Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
January 2011 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2011Explain one risk of relying too heavily on tangible extrinsic rewards to motivate a young performer.
- 2nd January 2011What is the function of cartilage at a synovial joint?
- 3rd January 2011A performer's resting stroke volume increases from 60 ml to 84 ml after a training programme. Calculate the percentage increase.
- 4th January 2011State the main role of protein in the diet.
- 5th January 2011State one effect that dehydration can have on sporting performance.
- 6th January 2011Name the agonist during knee extension.
- 7th January 2011Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
- 8th January 2011State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
- 9th January 2011Explain one attitudinal barrier that can affect disabled people's participation in sport.
- 10th January 2011What sanction might an official give a performer during a match for a serious rule violation?
- 11th January 2011A swimming coach physically moves a young swimmer's arm through the correct front crawl pull. Name this type of guidance.
- 12th January 2011Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 13th January 2011Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
- 14th January 2011What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
- 15th January 2011Name one mineral and state one of its functions.
- 16th January 2011In which plane does a cartwheel occur?
- 17th January 2011Why is it important to state which phase of a skill (e.g. preparation, action, follow-through) your analysis of a joint refers to?
- 18th January 2011Define agility.
- 19th January 2011What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
- 20th January 2011Give one situational factor that can increase the likelihood of spectator disorder at a match.
- 21st January 2011Which category of PED increases muscle mass and speeds up recovery from training?
- 22nd January 2011According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 23rd January 2011Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 24th January 2011Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
- 25th January 2011Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
- 26th January 2011Give one performance risk of a performer regularly eating too little to fuel their training.
- 27th January 2011State the equation for mechanical advantage.
- 28th January 2011State two pieces of equipment needed to carry out the multi-stage fitness test.
- 29th January 2011Give one way a performer could apply progressive overload to a running programme without changing how often they train.
- 30th January 2011Define reliability in the context of fitness testing.
- 31st January 2011Give one negative effect of commercialisation on officials.