Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
January 2003 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2003Define flexion.
- 2nd January 2003A performer's squat 1RM is 90kg. Their coach wants them training for maximal strength, at 85% of 1RM. Calculate the training weight, to the nearest kg.
- 3rd January 2003Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
- 4th January 2003True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.
- 5th January 2003State one reason a sponsor might end a deal with a performer.
- 6th January 2003A javelin thrower currently throws 32m and wants to improve. State one reason a target of 45m in two weeks would fail the Achievable part of SMART.
- 7th January 2003Explain one risk of relying too heavily on tangible extrinsic rewards to motivate a young performer.
- 8th January 2003Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
- 9th January 2003State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
- 10th January 2003Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
- 11th January 2003Why might a sports drink containing carbohydrate and electrolytes be useful during a long training session, rather than water alone?
- 12th January 2003Name the muscle pair that acts as agonist and antagonist at the ankle.
- 13th January 2003Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
- 14th January 2003State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
- 15th January 2003What is meant by 'socio-economic group' in the context of sport participation?
- 16th January 2003Give one piece of technology used to support officials in tennis, and state what it checks.
- 17th January 2003Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
- 18th January 2003Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 19th January 2003A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
- 20th January 2003State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
- 21st January 2003Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
- 22nd January 2003Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
- 23rd January 2003State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
- 24th January 2003Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
- 25th January 2003What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
- 26th January 2003Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
- 27th January 2003Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
- 28th January 2003According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 29th January 2003Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 30th January 2003Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
- 31st January 2003Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.