Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
January 2025 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 2025
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2025What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
- 2nd January 2025Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
- 3rd January 2025Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.
- 4th January 2025How has social media changed the relationship between spectators and performers?
- 5th January 2025Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 6th January 2025Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 7th January 2025Explain why a light aerobic cool-down can speed up recovery from anaerobic exercise.
- 8th January 2025State one short-term effect of exercise on breathing.
- 9th January 2025Define a sedentary lifestyle.
- 10th January 2025Name the three somatotypes.
- 11th January 2025Name the joint type of the shoulder, and state what movement it allows.
- 12th January 2025An athlete's 1RM on the bench press is 60kg. Calculate 75% of their 1RM.
- 13th January 2025Define periodisation.
- 14th January 2025Which UK national survey is most commonly used to track adult participation in physical activity?
- 15th January 2025Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 16th January 2025Why might a coach set a performance goal rather than an outcome goal for a gymnast before a competition?
- 17th January 2025Give one way a coach could help build a performer's intrinsic motivation, other than through rewards.
- 18th January 2025Which structure connects muscle to bone?
- 19th January 2025What term describes a lower-than-average resting heart rate caused by training?
- 20th January 2025Give one function of fat in the body, other than as an energy store.
- 21st January 2025Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 22nd January 2025Define agonist.
- 23rd January 2025Explain why Rest is applied as the first stage of RICE.
- 24th January 2025Give one reason why the skill rehearsal phase of a warm-up should be sport-specific.
- 25th January 2025Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 26th January 2025State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 27th January 2025A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 28th January 2025Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 29th January 2025Name the four chambers of the heart.
- 30th January 2025State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
- 31st January 2025What is a micronutrient?