A level PE fitness

How fit do you have to be for a level PE.

I am a decent school team swimmer does that help?

I am not super fit but wouldn’t think of myself as unfit.

What does the course entail?

How fit do you have to be for a level PE.

I am a decent school team swimmer does that help?

I am not super fit but wouldn’t think of myself as unfit.

What does the course entail?

Why are you considering it? What sort of courses do you intend to apply for? As a GCSE it’s fine but as an A-Level it’s really not necessary for anything, especially if you’re going to have to put so much practice into it.

It wasn’t an option at GCSE in my school

I want to be a physiotherapist

Not about fitness, more about how good you are at the sport and how much you understand it. Got no idea what swimming is like, but I would assume you've got to do a bit more for the assessment than just show yourself splashing about in the pool in Maga.

For stuff like netball or hockey it's usually how you are in a match and showing your skills and game intelligence. I don't know what the current rules are on editing footage.

I tend to agree with the person above. If you're not really good at one thing, then it might be a mistake. The big marks in PE are only going to come if you can ace the practical as well as the written work. If you're not at least county level, or maybe a very good club player at one sport, then you're taking a big risk, especially if you haven't done GCSE.

If you want to be a physio, just check out the general entry requirements - Biology and any two others will probably do you. You don't need PE, especially if it's going to be hard going for you.

Swimming is based on technique, timings and speed - it is an option across all exam boards and so ‘splashing about’ shouldn’t be a problem in the exam

What do you mean editing footage?

You do your sport and depending on what it is and what facilities your school has - you might just film it and give it to your teacher who then marks you - and then sends the film off for moderation.

By editing - (I only did GCSE) I'm not sure what the rules are on the filming - if it has to be one continuous piece of video - for example if it's a hockey match, could you just pick all the bits of you being awesome and cut out the bits when you get your lunch stolen.

I would still say be careful - speak to your PE staff, or even better go on an open day to a school which is really good at PE, usually one of the public schools (even if you have no intention of going there) and ask them for some guidance on what level you need to be at to get marks in the practical commensurate with what you think you're capable of in the theory - and if you think that's you - then by all means go for it.

My worry would be that if youre just "ok" at swimming, and not at least at club level, you'd be bringing your grade down from the theory side.

Choose either chemistry or maths as a third option. Forget PE. They’re much more relevant to what you want to do, especially chemistry.

I actually go to a public school and the sport here is great. In a year of 140 I am 1 of 8 swimmers in the senior team. I currently swim against people 2 years older than me. Do you think this is would be good enough?

I have no idea. I don't know anything about the swimming specification - so I would definitely ask the PE staff - or in an ideal world one of the current VI formers if any of them do PE with swimming.

It may well be that you're good enough - that's why you need to ask ahead of time. From what I've seen though (in other sports) you tend to need to be above school level to get big marks. That obviously depends how good your school team is.

Par example, if your sport were football or netball, it probably wouldn't be enough for you to be in the first team (only), you'd probably have to be a decent out-of-school club player at least, and possibly of county level. But like I said, this all depends on what swimming is like, how it's assessed and how good your school standard is. Your school standard might be a lot higher than some others.

Thanks for the help