Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
August 2026 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2026Define arousal in a sporting context.
- 2nd August 2026Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 3rd August 2026State the direction oxygen moves during gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
- 4th August 2026Name one team sport in which players use both aerobic and anaerobic exercise during a single match.
- 5th August 2026Give one performance risk of a performer regularly eating too little to fuel their training.
- 6th August 2026State the equation for mechanical advantage.
- 7th August 2026Name the test used to measure flexibility.
- 8th August 2026Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
- 9th August 2026Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
- 10th August 2026Give one negative effect of commercialisation on officials.
- 11th August 2026Define a closed skill.
- 12th August 2026A fly-half makes a strong, fair, full-blooded tackle that is completely within the rules and has no intent to injure. Is this aggression or assertion?
- 13th August 2026Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
- 14th August 2026State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
- 15th August 2026Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 16th August 2026Give one reason a performer might want to reduce body fat as part of their overall diet strategy.
- 17th August 2026State the axis about which the body rotates during a forward roll.
- 18th August 2026A PEP starts with 2 training sessions a week. If progressive overload is applied by adding 1 extra session every 4 weeks, how many sessions per week will the performer be doing by week 9?
- 19th August 2026State the main energy system developed by continuous training.
- 20th August 2026Give one piece of protective equipment used in hockey, and state what injury it helps prevent.
- 21st August 2026Give one reason women's sport has historically received less media coverage than men's sport in the UK.
- 22nd August 2026Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 23rd August 2026Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 24th August 2026Name the two components of EPOC.
- 25th August 2026Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
- 26th August 2026Name three medical conditions linked to a sedentary lifestyle, other than an effect on mental health.
- 27th August 2026Give one sport that an ectomorph body type typically suits, and one reason why.
- 28th August 2026What joint action occurs at the ankle when a footballer points their toes to strike a ball?
- 29th August 2026A performer's squat 1RM is 90kg. Their coach wants them training for maximal strength, at 85% of 1RM. Calculate the training weight, to the nearest kg.
- 30th August 2026Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
- 31st August 2026True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.