Year 13 PE Trip to Uni

The Level 3 Yr 13 Physical Education students visited the University of Otago’s School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences department.

Students were given a laboratory experience of the school.  This involved students swimming in the flume (one of 6 in the world and two in the southern hemisphere) which provided students with an opportunity to experience fluid dynamics and drag force.  The US swim team, including Michael Phelps, have used this very flume testing different bodysuits.

VO2 Max was measured using actual O2  and CO2 gas analysis.  Students built up to maximum running speed and then to exhaustion while monitoring maximum heart rate, ventilation (volume of air breathed per min), and VO2 Max. 

Students also looked at a biomechanical analysis of vertical leap and the implications for technique analysis.