Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

January 2019 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 2019

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 2019Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
  2. 2nd January 2019Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
  3. 3rd January 2019Explain why cost can be a barrier to participation for people in a lower socio-economic group.
  4. 4th January 2019Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
  5. 5th January 2019Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
  6. 6th January 2019Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  7. 7th January 2019State the formula for cardiac output.
  8. 8th January 2019Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
  9. 9th January 2019Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  10. 10th January 2019Name the three components of every lever system.
  11. 11th January 2019During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  12. 12th January 2019State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
  13. 13th January 2019Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
  14. 14th January 2019What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  15. 15th January 2019Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  16. 16th January 2019According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  17. 17th January 2019Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  18. 18th January 2019State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
  19. 19th January 2019State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
  20. 20th January 2019A cyclist expends 2,800 kilocalories in a day and eats food providing 3,100 kilocalories. Is this a surplus or a deficit, and by how much?
  21. 21st January 2019Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  22. 22nd January 2019A 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.
  23. 23rd January 2019Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
  24. 24th January 2019Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
  25. 25th January 2019Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  26. 26th January 2019A 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.
  27. 27th January 2019Define assertive behaviour in sport.
  28. 28th January 2019Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
  29. 29th January 2019Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
  30. 30th January 2019Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  31. 31st January 2019What is dietary manipulation?