Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
January 1997 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1997Name the test used to measure power.
- 2nd January 1997A tennis player pulls up sharply while sprinting for a wide shot, feeling a sudden sharp pain in the back of their thigh. Which injury is most likely, and what tissue is damaged?
- 3rd January 1997Give one example of deviance in sport.
- 4th January 1997Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
- 5th January 1997Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
- 6th January 1997Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 7th January 1997State the direction oxygen moves during gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
- 8th January 1997Name one team sport in which players use both aerobic and anaerobic exercise during a single match.
- 9th January 1997What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
- 10th January 1997Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
- 11th January 1997Name the test used to measure flexibility.
- 12th January 1997Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
- 13th January 1997Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
- 14th January 1997Give one example of a sport changing its rules or format for commercial or broadcast reasons.
- 15th January 1997Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
- 16th January 1997According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
- 17th January 1997Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
- 18th January 1997State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
- 19th January 1997Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 20th January 1997What should a performer eat soon after a hard training session, and why?
- 21st January 1997In which plane does a footballer's kicking leg move as they strike the ball?
- 22nd January 1997A PEP starts with 2 training sessions a week. If progressive overload is applied by adding 1 extra session every 4 weeks, how many sessions per week will the performer be doing by week 9?
- 23rd January 1997State the main energy system developed by continuous training.
- 24th January 1997Give one piece of protective equipment used in hockey, and state what injury it helps prevent.
- 25th January 1997Give three examples of media channels through which sport is broadcast or reported.
- 26th January 1997Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 27th January 1997Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 28th January 1997Name the two components of EPOC.
- 29th January 1997Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
- 30th January 1997Define a sedentary lifestyle.
- 31st January 1997Name the three somatotypes.