Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
August 2023 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2023Explain why muscles need to work in agonist-antagonist pairs rather than alone.
- 2nd August 2023State the type of injury RICE is primarily used to treat.
- 3rd August 2023Give one example activity suitable for the pulse raiser phase of a warm-up.
- 4th August 2023Name one type of low-impact activity often used to encourage older adults to stay active.
- 5th August 2023Name one type of official found in football and one found in cricket.
- 6th August 2023State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
- 7th August 2023Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 8th August 2023State one structural difference between an artery and a vein.
- 9th August 2023Name the component of blood responsible for clotting.
- 10th August 2023Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
- 11th August 2023Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
- 12th August 2023During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 13th August 2023Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
- 14th August 2023Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
- 15th August 2023State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
- 16th August 2023Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
- 17th August 2023Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
- 18th August 2023Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 19th August 2023Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
- 20th August 2023Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
- 21st August 2023Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
- 22nd August 2023Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
- 23rd August 2023Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
- 24th August 2023A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
- 25th August 2023What is normative data used for?
- 26th August 2023Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
- 27th August 2023Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
- 28th August 2023According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
- 29th August 2023Name the bone that protects the brain.
- 30th August 2023State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
- 31st August 2023Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.