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Performance-enhancing drugs

Recreational Drugs:

Although drinking and smoking are legal, they're still drugs and can seriously damage your health and ability to perform physical activity.

Smoking:

Alcohol:

  • Causes nose, throat and chest irritations
  • Makes you short of breath
  • Is extremely addictive
  • Causes change to your cardiovascular and respiratory system which increase risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer and other diseases.
  • Affects coordination, speech and judgement
  • Slows your reactions
  • Makes your muscles tired quicker
  • Eventually damages your liver, kidneys, heart, brain, digestive and immune system

LO:

  • Identify the different types of PED
  • Explain the impact of ped on performance

TASK:

You are a sky sports news presenter - It has just come to light that a world famous athlete has been caught taking performance enhancing drugs:

  • Choose a sport of your choice
  • Choose a world famous athlete from your chosen sport
  • Write a 'breaking news' story about the athlete

- What drug have they been caught using?

- Why were they using the drug? (personally)

- Why were they using the drug? (professionally)

- What side effects could the athlete now suffer from?

- What action do you think should be taken by the governing body?

Peptide Hormones

Cause a production of other hormones - Increase muscle growth and speed up recovery (EPO)

Endurance events - Cycling, swimming, marathon etc

Thickening of blood leads to possible heart attack or stroke

Peptide ormones

nabolic steroids

Anabolic Steroids

Mimic the male sex hormone - testosterone. This increases muscle growth (get bigger and stronger)

Athletics

High blood pressure, heart disease, aggression, infertility, cancer. Women - facial hair, deep voice.

Performance-enhancing Drugs:

Narcotic Analgesics

Powerful painkiller - injuries and fatigue do not affect performance

arcotic analgesics

Rugby player/american footballer

Extremely addictive (withdrawal symptoms), loss of concentration, low blood pressure

Some athletes use drugs to improve their performance, or are encouraged to do so by their coaches. These drugs are usually banned in sport - and they have nasty side effects. The temptation, sometimes, is just too great and still worth the risk..... WHY??

Diuretics

Increase how often you urinate - causing weight loss

Jockey, boxer, martial arts etc

Dehydration, cramp, kidney failure, dizziness

iuretics

Why take performance-enhancing drugs?

Financial rewards

Pressure coach/athletes/peers

Short lifespan of athlete

Fame

Desire to be the best:

Records etc

Improve performance

Success

Can you think of any examples of athletes who have been caught?

Stimulants

Promote alertness (mental and physical) by affecting the CNS

Professional footballers (useful to offset the effects of lactic acid on muscles)

timulants

High blood pressure, strokes, heart and liver problems.

Beta Blockers

Control heart rate - steady shakey hands, have a calming effect

eta blockers

Archery

Reduce heart rate to dangerous level, cramp and heart failure

Thank You!

Homework:

Complete the provided worksheet with exam questions on for homework.... To the best of your ability.... Do NOT use external sources.

Due: Next lesson

SC:

  • Complete an exam question regarding PED
  • Recognise the 'HANDSB' acronym

ECG

62

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