GCSE REVISION…

Drugs in Sport

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ALREADY!

• Know about different types of drugs: performance enhancing (anabolic steroids, beta blockers, diuretics, narcotic analgesics, stimulants, peptide hormones).

• What performance-enhancing drugs are (PEDs) and their positive and negative effects on sporting performance and performer lifestyle.

WHAT ARE DRUGS?

• A substance

• Taken in a verity of ways

• Causes physical or psychological effects

• Side effects- unpleasant/unwanted • Addictive (difficult to give up)• High blood pressure• Insomnia etc.

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS

What are they?• Drugs that enhance performance in physical activity or daily life

• Range from Socially acceptable to Illegal

Why take them?• Enhance or improve there performance

• Become better at there sport so more likely to win

• Winning=Money

• Becoming professional/famous quickly so earn enough money

PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS

PEDS

Anabolic

Steroids

Diuretics

Narcotics

Analgesics

Beta

Blockers

Growth

Hormones

Stimulants

Blood

Doping

Peptide

Hormones

STIMULANTS

Side effects

Insomnia

Irritable

Increased heart rate

High blood pressure

Addiction

Why do people take them?

•Cocaine, amphetamines, ephedrine, nicotine and caffeine

•Increase alertness

•Think more quickly

•Stimulates the Central nervous System

•Overcome tiredness

•Useful to offset the effects of lactic acid

NARCOTICS ANALGESICS Side effects

Loss of concentration

Loss of balance

Loss ofco-ordination

Emotional effects

Why do people take them?

•Heroin, methadone and morphine

•Depress the central nervous system

•Relief from painful injury's

•Can carry on playing even if injured

NO ENTRY!

Why do people take them?

• Increase growth and repair of muscle

• Increase strength

• Help to ‘bulk up’ for explosive events

• Can train longer and harder

ANABOLIC STEROIDS

Side effects

Heart and blood pressure problems

Excess aggression

Facial hair

Deepening of the voice

Death

PEPTIDE HORMONES

Side effects

stroke or heart problems

abnormal growth

heart disease

diabetes

Thicken of blood

Why do people take them?

•Human Growth Hormone (HGH)= Increase

muscle development

•New drug- like steroids

•Less side effects

•Seen though blood test not urine test

•Erythropoietin (EPO) red blood cells =

Increase energy

•Haemoglobin available for oxygen

DIURETICS

Side effects

Dehydration

Dizziness and headaches

Muscle cramps

Kidney problems

Why do people take them?

•Speed up the elimination of fluid

•Helps people lose weight

•Helps mask other banned substances in urine

BETA BLOCKERS

Side effectsNausea and Diarrhoea

Tiredness

Insomnia

Depression

•Commonly prescribed for people with heart problems

•Keep the heart rate low

•Reduce trembling in the hands.

•Banned in sports where steadiness is essential

Why do people take them?

GROWTH HORMONES

Side effects

Joint and muscle pain

Increased insulin resistance

Swelling in the arms and legs

Why do people take them?

•Increase muscle development

•Same advantage as steroids

•Seen though blood test not urine test

BLOOD DOPING

Side effects

Kidney Failure

Heart Failure

Why do people take them?

•Not a drug!

•(It’s a process that is banned)

•Boosts the red blood cells

•Enabling the blood to carry more oxygen

•Improve VO2 Max

•Increase endurance

S.N.A.P.D Advantages Disadvantages

Stimulants

High blood pressure, heart and liver problems,

addictive

Narcotic Analgesics

Kills pain

Anabolic Steroids

High blood pressure, heart disease, infertility and cancer

Women may facial and body hair, and

voices may deepen

Peptide Hormones

EPO (Erythropoietin) red blood cells -gives more energy

HGH (Human Growth Hormone) -muscle

Diuretics Cause cramp and dehydration

NOW YOU KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED…

IT’S TIME TO TEST YOURSELF IN…

GCSE PE WHIZ!

BE AWARE- THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER

Mask Pain

Build Muscle Remove Fluid

Give more Muscle A

C D

B

Narcotic analgesics may:

Mask Pain

Build Muscle Remove Fluid

Give more Muscle A

C D

B

Narcotic analgesics may:

Blood Swapping

Blood Injecting Blood Adding

Blood DopingA

C D

B

Injecting blood that has previously been removed from the body is known as:

Blood Swapping

Blood Injecting Blood Adding

Blood DopingA

C D

B

Injecting blood that has previously been removed from the body is known as:

Pain

Blood Flow Aggression

Dehydration A

C D

B

Anabolic steroids can cause increased:

Pain

Blood Flow Aggression

Dehydration A

C D

B

Anabolic steroids can cause increased:

Stop the pain

Keep Heart Rate Low

Help you loose weight

Increase Muscle MassA

C D

B

What do Beta Blockers Do?

Stop the pain

Keep Heart Rate Low

Help you loose weight

Increase Muscle MassA

C D

B

What do Beta Blockers Do?

Helps them loose weight

Masks other drugs

Increase awareness

Slows heart rate downA

C D

B

Why would boxers use Diuretics?

Helps them loose weight

Masks other drugs

Increase awareness

Slows heart rate downA

C D

B

Why would boxers use Diuretics?