Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
December 2024 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2024Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 2nd December 2024State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
- 3rd December 2024Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
- 4th December 2024Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
- 5th December 2024Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 6th December 2024State the formula for cardiac output.
- 7th December 2024Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 8th December 2024What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
- 9th December 2024Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
- 10th December 2024List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
- 11th December 2024State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 12th December 2024Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 13th December 2024Give one example of deviance in sport.
- 14th December 2024Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
- 15th December 2024Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 16th December 2024Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 17th December 2024State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 18th December 2024State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 19th December 2024What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
- 20th December 2024Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
- 21st December 2024A 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.
- 22nd December 2024Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 23rd December 2024Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
- 24th December 2024Give one example of a sport changing its rules or format for commercial or broadcast reasons.
- 25th December 2024Give one example of a fine skill in sport.
- 26th December 2024A cricketer smashes his bat against the boundary boards after being given out. Is this direct or indirect aggression?
- 27th December 2024Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
- 28th December 2024Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
- 29th December 2024Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 30th December 2024What should a performer eat soon after a hard training session, and why?
- 31st December 2024In which plane does a footballer's kicking leg move as they strike the ball?