Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
October 2014 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2014Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 2nd October 2014Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 3rd October 2014Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
- 4th October 2014Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 5th October 2014State the direction oxygen moves during gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
- 6th October 2014Name one team sport in which players use both aerobic and anaerobic exercise during a single match.
- 7th October 2014Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 8th October 2014State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.
- 9th October 2014Name the test used to measure flexibility.
- 10th October 2014Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
- 11th October 2014Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
- 12th October 2014Why is the relationship between sport, sponsorship and the media described as a 'triangle' rather than a straight line?
- 13th October 2014Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
- 14th October 2014According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
- 15th October 2014Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
- 16th October 2014State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
- 17th October 2014Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 18th October 2014What is meant by 'body composition'?
- 19th October 2014Which axis is paired with the frontal plane?
- 20th October 2014A PEP starts with 2 training sessions a week. If progressive overload is applied by adding 1 extra session every 4 weeks, how many sessions per week will the performer be doing by week 9?
- 21st October 2014State the main energy system developed by continuous training.
- 22nd October 2014Give one piece of protective equipment used in hockey, and state what injury it helps prevent.
- 23rd October 2014Give three examples of media channels through which sport is broadcast or reported.
- 24th October 2014Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 25th October 2014Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 26th October 2014Name the two components of EPOC.
- 27th October 2014Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
- 28th October 2014Give one effect a sedentary lifestyle can have on a person's mental health.
- 29th October 2014Describe the physical characteristics of an ectomorph.
- 30th October 2014Define extension.
- 31st October 2014A 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.