Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
January 2024 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2024State one focus of training during the peak (competition) season, other than physical fitness.
- 2nd January 2024Explain why a lack of visible role models can reduce participation for a particular group.
- 3rd January 2024Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 4th January 2024Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
- 5th January 2024Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
- 6th January 2024What is the function of cartilage at a synovial joint?
- 7th January 2024A performer's resting stroke volume increases from 60 ml to 84 ml after a training programme. Calculate the percentage increase.
- 8th January 2024State the main role of protein in the diet.
- 9th January 2024Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 10th January 2024Define agonist.
- 11th January 2024Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
- 12th January 2024State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
- 13th January 2024Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 14th January 2024State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 15th January 2024A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 16th January 2024Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 17th January 2024Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
- 18th January 2024What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
- 19th January 2024What is a micronutrient?
- 20th January 2024Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 21st January 2024Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
- 22nd January 2024Define agility.
- 23rd January 2024What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
- 24th January 2024Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 25th January 2024Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 26th January 2024Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 27th January 2024Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 28th January 2024Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
- 29th January 2024Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
- 30th January 2024Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 31st January 2024State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.