Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
December 2011 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2011Give one drawback of manual guidance if it is used for too long.
- 2nd December 2011Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 3rd December 2011State the formula for cardiac output.
- 4th December 2011Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 5th December 2011State two functions of water in the body.
- 6th December 2011Which class of lever has the fulcrum positioned between the load and the effort?
- 7th December 2011Explain what 'agonist' means in the context of a movement analysis question, using an example from a sprint start.
- 8th December 2011State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 9th December 2011Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 10th December 2011Define 'sportsmanship'.
- 11th December 2011Name the category of drug used to mask pain, allowing a performer to compete or train through an injury.
- 12th December 2011According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 13th December 2011Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 14th December 2011State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 15th December 2011State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 16th December 2011What happens to a person's body weight if energy intake regularly exceeds energy expenditure?
- 17th December 2011Explain one advantage of a lever system with a mechanical advantage above 1.
- 18th December 2011A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.
- 19th December 2011Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 20th December 2011Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
- 21st December 2011Explain why sponsors are attracted to sports with high media coverage.
- 22nd December 2011A footballer takes a penalty kick with no goalkeeper movement allowed until the ball is struck. State whether this is basic or complex, and justify your answer.
- 23rd December 2011Define assertive behaviour in sport.
- 24th December 2011Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
- 25th December 2011Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
- 26th December 2011Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 27th December 2011For what type of event is carbohydrate loading most appropriate?
- 28th December 2011Which plane divides the body into left and right halves?
- 29th December 2011What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
- 30th December 2011Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
- 31st December 2011Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.