Practical Work: Skill Proficiency, Fitness Testing and Project File
The practical examination checks skill in a chosen activity, fitness-test performance and a project file. You should know the test items, units, scoring and how to present recorded data.
Skill proficiency
- Choose one game or activity and learn its basic technique, rules and terminology.
- Assessment usually includes demonstration of a skill, game play or drill, and viva questions on rules.
- Athletics, yoga, badminton and gymnastics are common choices; practise the exact technique expected, not just general play.
Fitness testing
- 50 m sprint: speed, recorded in seconds.
- 600 m run/walk: endurance, recorded in minutes and seconds.
- Sit-ups: muscular endurance, recorded as correct repetitions in a set time.
- Sit-and-reach: flexibility, recorded in centimetres.
- Shuttle run: agility, recorded in seconds.
- BMI: weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared.
Project file
A typical file contains a cover page, index, introduction, history and rules of the chosen game, field or court measurements, terminology, skill technique, fitness-test record, diet chart, first-aid notes, conclusion and bibliography.
Worked example
A student weighs 50 kg and is 1.55 m tall. Convert height to metres: 1.55 m. Square it: 2.4025. BMI = 50 ÷ 2.4025 = 20.8. This falls in the normal range for a school-age student, but BMI is only a screening measure. The reasoning is that units must be converted before calculation and the result must be interpreted, not just stated.
Marks-losing traps
Do not record height in centimetres in the BMI formula without converting. Do not invent fitness scores. Do not skip warm-up before tests. Do not present a project file without rules, measurements and recorded observations.