Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
March 1999 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1999State one focus of training during the peak (competition) season, other than physical fitness.
- 2nd March 1999Explain why a lack of visible role models can reduce participation for a particular group.
- 3rd March 1999Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 4th March 1999Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
- 5th March 1999Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
- 6th March 1999What is the function of cartilage at a synovial joint?
- 7th March 1999A performer's resting stroke volume increases from 60 ml to 84 ml after a training programme. Calculate the percentage increase.
- 8th March 1999State the main role of protein in the diet.
- 9th March 1999Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 10th March 1999Define agonist.
- 11th March 1999Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
- 12th March 1999State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
- 13th March 1999Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 14th March 1999State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 15th March 1999A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 16th March 1999Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 17th March 1999Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
- 18th March 1999What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
- 19th March 1999What is a micronutrient?
- 20th March 1999Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 21st March 1999Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
- 22nd March 1999Define agility.
- 23rd March 1999What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
- 24th March 1999Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 25th March 1999Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 26th March 1999Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 27th March 1999Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 28th March 1999Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
- 29th March 1999Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
- 30th March 1999Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 31st March 1999State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.