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.

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