Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

July 2019 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 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 July 2019Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
  2. 2nd July 2019Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
  3. 3rd July 2019Name the test used to measure flexibility.
  4. 4th July 2019Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
  5. 5th July 2019Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
  6. 6th July 2019Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
  7. 7th July 2019Define a closed skill.
  8. 8th July 2019A fly-half makes a strong, fair, full-blooded tackle that is completely within the rules and has no intent to injure. Is this aggression or assertion?
  9. 9th July 2019Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
  10. 10th July 2019State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
  11. 11th July 2019Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  12. 12th July 2019Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
  13. 13th July 2019Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
  14. 14th July 2019A 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?
  15. 15th July 2019State the main energy system developed by continuous training.
  16. 16th July 2019Give one piece of protective equipment used in hockey, and state what injury it helps prevent.
  17. 17th July 2019Give one reason women's sport has historically received less media coverage than men's sport in the UK.
  18. 18th July 2019Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  19. 19th July 2019Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  20. 20th July 2019Name the two components of EPOC.
  21. 21st July 2019Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
  22. 22nd July 2019What is hypertension?
  23. 23rd July 2019Describe the physical characteristics of a mesomorph.
  24. 24th July 2019Define flexion.
  25. 25th July 2019A 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.
  26. 26th July 2019Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
  27. 27th July 2019True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.
  28. 28th July 2019State one reason a sponsor might end a deal with a performer.
  29. 29th July 2019Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
  30. 30th July 2019Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
  31. 31st July 2019Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.