BTEC DIPLOMA IN SPORT
Unit 1 – The Body in Sport
Assignment Number: 2
Assignment Title: The effects of exercise on the muscular system
Learning Outcomes: Pupils to learn about the structure and function of the muscular
system and how it is affected by exercise
Assignment Deadline: Friday 2nd October
Scenario
Produce a booklet with information on muscles in the body that can be used within the
fitness suite
Task Task Description
1 (P3) Label a diagram that illustrates the
structure of major muscles in the
body.
2 (P3) Describe the three types of muscle
(inc: characteristics and features)
3 (P3) Describe how muscles move
4 (P4) Identify SHORT AND LONG
TERM effects of exercise on
muscles
5 (M3) Select 4 different types of
movement within physical activity
and identify the muscles and the
contraction that is taking place
(e.g: the right leg striking a
football)
6 (D1) Analyse the 4 different types of
movement - you have identified in
task 5 - detailing the
musculoskeletal actions that are
occurring and the contractions that
are necessary
7 (D2) Analyse the effects of exercise on
the muscular and skeletal system
(musculoskeletal system)
*Select 3 different types of
movement (pictures) to analyse in
detail
Guidance (things you must Pupils tick
include/consider) when
completed
Triceps, biceps, quadriceps, hamstrings,
deltoids, gluteus maximus, gastrocnemius,
abdominals, obliques, pectorals, trapezius,
erector spinae, latissimus dorsi
Voluntary (skeletal); involuntary (smooth);
and heart (cardiac)
1) Isotonic (concentric/ eccentric)
2) Isometric
Short-term – what are the immediate effects
on muscles when exercise starts?
Long-term – what happens to muscles when
we train muscles over a long period of time –
strength and endurance training
Joint being used =
Type of movement =
Type of contraction =
Agonist (Concentric) Muscle (Muscle which is
shortening) =
Antagonist (Eccentric) Muscle (Muscle which
is lengthening) =
For each of the 4 actions, you must analyse
what happens to the skeletal system when
muscles contract (consider: tendons,
ligaments, joint movement etc)
Explain in thorough detail how the skeletal
system and muscular system are linked? How
does each system affect one another? (e.g.
tendons, muscles used, bones used during
physical movement etc).
Grade Criteria - Assignment 2
To achieve a pass grade your
evidence must show that you
can:
P1 describe the structure and
function of the skeletal and
how bones grow.
P2 identify the effects of
exercise on bones and joints
P3 describe the different
types of muscle, the major
muscles in the body, and how
muscles move
P4 identify the effects of
exercise on skeletal muscles
P5 describe the structure and
function of the cardiovascular
system and how it is affected
by exercise
P6 describe the structure and
function of the respiratory
system and how it is affected
by exercise
P7 identify 2 types of physical
activity that use the aerobic
energy system and 2 that use
the anaerobic systems.
To achieve a merit grade To achieve a distinction your
your evidence must show that evidence must show that you
you can: can:
M1 identify the movement D1 analyse 4 sporting
occurring at synovial joints movements, detailing the
during 3 different types of musculoskeletal actions
physical activity occurring, and the
contractions that are
M2 explain the effects of necessary
exercise on bones and joints
D2 analyse the effects of
M3 give examples of exercise on the
different types of muscular musculoskeletal system
contractions relating to 4
different types of physical D3 analyse the effects of
activity exercise on the cardio-
respiratory system
M4 explain the effects of
exercise on the cardiovascular
system
M5 explain the effects of
exercise on the respiratory
system
M6 explain the energy
requirements of 4 different
types of physical activity