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IHSA Sports Medicine: Supplements

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Objectives

By the end of this unit, a student will be able to:

identify dietary supplements.
name at least three ingredients found in dietary supplements.
identify characteristics of commonly-discussed supplements.
understand how supplements can be used to affect athletic performance.

State Standards Alignment

This unit aligns to the following Physical Development and Health Illinois Learning Standards:

23.A.4
23.B.4
23.C.4
24.B.4
24.B.5
24.C.4
24.C.5

Learning Activities

Note: The list of possible learning activities listed below is not meant to be all-encompassing. Rather, it is intended to provide teachers and coaches with a sample of extension activities students and/or athletes could do in conjunction with the unit. Many of the research opportunities could be turned into traditional essays or multi-media presentations and shared with other students at your school.

Research athletes who have acknowledged supplement use and the effect such use has had on them.
Create a chart that can be displayed in your school’s locker room that lists the types of acceptable supplements athletes should use, indicating their impact on an individual and their athletic performance.
Create a chart that can be displayed in your school’s locker room that details the importance of hydration in athletic performance and how athletes can be insure they are properly hydrated for competition.
Conduct a group discussion with other student-athletes on the various supplements available to and used by students, whether in interscholastic programs or not.

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