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.
- 1st January 2019Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 2nd January 2019Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 3rd January 2019Explain why cost can be a barrier to participation for people in a lower socio-economic group.
- 4th January 2019Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
- 5th January 2019Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
- 6th January 2019Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 7th January 2019State the formula for cardiac output.
- 8th January 2019Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 9th January 2019Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
- 10th January 2019Name the three components of every lever system.
- 11th January 2019During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 12th January 2019State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 13th January 2019Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 14th January 2019What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 15th January 2019Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 16th January 2019According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 17th January 2019Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 18th January 2019State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 19th January 2019State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 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?
- 21st January 2019Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 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.
- 23rd January 2019Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 24th January 2019Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
- 25th January 2019Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 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.
- 27th January 2019Define assertive behaviour in sport.
- 28th January 2019Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
- 29th January 2019Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
- 30th January 2019Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 31st January 2019What is dietary manipulation?