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.

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