Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
April 2026 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2026Give one reason why the skill rehearsal phase of a warm-up should be sport-specific.
- 2nd April 2026Explain why cost can be a barrier to participation for people in a lower socio-economic group.
- 3rd April 2026Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
- 4th April 2026Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
- 5th April 2026Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 6th April 2026Name the four chambers of the heart.
- 7th April 2026State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
- 8th April 2026Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
- 9th April 2026Name the three components of every lever system.
- 10th April 2026During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 11th April 2026Which skill-related component does the alternate hand wall-toss test measure?
- 12th April 2026Name the piece of cartilage in the knee that is commonly torn by a sudden twisting movement.
- 13th April 2026What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 14th April 2026Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 15th April 2026Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
- 16th April 2026Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 17th April 2026State which extra muscles are used during forced (exercise) expiration, in addition to relaxation of the external intercostals.
- 18th April 2026State the by-product produced during anaerobic exercise that is not produced during aerobic exercise.
- 19th April 2026A cyclist expends 2,800 kilocalories in a day and eats food providing 3,100 kilocalories. Is this a surplus or a deficit, and by how much?
- 20th April 2026Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 21st April 2026What does body composition measure?
- 22nd April 2026A 25-year-old performer trains at a heart rate of 175 bpm. Calculate their maximum heart rate and state whether they are training in the aerobic or anaerobic zone.
- 23rd April 2026Define validity in the context of fitness testing.
- 24th April 2026Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 25th April 2026Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
- 26th April 2026According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
- 27th April 2026State two functions of the skeletal system other than movement.
- 28th April 2026Which energy system produces lactic acid as its by-product?
- 29th April 2026Give one emotional (mental) benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 30th April 2026What is dietary manipulation?