956 in Melbourne and in 2000 in Sydney

300

What is the difference between alternative and complementary health products?

Both terms refer to treatments, like herbs or acupuncture that are out of the medical mainstream. But complementary medicine is when these therapies are used along with traditional Western medicine. Alternative medicine is when these approaches are used instead of traditional medicine.

300

What are the 6 Principles of Training?

Progressive Overload, Specificity, Reversibility, Variety, Training Thresholds & Warm-up & Cool Down

300

Give me an example of a hard tissue injury?

Any injury to bone and/or teeth.

300

What is the difference between a Mesocycle and Microcycle?

Mesocycles are a smaller chunk of time generally a few weeks or months. Microcycles are usually 7 to 10 days.

300

Which Australian athlete has won the most medals at an Olympics?

Emma McKeon 11 (Swimming)
(5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)

400

What are the 5 areas of the Ottawa Charter?

Developing personal skills, Creating supportive environments, Strengthening community action, Reorienting health services, Building healthy public policy.

400

What are the 3 stages of skill acquisition? Include an example in your answer.

Juggling

Cognitive - Learning the skills

Associative - Plenty of mistakes but learning slowly

Autonomous - Making no mistakes but critiquing your every movement.

400

When assessing an injury on the field what is the acronym you go through?

T - Talk

O - Observe

T - Touch

A - Active Movement

P - Passive Movement

S - Skills Test

400

What is overtraining? give an example.

The chronic psychological and physiological condition caused by training loads that are too demanding for an athlete to manage. 

400

Which NRL team has won the most premierships?

South Sydney Rabbitohs - 21

500

What is happening to rates of incidence for lung cancer overall, for males and for females? 

Increasing, decreasing or remaining stable.

Overall - Stable 

Males - Decreasing 

Females - Increasing 

500

What are the 4 strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety?

Concentration, Mental Rehearsal, Relaxation Techniques and Goal Setting

500

What are the dash points associated with female athletes in critical question 2?

- Eating disorders

- Iron deficiency

- Bone density 

- Pregnancy

500

Finish the syllabus dash point. 

The dangers of performance enhancing drug use, eg...

Physical effects

Loss of reputation 

Sponsorship 

Income 

500

How many times have the Matildas played at the FIFA Women's World Cup?

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