Health Priorities in Australia
Factors affecting performance
Improving performance
Sports Medicine
Pot Luck
100

is Australia's public funded universal health care system

Medicare

100

What are the 3 Energy Systems?

Aerobic, lactic acid and alactacid (ATP/PC) systems?

100

What 2 sports use a prescribed judging criteria?

Gymnastics, Dance, Sychronised Swimming, Diving.

100

What is the ACRONYM name for Assessment of Sports Injuries? 

TOTAPS

100

How many of the option questions do you need to answer in the HSC?

TWO - only 2 

200

Prevalence of condition, social justice principles, priority population groups, costs to the individual and community, potential for prevention and early intervention

Selection criteria for NHPA

200

Define Continuous training. 

aerobic training where there is no rest

200

What are the phases of competition? 


Pre season/ preparatory, In season/competition, off season/transition/post season 

200

Name a direct cause of a sports injury? 

Punch in the nose

Ball to the shin 

200

What does haemoglobin do?

It is a substance in the blood that binds to oxygen and transports it around the body?

300

What are the main health issues for ATSI? List 3 


Mental disorders, circulatory diseases, diabetes, respiratory diseases, cancer, kidney diseases

300

List 3 Physiological adaptations to training. 

reduced resting HR, increased stroke volume, increased cardiac output, increased oxygen uptake, increased lung capacity, increased haemoglobin levels, muscle hypertrophy, fast/slow twitch muscle fibers?

300

Name 3 elements need to be considered when designing a training session. 

Health and safety considerations, providing an overview of the session, warm up/cool down, skill instruction and practice, conditioning, evaluation

300

What is the ACRONYM for the specific needs of Child athletes? 

MOTMAM

300

What are the five action areas of the ottawa charter?

What is build healthy public policy, create supportive environments for health, strengthen community action for health, develop personal skills, and re-orient health services?

400

What is healthy ageing

less likely to leave the workforce, contribute to their own communities, experience less chronic disease and disability, place less pressure on the healthcare budget and system

400

What is the fuel source for the Lactic acid system? 

Glycogen (muscle) and some liver 

400

What is planning to avoid overtraining? How can you? 

amount and intensity of training, physiological considerations, psychological considerations

400

Wat are the 4 methods of thermoregulation? 

Radiation

Convection

Conduction 

Evaporation 

400

How do you calculate your max heart rate?

What is 220 - age?

500

List 4 benefits of Private Health insurance

have a choice of hospital service, option to cover extra services, health cover overseas, shorter waiting lists,

500

List the 3 types of Flexibility training. 

Static, dynamic, ballistic, or PNF?

500

What are macro, meso and microcycle?

The subphases of a training year

500

Name 3 ways sports injuries can be prevented in regards to sports polices and sporting environments.  

Any 3 of these

Protective equipment    Rules in the game 

Concussion procedures   

Safe ground design and maintenance

Matching opponents/grading teams   



500

What does PNF stand for? 

Spelling counts 

Proprioceptive Neurommuscular Facilitation?