Is VCE PE difficult and does it have lots of practical work?

[Sunset.T]

Hey, im in year 10 and im choosing my VCE Subjects. I want to know if PE is difficult in terms of the participation in activities. Because early this year i got sick for 4 months and ever since i've struggled to get the motivation to get back into exercise (before i got sick i played soccer heaps.) Now im pretty unfit and im scared that PE will have challenging practical activities that i wont be fit enough to do. But it's not just my fitness but the fact i have anxiety around not being able to be as good and fit as all the sporty kids that will be in my class. i haven't done PE since year 9 and even though i was fit enough to run for a 90 minute game of soccer with a team that could only get 9 on the pitch and never had a full squad of 11 or subs, whenever we did like fitness testing or streneous activity during PE class at school i was always out of breath in the first 10 seconds. I assume i was anxious (Despite not exactly feeling typically anxious)

So yeah anyway last year in PE we looked at some stuff that i think might be included in VCE Pe, like we learnt about energy systems and all that stuff and then we had a written exam on it and i got 97% on that,and this year i decided to do VCE Health and Human Development (Which i assume has some similar topic areas) and even though im in year 10 i've been doing really well in it, better than most people in the class, i always get work done, i get good SAC results, my most recent SAC i got 94%, i would've gotten 100% if i decided to study as hard as everyone else, i usually just briefly revise before a SAC and i do really well.  so i think the theoretical stuff in PE i will pick up somewhat easily? It's just that the actual physical activity im worried about. So its either i do VCE PE or do VCE History.

Also i dont know what i want to do after school or anything so choosing out of these 2 subjects is hard

[nickharvey23]

If you're interested in VCE Health then you will also find VCE Physical Education interesting as well, as for practical work I found my school only did practical for PE maybe once on every topic, it depends on what you're doing and they tend to do it to give you a better understanding of what you're learning. You'll do standard things like fitness testing, beep test, constructing a training program, and other testing as well. I found PE was a difficult but very interesting subject, the content isn't too broad and it's easy to keep up with as everything links in together. My favourite subject this year was PE, my SAC average was the highest out of all of my classes and it was probably the one I put the least effort into learning as I found it more enjoyable! Honestly just choose the subjects your passionate about, wether it be History or PE, because you will find it won't be as much of a hassle learning it through out the year if you find it interesting! 

[mccat]

PE is mostly theory. we had 3 lessons a week and on average would do one prac per topic most (there was only 6), and a training program (4 lessons) which isnt compulsory. You'll find VCE very different to year 9/10, as you mostly do things such as the energy systems, aswell as acute responses, fatigue factors, chronic adaptations, enhancing performance, fitness/training principles, and promoting physical activity. its a very good subject and easy to do well in, dont stress about fitness, you barely do anything outside the classroom