If anyone needs help with PE just ask away, it is a very weird topic to understand when you first read certain topics at home, by yourself.
And advice for students for PE 2009.
The most important thing to do is to have a complete set of notes well before the exam.
It is often hard to make notes in PE perfect, as tons of the info in the textbooks are completely irrelevant; therefore, by including this info in your notes is a huge waste of time.
On that note, know the study design back to front, and base your notes around this.
There are 4 main sections, with between 3 and 6 'sub-sections' for each topic of the course. Use this study design as the basis for every piece of study you do, ensure you can make the clear distinction between each piece of the course.
Which textbook to use?
I believe Live It Up by Smyth, has the best descriptions of the majority of the course. BUT, the nelson publication by Malpeli and Telford is also a quality reference, but IMO some of the descriptions were poor.
In saying that, if you can, purchase both textbooks, if not, use your prescribed text extensively but consistently refer to the other text (borrow it from your library) to ensure your notes are complete and accurate, and your understandings are correct.
I can almost promise you that the kids who get 50's this year, would have studied both textbooks at some point throughout the year.
Other references:
PE Notes by Malpeli is an excellent reference, as it covers the majority of info in his larger textbook, but just summarises it into easy to understand graphs, tables and short paragraphs. If your using Malpeli at school, you don't have to purchase this, but feel free to. If your using Smyth (LIU) at school then definitely purchase this and study it like crazy in combination with LIU.
The main other book out there is Leading Edge, this is another fantastic resource as it provides the notes divided into separate sections based upon the all important study design. I used this reference last, and just double checked all my notes to ensure they were complete. If your school library has this, just borrow it, if not, only purchase a copy of your really keen and have plenty of time.
The last piece of advice is, if you play or watch sport, apply everything you are studying to as many different sports as you can. Think about the best training methods to use, think about which fitness components are most important to perform well, think about how your sport is promoted, think about which energy systems are most important, think about what foods and drinks they consume, think about the ethics behind your sport.
Go through as many sports as you can and ask yourself these questions.
Goodluck to all.
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