Sport studies – Resource collection

This collection contains ideas for teaching and learning in sport studies, one of the key areas of learning in health and physical education.

You should use these resources in conjunction with appropriate instruction manuals for the teaching of particular games and sports.

You are encouraged to adapt these ideas and contexts to suit the needs of your ākonga. You can also adapt activities from different year levels to meet objectives at the level the students are working at.

Each sample unit includes an overview, a suggested teaching sequence, and student recording sheets.

Secondary school students playing volleyball

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To find out more about using these units in your planning, please visit the Understanding sport studies page.

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Sport studies units

Changing fashions in sport and leisure

Explore how changes in community demographics affect sport and leisure activities by researching and playing games from different time periods.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 5–8
Energy and skills for miniball

Develop knowledge of training activities by learning about the sport and science of miniball.
Tagged with:
- Relationships With Other People
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Years 5–8
Learning team roles through padder tennis

Experience and explore a range of roles in competitive sport through padder tennis.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 5–8
Netball invasion

Learn about sports skills and strategies for invasion games through netball.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Relationships With Other People
- Years 5–8
Rugby in the media

Learn about sport and the media through rugby.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 5–8
Sport and competition

Learning about attitudes and values for competitive sport through an invasion game (endball).
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 5–8
The ultimate participant

Learn about sport participation and teamwork through ultimate frisbee.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Relationships With Other People
- Years 5–8
Wheeling through the years

Learn about technological and environmental impacts on sport and recreation through wheeled activities.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Body Care and Physical Safety
- Health promotion
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 5–8
Cooperative sport

Learn about cooperation and competition in sport through modified volleyball.
Tagged with:
- Physical activity
- Sport Studies
- Hauora
- Attitudes and values
- Outdoor education
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Relationships With Other People
- Years 9–10
Heart running

Learn about sport and health through cross-country.
Tagged with:
- Socio-economic perspective
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Body Care and Physical Safety
- Mental health
- Attitudes and values
- Hauora
- Sport Studies
- Physical activity
- Personal health and physical development
- Years 9–10
My athletic identity

Learning about sport and identity through athletics.
Tagged with:
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Mental health
- Attitudes and values
- Sport Studies
- Physical activity
- Personal health and physical development
- Hauora
- Health promotion
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 9–10
Perceptive cricket

Learning about sport and media through cricket.
Tagged with:
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Attitudes and values
- Sport Studies
- Hauora
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 9–10
Playing the game safely

Learn about safety in sport through minor games.
Tagged with:
- Attitudes and values
- Sport Studies
- Hauora
- Body Care and Physical Safety
- Physical activity
- Personal health and physical development
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Health promotion
- Years 9–10
Techy tennis

Learn about sports technology and equipment through tennis.
Tagged with:
- Attitudes and values
- Sport Studies
- Hauora
- Physical activity
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 9–10
Touch rugby

Explore sport and the pleasure of being included through touch rugby.
Tagged with:
- Attitudes and values
- Sport Studies
- Hauora
- Physical activity
- Movement concepts and motor skills
- Mental health
- Personal health and physical development
- Relationships With Other People
- Healthy Communities and Environments
- Health promotion
- Socio-ecological perspective
- Years 9–10

Health and physical education in the curriculum

Health and physical education in the curriculum

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Guidelines and policies

Planning and teaching resources

Planning and teaching resources

Professional learning support

Professional learning support

Sport studies – Resource collection

Professional learning support

Sport studies units

Changing fashions in sport and leisure

Energy and skills for miniball

Learning team roles through padder tennis

Netball invasion

Rugby in the media

Sport and competition

The ultimate participant

Wheeling through the years

Cooperative sport

Heart running

My athletic identity

Perceptive cricket

Playing the game safely

Techy tennis

Touch rugby