HEALTH AND FITNESS ONLINE HOME STUDY COURSE
Develop new skills or build on old, to strengthen your capacity to evaluate a client's fitness level.
Lesson Structure
There are 7 lessons in this course:
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Health Risk factors
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Components of health
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Wellness and quality of life
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Health risk factors
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Risk associated with a dedentary lifestyle
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Hazardous substances
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Alcohol
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Smoking
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Cancer health risks
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The Health Care System
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Defining health care systems
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Health care in Australia, USA, Europe, etc
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The future of health care
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Complimentary therapies
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Acupuncture
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Osteopathy
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Homeopathy
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Chiropractic
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Physiotherapy
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Shiatsu
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Reflexology
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Massage
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Microwave treatments
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Traditional chinese medicine
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Psychological therapies
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Relaxation therapies
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Social Factors
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Health hazards in modern society
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Socioeconomic status and health
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Social factors
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General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
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Managing Health and Fitness
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Health and fitness management
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Programs
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Taking responsibility for your own health
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Consuming a nutritionally balanced diet
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Drinking pure water
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Exercise, relaxation, mental attitude, etc
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Trends, products and services
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Reasons people do not maintain good health
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Fitness Test Comparisons
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Planes of the body
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Directions of the body
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Joints
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Muscular system
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Movement terms
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Fitness testing
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Before testing
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Types of testing
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Guidelines for testing
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Screening people
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Analysis of Fitness Tests
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Results and analysis
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Variables
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Measurement methods
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Data presentation
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Analysis of Sports Skills
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Fitness and sporting skills
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Assessing physical skillTechniques for observing and analyzing
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Evaluation
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Characteristics of an effective coach or trainer
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Coaching styles
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
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Explain health risk factors in modern society.
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Analyse the health care system, to determine preferred options for different individuals.
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Determine social factors which may affect the status of health and fitness.
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Evaluate different individual approaches to managing health and fitness, including both services and facilities.
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Compare different fitness tests for different motor abilities.
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Demonstrate statistical techniques used to analyse fitness test results.
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Use fitness tests to analyse different sports skills.
What You Will Do
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List sources of both physical and psychological health risk factors in modern society.
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Describe sources of health risk factors in modern society.
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Determine the effects of health risk factors in different case studies.
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Develop guidelines for minimising health risks in different situations including:
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a specified workplace situation
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a specified home situation
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List the components of the public health care system, including preventative and treatment services.
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Develop a scenario for an individual interested in taking up private health insurance.
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Compare private with public (government) health care systems, referring to quality of service, efficiencies and costs.
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There are many complaints about public and private health care systems. Explain the limitations of the pubic health care system for different individuals.
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Explain government initiatives in the area of preventative health care.
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Explain how the appraisal of people by society can influence levels of health and fitness.
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Describe two different examples of political decisions affecting the health and fitness status of a group of people.
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Describe different physiological effects which may indicate stress.
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Explain the effect of stress on health and fitness in a case study.
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List methods used to treat different specified health and fitness problems, other than diseases, including both preventative and curative approaches.
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Describe different methods which could be used to treat each of the following health and fitness problems:
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high blood pressure
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asthma
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drug addiction
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chronic fatigue syndrome
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Compare different methods used to treat other health and fitness problems
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Recommend changes in lifestyle practices to improve health management for different case studies.
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Explain different tests used to evaluate strength, power and muscular endurance
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Explain different tests used to evaluate flexibility, agility and balance
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Explain different tests used to evaluate cardiovascular endurance
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Explain different tests used to evaluate general motor ability
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List the criteria used to select an appropriate test for testing motor abilities in one of the following sports.
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Football (rugby/union/touch/soccer)
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tennis
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swimming
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netball
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Discuss the value of statistics in assessing fitness test results.
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Explain descriptive statistical methods used in a fitness evaluation.
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Explain comparative statistical methods used in a fitness evaluation.
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Explain inferential statistical methods used in a fitness evaluation.
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Compile the results of a statistical analysis of a twelve month series of fitness tests and interpret the results in the form of either graphs, charts or tables.
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Submit resource file that you have commenced for the beginning of the course.
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Explain different tests used to evaluate individual-participant sports skills.
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Explain different tests used to evaluate dual-participant sports skills.
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Explain different tests used to evaluate multiple-participant sports skills.
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List the criteria used to select appropriate tests for athletes in different sports
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Explain in an illustrated summary (drawn or photograph), coaching principles for a sport skill of your choice.
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Write a report analysing the results of a series of fitness tests conducted to determine whether a person is fit to play a specified type of sport.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. What will these studies lead to?
A. When you understand a subject, you have an improved capacity to understand, solve problems, communicate, and function at any level within that industry.
People who have studied this subject are better equipped to succeed, and that is an advantage in any situation, either as an employee, or employer in this or related industries.
Q. Can I get a credit toward a Certificate or Diploma if I wish to continue further studies after this?
A. Yes; both with our schools in Australia and the UK and with a number of affiliated colleges across the world
Q. What happens if I have to stop studying for a while? (e.g. Get sick, go on holidays, have a baby).
A. Apply for an extension. It's OK to take a break and start up your study at a later point in time. Just let us know.
Q. What level is this course?
A. We designed this course with adults in mind, and with the flexibility to allow students to work to a level that they are comfortable with. People who have a university level education can approach their work in greater depth, and will have the support of an expert to guide and support them. People who have far less experience and education, may work to a lower academic level, and may take longer to complete studies; but with persistence, they will (with help from tutors) still achieve the minimum goals set for the course. This course should not be seen as rigidly being a degree, diploma or certificate level; rather you should simply see it as an opportunity to extend your skills and knowledge in this discipline, starting wherever you currently are, and finishing with a heightened understanding and capacity to work in this field.
Q. What do I get as a student?
A. First, understand a good course is quite different to a book or a web site
- A course should be something that changes you; making things stick in your mind, improving your capacity to do thing, remember things, solve problems and understand the subject
- A book on this subject is a reference that can be read, but might not be understood as the author intended, and most of which probably will not be remembered unless a lot of time is devoted to studying it.
- A web site is like a book; except there is a stronger likelihood that it could contain biased and even incorrect information.
An ACS course differs to books, seminars, web sites and other sources of "information" in several key ways.
- It is a constructed learning pathway that is designed with the purpose of bringing about a change in the student
- It is constructed by a team of experts, credible in their field, from across the world (it reflects input from many people, from different countries and climates. (A book more commonly reflects only one).
- Every student is guided as an individual through the learning experience. The learning pathway and the precise information encountered is commonly different for every single student.
- You are monitored; motivated and where necessary your path is corrected as you move through the course. A book is a one way communication (a monologue), whereas a course is two way communication.
- A course filters out and organizes information; serving you up a quantity of resources that is "digestible" in a way that is designed to help you digest it.
ACS provides all essential learning resources (eg. notes or books), and all the tutor support that is needed to successfully complete a course. Some students may choose to buy extra books -but this really is not necessary.
Q. Will I have problems with practical tasks, because I cannot travel or attend workshops?
A. Our college has developed lots of ways of providing for practical learning, that can be done by anyone, anywhere and anytime. Students come from over 150 countries, and the practicals have never been a factor that has stopped someone completing their studies in this course.
All courses include set tasks that add a practical element to the learning experience, but we often give options.
Courses are as far as possible written to cope with the widest range of situations, from people living in Antarctica to someone confined to their home due to illness.
Example -We may ask you to visit a workplace and observe something; but also say or if you have restricted mobility make a virtual visit, on the internet, if possible, or if not, by reviewing a place through an article in a magazine. If you can't find reference material, ask us and we will send you what you need.
If the course does not provide an option that is achievable, you contact us, and we will give you other options.
