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...Introduction - With the announcement of the summer Olympics coming to London in 2012, fierce competition between football clubs in the domestic league, and developments in coaching and training throughout all areas of physical fitness, there has never been a better time to learn more about sport. Many of us take for granted what we know about sport, whether we participate...

...Introduction - Welcome to this exciting free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do) across different societies. This course has been created to demonstrate the fascinating universal and unique ways in which psychology works around...

...introduction of skateboarding seems like a radical move for the Olympics and will hopefully engage a different audience to the traditional Olympic sports. There are two disciplines of skateboarding – Street and Park. Street skateboarding is held on a straight street-style course and includes stairs, handrails, benches, and walls. Athletes are judged based on originality...

...introductions to alternative approaches to wellbeing which challenge the taken for granted, causal links between size and ill health. You can learn more about Lucy Aphramor’s ‘Well Now’ approach (offering workshops for both clients and wellbeing practitioners) on her website. There is a Health at Every Size UK website with links to practitioners working from the...