PDHPE preliminary - The Body In Motion - Muscular System

Students learn about:
muscular system
major muscles involved in movement
muscle relationship (agonist, antagonist)
types of muscle contraction (concentric, eccentric, isometric

Students learn to:

identify the location of the major muscles involved in movement and related joint actions
• perform and analyse movements, eg overarm throw, by examining:
bones involved and the joint action
muscles involved and the type of
contraction