Inclusion in Sport & Assist in Conducting Session
What does inclusion in sport mean?
Ensuring everyone has the opportunity to participate, regardless of their ability, background or individual needs.
What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?
A hazard is something that can cause harm. Risk refers to the likelihood and potential consequences of that harm occurring.
What is the main role of an official during a sporting competition?
To apply the rules fairly, manage the competition and help ensure the safety of participants.
What is the purpose of a warm-up at the beginning of a sport or recreation session?
To prepare participants physically and mentally for activity by gradually increasing activity levels and rehearsing relevant movements
How long has your teacher been at DSC?
Depends which teacher you have.
Identify two ways you could modify a game to make it more inclusive for participants with different skill levels.
Teacher Discretion
Example
Use larger or softer equipment, reduce the playing area, allow extra attempts, modify rules or provide different levels of challenge.
Identify three things that should be considered when planning a school sporting event.
Teacher discretion
Venue, equipment, participants, staffing, budget, scheduling, first aid, weather, accessibility or emergency procedures. Any three.
Identify two qualities of an effective sports official.
Teacher discretion
Fairness, confidence, communication, impartiality, decision-making, knowledge of the rules or attentiveness. Any two.
Identify three things that should be included in a session plan
Session objectives, activities, equipment, timings, instructions, safety considerations, modifications or a cool-down. Any three.
Name a sport your teacher played competitively when they were younger?
Depends on your teacher
When assisting with a sport or recreation session, identify three responsibilities you might have as an assistant.
Teacher discretion
Examples:
Set up equipment, explain or demonstrate activities, monitor participants, provide feedback, assist with group organisation or report hazards to the session leader.
During a venue inspection, you notice water on the playing surface. Identify the hazard, the potential risk and one control measure.
Hazard — wet playing surface. Risk — participants slipping and getting injured. Control measure — isolate the area and clean or dry the surface before play resumes.
A player argues aggressively after you make a decision. Describe two strategies you could use to manage the situation.
Remain calm, communicate the decision clearly, apply the rules consistently, use the appropriate warning or penalty and seek assistance if necessary.
Why should a session leader demonstrate a skill and break it into smaller steps before participants practise it?
Demonstrations provide a visual example, while smaller steps make the skill easier to understand, practise and perform correctly
Depends on your teacher.
A participant is struggling to perform a skill and is becoming frustrated. Explain two ways you could support them.
Teacher discretion
Examples:
Break the skill into smaller steps, demonstrate it, provide positive and specific feedback, offer a simpler progression or ask what support they would find helpful.
Explain the four main steps of a risk assessment.
Identify hazards; assess the risks; control the risks; review the controls. The process should be revisited if conditions change or an incident occurs.
Explain the importance of feedback and provide two examples
The importance of receiving feedback as an official is to identify your strengths and limitations as an official and to make improvements. Examples include: informal feedback/peer reviews, video reviews, mentoring, self reflection and journaling.
A planned 15-minute activity is taking too long and participants are becoming disengaged. Explain two changes you could make to keep the session on track.
Shorten the activity, simplify instructions, reduce waiting time, use smaller groups, change the rules or move to a more engaging progression while still working towards the session objective.
Name all subjects your teacher teaches.
Depends on your teacher
Evaluate how modifying the rules and equipment of a game could improve inclusion. Give an example and explain one possible limitation of your modification.
Evaluate - Strength and limitation required
Using a larger, softer ball could help beginners develop confidence and improve participation. However, it may change the challenge or skill requirements of the game, so the modification should suit the participants' needs and goals.
You are organising an outdoor athletics event and the weather forecast predicts extreme heat. Evaluate two possible responses and recommend the safest course of action.
Evaluate - Strengths and Limitations
Options could include moving the event indoors, rescheduling, postponing or cancelling it. Providing shade, water and extra breaks may reduce heat exposure but may not be sufficient in extreme conditions. The safest decision is to follow school procedures and relevant heat policies, postponing or cancelling if the risks cannot be adequately controlled.
Evaluate whether technology should be used to review every decision in a sporting match. Justify your answer with one benefit and one drawback
Evaluation - Strength and limitation required.
Responses will vary. A benefit is improved accuracy and fairness; a drawback is that frequent reviews can interrupt the flow of play and increase match duration. A strong answer weighs both considerations and reaches a justified conclusion.
Provide a description of a game/learning activity of your choice for a senior VET Sport and recreation activity.
Considerations:
Must be appropriate for age group eg. tunnel ball probably not the best game/learning activity for game group.
Equipment required
Description of the rules
Two truths and a lie: identify which of three statements about one of your teachers is false.
depends on the teacher