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How you’d get this certificate
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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Cambridge OCR has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Cambridge OCR awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Cambridge OCR.
01What it is
This Level 3 qualification in Sport is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, skills and understanding required for employment in the sport, leisure and recreation sector. Units cover fitness testing, outdoor activities, applied sport physiology, risk assessment and practical team sports.
These are the units Cambridge OCR registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Cambridge OCR. It does the teaching and the mapping. Cambridge OCR sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
02The units
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Analysis of Sports Performance Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll gain knowledge of performance profiles, key performance indicators, and benchmarks in sporting activities. The unit develops skills to analyse performance using technology and provide constructive feedback to athletes.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the performance profile of a sporting activity, including key performance indicators and benchmarks
- Analyse sporting performance using appropriate methods and technologies
- Provide constructive and specific feedback to athletes regarding their performance, identifying areas for improvement
- Understand the purpose and resources required for analysing different levels of sporting performance, from amateur to elite
Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll understand how physiological factors such as temperature, altitude, gender, race, and ageing affect exercise and sports performance. They will study related physiological effects and adaptations.
What you'll be able to do
- Know how temperature affects exercise and sports performance
- Know how altitude affects exercise and sports performance
- Know about the physical differences between people of different gender and their effect on exercise and sports performance
- Know about the physical differences between people of different race and their effect on exercise and sports performance
- Know the impact that the physiological effects of ageing have on exercise
- Know the impact that the physiological effects of ageing have on sports performance
- Know the effects of using ergogenic aids for exercise
- Know the effects of using ergogenic aids for sports performance
- Know the implications of using ergogenic aids for exercise
- Know the implications of using ergogenic aids for sports performance
Assessing Risk in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit equips learners to identify hazards, carry out risk assessments, and implement control measures in sport. You'll understand how to maintain safety for participants and colleagues and plan safe sporting activities.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the key factors that influence health and safety in sport
- Identify potential hazards in a sports environment
- Assess the risks associated with identified hazards
- Implement control measures to minimise risks
- Maintain the safety of participants in a sports environment
- Maintain the safety of colleagues in a sports environment
- Plan a safe sporting activity, considering potential risks and control measures
Current Issues in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll understand the historical development of sport in the UK and analyse the influence of media, technology, and contemporary issues. They will explore cultural influences and barriers affecting sports participation.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the historical development of sport in the UK, identifying key milestones and trends
- Explain how media and technology influence modern sport, including broadcasting, social media, and performance analysis
- Analyse how contemporary issues affect sport, including doping, corruption, and social inequality
- Explain the cultural influences that affect participation in sports activities, including ethnicity, gender, and social class
- Identify the barriers that affect participation in sports activities, including access, cost, and discrimination
Exercise for Specific Groups Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll understand considerations for providing exercise to specific groups, including adaptations and safety measures. The unit covers the benefits of exercise for these groups and skills to prescribe, plan, deliver, and review tailored exercise sessions.
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the considerations for the provision of exercise for specific groups, including adaptations and safety measures
- Identify the benefits of exercise for different specific groups, considering their individual needs and goals
- Prescribe exercise for specific groups, taking into account their health status and fitness levels
- Plan, deliver and review an exercise session for a specific group, ensuring safety and effectiveness
Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll gain knowledge and skills to conduct and interpret labouratory and field-based fitness tests. They will apply health screening techniques, administer tests accurately, and provide constructive feedback.
What you'll be able to do
- Know a range of laboratory-based fitness tests
- Know a range of field-based fitness tests
- Use appropriate health screening techniques prior to fitness testing
- Administer appropriate fitness tests accurately
- Interpret the results of fitness tests
- Provide constructive feedback to clients based on fitness test results
Fitness Training and Programming Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll study various fitness training methods, their principles, advantages, and disadvantages. They will develop skills to plan, deliver, monitor, and review fitness training sessions and programmes tailored to individual client goals and fitness levels.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe different methods of fitness training, including their principles, advantages and disadvantages
- Plan a fitness training session, considering the client's goals, fitness level and any relevant health considerations
- Plan a fitness training programme, considering the principles of training, periodisation and the client's long-term goals
- Monitor and review a fitness training programme, evaluating its effectiveness and making adjustments as necessary
Instructing Physical Activity and Exercise Real unit · Cambridge OCR
It teaches you to explain principles of safe and effective exercise sessions, design exercise programmes, and plan and lead sessions. You'll review and evaluate the effectiveness of their programme designs.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the principles of safe and effective exercise sessions, including risk assessment and management
- Describe the components of an effective exercise session
- Design an exercise programme that meets the needs of a specific client group
- Plan an exercise session, incorporating appropriate activities and intensity levels
- Lead an exercise session, providing clear instructions and motivation to participants
- Review the design of an exercise programme, evaluating its effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement
- Review the leading of an exercise session, evaluating own performance and identifying areas for development
Leadership in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit develops understanding of effective sports leadership qualities, roles, and psychological factors such as motivation and communication. You'll plan and lead sports activities, considering safety and participant needs.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the qualities, characteristics and roles of effective sports leaders
- Recognise the importance of psychological factors in leading sports activities
- Plan a sports activity, considering safety and participant needs
- Lead a sports activity, demonstrating effective leadership skills
Organising Sports Events Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll study different types of sports events and the roles involved in their planning and delivery. The unit develops skills to plan, promote, deliver, and review sports events effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different types of sports events, considering their scale, target audience, and purpose.
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of individuals involved in the planning phase of sports events.
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of individuals involved in the delivery phase of sports events.
- Plan a sports event, including setting objectives, identifying resources, and creating a timeline.
- Promote a sports event, utilising appropriate marketing channels to reach the target audience.
- Deliver a sports event, ensuring smooth operation and participant satisfaction.
- Review the planning of a sports event, identifying areas for improvement in future events.
- Review the delivery of a sports event, evaluating its success against the set objectives.
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit covers the organisation and provision of outdoor and adventurous activities, including safety and environmental considerations. You'll participate in activities and review their own performance to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the organisation of outdoor and adventurous activities
- Know about the provision of outdoor and adventurous activities
- Know the safety considerations associated with outdoor and adventurous activities
- Know the environmental considerations associated with outdoor and adventurous activities
- Participate effectively in outdoor and adventurous activities
- Review own performance in outdoor and adventurous activities, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
Practical Individual Sports Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit equips learners with practical skills and knowledge for participation in individual sports. You'll demonstrate fundamental skills, apply tactics, understand rules, and assess performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the fundamental skills required to participate in selected individual sports
- Demonstrate the techniques required to participate in selected individual sports
- Apply appropriate tactics during participation in selected individual sports
- Explain the rules and regulations of selected individual sports
- Assess own performance in selected individual sports, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
- Assess the performance of other individuals in selected individual sports, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
Practical Team Sports Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll identify and demonstrate fundamental skills, techniques, and tactics required in selected team sports. They will apply rules and regulations and assess their own and team performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the fundamental skills required to participate in selected team sports
- Demonstrate the techniques required to participate in selected team sports
- Apply appropriate tactics during participation in selected team sports
- Explain the rules and regulations of selected team sports
- Assess own performance in selected team sports, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
- Assess the performance of teams in selected team sports, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit provides knowledge of the structure and function of the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. You'll understand how these systems contribute to movement, oxygen transport, and energy production through different energy systems.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the structure and function of the skeletal system, including bones, joints and their role in movement
- Describe the structure and function of the muscular system, including muscle types, muscle actions and their role in movement
- Describe the structure and function of the cardiovascular system, including the heart, blood vessels and blood, and their role in transporting oxygen and nutrients
- Describe the structure and function of the respiratory system, including the lungs, airways and their role in gas exchange
- Explain the different types of energy systems used during exercise, including their fuel sources and contribution to ATP production
Psychology for Sports Performance Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit explores psychological factors affecting sports performance, including personality, motivation, stress, anxiety, and group dynamics. You'll plan psychological skills training programmes aimed at enhancing athletic performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the effect of personality and motivation on sports performance, considering different personality theories and motivational techniques
- Explain the relationship between stress, anxiety, arousal and sports performance, considering the Yerkes-Dodson Law and strategies for managing stress and anxiety
- Explain the role of group dynamics in team sports, considering factors such as cohesion, communication and leadership
- Plan a psychological skills training programme to enhance sports performance, considering the individual's needs and goals, and incorporating techniques such as goal setting, imagery and self-talk
Sport and Exercise Massage Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll study the physiological and psychological effects of sport and exercise massage, including benefits for injury prevention and recovery. The unit covers the roles of massage professionals and practical skills to perform and review massage techniques.
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the effects and benefits of sport and exercise massage on the body
- Identify the roles of sport and exercise massage professionals within a sporting context
- Identify the sport and exercise massage requirements of athletes, based on their sport and training regime
- Perform and review sport and exercise massage techniques, ensuring correct application and safety
Sport as a Business Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll understand the organisation, success factors, and legal and financial influences on sports businesses. They will explore business structures and use market research and marketing strategies.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how businesses in sport are organised, including different organisational structures and roles
- Explain the factors that contribute to the success of a sports business, including financial management and customer service
- Analyse the legal influences on sport as a business, including health and safety regulations and employment law
- Analyse the financial influences on sport as a business, including funding sources and budgeting
- Use market research to identify opportunities for a sports business
- Apply marketing principles to promote a sports business and attract customers
Sports Coaching Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll explore the roles, responsibilities, and skills of sports coaches. The unit covers coaching techniques to improve athlete performance and enables planning, delivering, and reviewing coaching sessions.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the roles, responsibilities and skills of sports coaches in different contexts
- Know the techniques used by coaches to improve the performance of athletes, including communication and motivation strategies
- Plan a sports coaching session that is safe, effective and engaging for participants
- Deliver and review a sports coaching session, evaluating its impact and identifying areas for improvement
Sports Development Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit covers key concepts and providers in sports development, including participation, performance, and excellence. You'll examine quality measurement and examples of sports development in practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Define key concepts in sports development, such as participation, performance, and excellence.
- Identify the key providers of sports development, including national governing bodies, local authorities, and community organisations.
- Explain how quality is measured in sports development programmes, considering factors such as participant satisfaction and outcomes.
- Describe examples of sports development in practice, illustrating different approaches and their impact.
Sports Injuries Real unit · Cambridge OCR
It teaches you to identify risk factors for sports injuries and apply prevention strategies. They will understand common injuries, symptoms, treatment methods, and plan rehabilitation programmes for selected injuries.
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise how common sports injuries can be prevented by the correct identification of risk factors
- Identify a range of sports injuries and their symptoms, including causes and potential complications
- Recognise how to apply methods of treating sports injuries, including first aid and referral procedures
- Plan and construct treatment and rehabilitation programmes for two common sports injuries, considering individual needs and recovery goals
Sports Nutrition Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit provides knowledge of nutrition concepts, digestion, energy balance, and hydration in relation to sports performance. You'll plan diets appropriate for specific sports activities to support athletic performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Know the fundamental concepts of nutrition and digestion, including macronutrients and micronutrients
- Know how energy intake and expenditure relate to sports performance, including the impact of different training regimes
- Know the relationship between hydration and sports performance, including the effects of dehydration and strategies for maintaining optimal hydration
- Plan a diet appropriate for a selected sports activity, considering the athlete's individual needs and goals
Talent Identification and Development in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll identify key physical, psychological, and technical predictors of talent in sport. The unit enables the design of talent identification and development programmes that consider individual needs and relevant factors within chosen sports.
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the key predictors of talent for performers in sport
- Design a talent identification programme for a chosen sport, taking into account relevant factors
- Identify key factors in talent development in sport
- Design a talent development programme for a chosen sport, considering individual needs and goals
Technical and Tactical Skills in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
You'll understand the technical skills and tactics required in selected sports, assess the abilities of elite performers, and evaluate their own technical and tactical skills. The unit emphasises applying recognised assessment methods and providing constructive feedback.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the technical skills and tactics demanded by selected sports, considering the rules and regulations
- Assess the technical and tactical ability of an elite sports performer, using recognised methods and providing constructive feedback
- Assess their own technical and tactical ability in a chosen sport, identifying strengths and areas for improvement
The Athlete’s Lifestyle Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit examines how lifestyle factors such as diet, sleep, stress, and behaviour affect athletes' performance and well-being. You'll also develop skills to communicate effectively with media and significant others and produce career plans.
What you'll be able to do
- Know how different lifestyle factors can affect athletes' performance and well-being
- Know the importance of appropriate behaviour for athletes in various situations
- Communicate effectively with the media and significant others in a professional manner
- Produce a career plan that outlines goals and strategies for professional development as an athlete
The Physiology of Fitness Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit covers the physiological responses to exercise, including immediate cardiovascular, respiratory, and muscular reactions. You'll also explore the long-term effects of exercise on body systems and investigate these effects using appropriate methods and equipment.
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the body’s immediate physiological response to acute exercise
- Explain the long-term effects of exercise on the different body systems
- Investigate and record the physiological effects of exercise on the body systems, using appropriate methods and equipment
Work Experience in Sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
This unit introduces learners to work-based experience opportunities in sport. They will prepare for, undertake, and review placements, demonstrating professionalism and reflecting on their learning to support career development.
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the opportunities for work-based experience in sport, including different roles and organisations
- Prepare for a work-based experience in sport, including identifying goals and developing relevant skills
- Undertake a work-based experience in sport, demonstrating professionalism and effective teamwork
- Review a work-based experience in sport, reflecting on learning and identifying areas for future development
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03The standards
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Design Sports Coaching Programmes
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Evaluate Sport and Exercise Science Services
- Standard
Evaluate the outcomes and impact of performance and practices
- Standard
Manage levels of risk and reward in challenging situations
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04The credits
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Cambridge OCR rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Analysis of Sports PerformanceApplied Sport and Exercise PhysiologyAssessing Risk in SportCurrent Issues in SportExercise for Specific GroupsFitness Testing for Sport and ExerciseFitness Training and ProgrammingInstructing Physical Activity and Exercise
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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- Map a live decision Analyse
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What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
Cambridge OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport
- Design Sports Coaching Programmes
- Evaluate Sport and Exercise Science Services
- Evaluate the outcomes and impact of performance and practices
- Manage levels of risk and reward in challenging situations
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Analysis of Sports Performance, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will gain knowledge of performance profiles, key performance indicators, and benchmarks in sporting activities. The unit develops skills to analyse performance using technology and provide constructive feedback to athletes.
How the thinking builds
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Cambridge OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport
26 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cambridge OCR.
- Analysis of Sports Performance
- Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
- Assessing Risk in Sport
- Current Issues in Sport
- Exercise for Specific Groups
- Fitness Testing for Sport and Exercise
and 20 more in the full unit list below.
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