De La Salle High School

GCSE PE
Homework Booklet

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Using this book

Completing homework to the best of your ability is important in getting the
best possible grade in your PE exam.

As you move towards the end of the course you will start to work on a number
of past paper questions which will help develop your exam technique. The
questions in this booklet are geared towards developing your understanding
of the topics.

You should get into the habit of writing in full sentences as this will help in the
exam. Always try and use examples to support your answer. One or two word
answers are not acceptable at GCSE level. You should never leave a
question unanswered even if you dont know the answer it is wise to put
something on the page as you might get lucky!
As with all subjects, make sure you read and understand what the question is
asking. Lots of marks are lost by not answering the question that was asked!

If you miss any of your classes, by keeping this book safe, you will still be able
to keep up-to-date with your homeworks.

Contents
1. Age and disability
2. Gender, culture and bodytyping
3. Environment, risk & challenge and activity levels
4. Training
5. Fatigue & stress and injuries
6. Respiratory, circulatory and cardiovascular systems
7. Leisure & recreation
8. Diet
9. Health and healthy lifestyles
10. The skeletal and muscular systems
11. Components of fitness
12. Principles of training
13. Training aspects and training methods
14. School and physical education
15. Sport England and NGBs
16. Youth Sport Trust and Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Foundation
17. Cultural and social factors
18. Opportunities for further involvement
19. International sporting events and the Olympic Games
20. Competitions
21. The role and influence of the media
22. The role and influence of sponsorship
23. Role models
24. Health & safety and sport & equipment rules
25. ICT in sport

Homework 1
Age and disability
1. When is flexibility at its highest?
2. What often happens to us as we get older that further reduces our flexibility?
3. When do we tend to reach maximal strength?
4. We rely on our heart and lungs to maintain maximum fitness. What happens
to them as we age?
5. Explain what happens to our skill levels as we age
6. How does age impact our ability to recover from injury?
7. Identify one sport and the age that performers tend to peak. Suggest reasons
why
8. Explain why age divisions are important in some sports

9. What are the four categories of disability?

10. What do you understand by the term inclusion?

11. In what ways must sporting facilities cater for disabled users?
12. Identify one disability sport and explain how either the rules or equipment
has been adapted for disabled users

Homework 2
Gender, Culture and Body Typing
1. Identify three physical differences between male and female athletes and
explain how this can affect performance in three named sports.
2. Why are male and female athletes able to participate / compete together in
primary school but not in secondary school?
3. Explain one barrier to participation that female athletes may face
4. Identify one cultural factor that has influenced your participation in sport and
physical activity
5. Identify one cultural factor that may decrease popularity or participation in
sport
6. What do you understand by the term somatotype?
7. Correctly identify each body type in the diagram below

a)

b)

c)

8. For each somatotype, give a brief description and explain why that body type
is suited to a particular sport or activity
9. What do you understand by the term body composition?
10. Which somatotype has a) a greater muscle mass?; b) the highest fat
content?

Homework 3
Environment, risk & challenge and activity levels
1. Explain what you understand by the term altitude and explain how it can
affect performance in a given sport
2. Explain why air pollution might restrict performance in certain activities
3. Explain why high levels of humidity make it difficult for a performer to sustain
performance
4. What do you understand by the term challenge? Use a specific example to
support your answer
5. Why are risk assessments an important part of preparing for an activity?
6. Give one example of personal protective equipment that you might wear in a
given sport
7. Outline the difference between recreational and competitive sport using
examples to support your answer
8. Explain why some people choose to take part in recreational sport rather than
competitive sport
9. What benefit is gained from infrequent or low levels of physical activity?

Homework 4
Training
1. Define what is meant by periodisation and give a specific example of a
sports performer who will aim to peak at a specific time
2. Outline the three main parts of the training year. If possible, relate this to your
own sport using examples you are familiar with
3. Explain how two different factors may influence the amount of training time an
athlete can undertake
4. Outline the relationship between training time and the likelihood of success
5. What do many athletes look to do in order to make up for a lack of funds to
train on a more regular basis?
6. How will the training undertaken vary between professional and amateur
athletes?

Homework 5
Fatigue & stress and injuries
1. What is fatigue?
2. What is local muscular fatigue?
3. Outline three consequences of fatigue and explain how each might reduce
levels of performance in a named activity
4. What is stress?
5. Outline three consequences of stress and explain how each might reduce
levels of performance in a named activity
6. Outline the two types of internal injuries with examples to support your
answer
7. Outline two types of externally caused injuries with examples to support your
answer
8. What precautions should you follow to reduce the chances of injury?
9. Explain what is meant by motivation and how it might be affected by high
levels of anxiety or stress

Homework 6
Respiratory, circulatory and cardiovascular systems
1. Write the equations for aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Identify two aerobic
and two anaerobic activities
2. What name is given to the tiny air sacs in our lungs?
3. How does our breathing rate vary in response to exercise and rest / recovery?
4. What is the substance that builds up in muscles as a result of anaerobic
exercise?
5. What does the term oxygen debt refer to?
6. How are waste products removed from the body following high intensity
exercise?
7. How are oxygen, glucose and waste products transported in the body?
8. What are the three types of blood vessel and what role do they play in the
circulatory system?
9. Why does your heart rate increase in response to exercise?
10. What are the aerobic and anaerobic zones?
11. What do you understand by the terms aerobic and anaerobic threshold?
12. How long do you need to work in the aerobic zone to get any fitness gains?
13. What is the equation for working out maximum heart rate?
14. How can you test your cardiovascular endurance?

Homework 7
Leisure and recreation
1. Using examples, what is the difference between active and passive leisure?
2. How would you expect leisure provision to differ in rural and urban areas?
3. Explain the difference between public and private leisure provision
4. Using examples, explain the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic
rewards
5. Outline some of the key factors that influence the nature of recreation
someone may be involved in
6. What do you understand by the term outdoor recreation? Give an example to
support your answer

Homework 8
Diet
1. Copy and complete the following table

Nutrient
Carbohydrate

Role
The main source of energy

Sources
Pasta, bread, rice

Protein
Fat
Vitamins
Minerals
Fibre
Fluid

2. What are the five main food groups?

3. Which of the five food groups should you try to limit?
4. What do you understand by the term obesity? How can someone avoid
becoming obese?
5. What type of performer might consider carbohydrate loading? Outline how
they would do this
6. What type of performer should consider a high protein diet? Outline how
they would do this

Homework 9
Health and healthy lifestyles
1. What is the WHO definition of health?
2. What are the short-term and long-term effects of drinking alcohol?
3. Explain why an athlete might decide to use performance-enhancing drugs
4. Explain how legal drugs can be dangerous / misused
5. What advice would you give someone for them to maintain high standards of
personal hygiene?
6. What is athletes foot and how can it be avoided?
7. What is meant by a sedentary lifestyle?
8. What advantages might be gained from having an active job? Give an
example to support your answer
9. Suggest three simple changes someone could make to their everyday life that
would make them more healthy and active
10. How would a persons physical condition influence the amount of exercise
they should undertake?

Homework 10
The skeletal and muscular systems
1. Identify three functions of the skeletal system
2. What is joint?
3. Identify two types of joint and give a specific example of each
4. What role do tendons, ligaments and cartilage play at a joint?
5. What are the three classifications of joint. Give an example of each
6. What name is given to the movement that decreases the angle at a joint?
Give a sporting example
7. What name is given to the movement which brings a limb away from the
midline of the body? Give a sporting example
8. Explain the difference between skeletal, cardiac and involuntary muscle
9. Explain the terms agonist and antagonist. Use a sporting example to support
your answer
10. Explain the terms origin and insertion. Use a sporting example to support your
answer
11. What is the difference between a concentric and an eccentric contraction?
12. How do concentric and eccentric contractions differ from isometric
contractions?

Homework 11
Components of fitness
1. Copy and complete the following table
Component of
fitness
Dynamic strength

Definition

Test

Sporting example

Explosive strength
Static strength
100m sprint
Power

A combination of
speed and strength

Cardiovascular
endurance
Sit and reach test
Agility
Stork test
Hitting a tennis ball
from middle of
racket
Reaction time
Timing

2. Explain the difference between simple reaction time and choice reaction time
3. For a named sport, highlight some of the most important components of
fitness and how they help with peak performance
4. Give another name for good flexibility

Homework 12
Principles of training
1. Copy and complete the table below giving a brief description of each term
Term

Explanation

Specificity
Progression
Overload
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Reversibility
Tedium
Plateauing

2. An athlete who is injured is likely to experience what?

3. How could a distance runner apply overload to their training?
4. Explain the difference between frequency and intensity
5. How would you advise an athlete to avoid tedium in their training?

Homework 13
Training aspects and training methods
1. What are the four aspects of a typical training session?
2. What should be included in a warm up?
3. Why is it important to include a warm down / cool down at the end of a
training session?
4. Explain the difference between a timed circuit and a fixed circuit?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of circuit training?
6. What are the benefits of weight training?
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of weight training?
8. What performers should incorporate a weight training programme?
9. Explain the relationship between reps and sets and apply this to training for
muscular strength and endurance
10. What is the key characteristic of continuous training for it to be effective?
11. What type of performer might use long-interval training?
12. What training method would you recommend for a footballer trying to improve
match fitness?
13. What training methods are ideal for improving general fitness?

Homework 14
School and physical education
1. Identify three reasons why PE is offered in schools
2. How can schools ensure that PE is made available outside of class time?
3. Copy and complete the table below
Group

Sporting example

Group 1 outwitting opponents, as

in games
Group 2 accurate replication of
actions, phrases and sequences, as
in gymnastics
Group 3 exploring and
communicating ideas, concepts and
emotions as in dance
Group 4 perform at maximum
levels in relation to speed, height,
strength or accuracy, as in athletics
Group 5 overcoming challenges of
an adventurous nature, as in
lifesaving and outdoor activities
Group 6 - exercising safely and
effectively to improve health and
wellbeing. As in fitness and health
activities

4. What are the four key themes of the National Healthy Schools Programme?
5. Explain how your school meets each of the four key themes
6. What factors may influence the provision of extra-curricular in a school?
7. What are the benefits of a good extra-curricular programme for the pupils and
the school?

Homework 15
Sport England and National Governing Bodies

1. What is the main aim of Sport England?

2. Where does Sport England get its money?

3. Why is a lot of Sport England funding devoted to sports facilities?

4. Why is there a focus on protecting playing fields?

5. What is the Active People Survey?

6. Why does Sport England want to know why people drop out of sport?

7. How do National Governing Bodies ensure that they have qualified coaches
in their sport?
8. Why is it important for NGBs to play a role in talent development?

9. What support can talented athletes expect from their NGB?

10. How do NGBs organise competition for their sport?

Homework 16
Youth Sport Trust and Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Foundation

1. What is the main aim of the Youth Sport Trust?

2. Which national event does the Youth Sport Trust organise every year?

3. What are the four levels established for school competition?

4. What is the aim of the Lead Your Generation initiative?

5. What role do top sports performers play in the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy
Trust?
6. How does the DKHLT help athletes at the end of their career?

7. The DKHLT aims to get young lives back on track. How do elite athletes help
achieve this aim?

8. Outline the Get on Track and Unlocking Potential projects.

Homework 17
Cultural and social factors

1. Identify four reasons that explain the increase in leisure time?

2. What user groups may be targeted by the leisure industry?

3. Give two examples of etiquette from different sports

4. How might peers have a positive influence on sports participation?

5. How might peers have a negative influence on sports participation?

6. How might family have a positive influence on sports participation?

7. How might family have a negative influence on sports participation?

8. Explain how gender may influence sports participation both positively and
negatively?

Homework 18
Opportunities for further involvement

1. What are the five roles you can undertake in physical activity and sport?

2. For each role, identify one quality / skill to perform successful?

3. What does it mean to be a professional athlete?

4. How might an amateur athlete receive payment for his involvement in sport?

5. Identify three possible careers in sport and leisure

6. Why might someone wish to study PE at GCSE or A-level?

7. Give three examples of how PE has cross-curricular links with other subjects
in the curriculum

Homework 19
International Sporting Events and the Olympic Games

1. Why are World Championship events so popular?

2. Identify three World Championship events?
3. Some sports remain very popular but do not have a World Championship
name one.
4. Identify three advantages of hosting the Olympic Games

5. Identify three disadvantages of hosting the Olympic Games

6. What were the main controversies associated with the following Olympic
Games?
Berlin 1936, Montreal 1972, Los Angeles 1984

Homework 20
Competitions

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following competition

formats?

Format

Advantages

Disadvantages

Knockout

League

Ladder

Combination

2. You have been asked to organise a 5-a-side football tournament for 40 Year
8 pupils. What type of competition would you run? Explain your decision?

Homework 21
The role and influence of the media

1. Identify three different forms of the media

2. Explain one advantage that the radio has over television

3. Why are certain sporting events listed so that they have to be shown free to
air?

4. Give one advantage of sportsmen releasing autobiographies?

5. Explain how the media has increased revenues for a lot of sports

6. Explain how the media can showcase high standards of performance

7. Explain how the media can be used to undermine match officials

8. Explain how the media can reduce the number of spectators at a sporting
event

9. Explain how the media has altered traditional match times and how this can
affect the spectator

Homework 22
The role and influence of sponsors

1. In what ways can companies increase their exposure and profile through
sponsorship?
2. What is the difference between how tennis and F1 have embraced
sponsorship? Suggest one reason for this

3. Do all sports and teams get the same level of sponsorship? Is this fair?

4. Why do certain sports events need to attract sponsors?

5. Identify three different types of sponsorship

6. Some types of sponsorship might be seen as unacceptable. Give one

example of a type of sponsorship that wouldnt be acceptable?
7. Give three advantages of sponsorship
8. Give three disadvantages of sponsorship

9. Why did Tiger Woods lose sponsorship in 2009?

Homework 23
Role models

1. Role models are said to be an inspiration. What does this mean?

2. Why are role models from ethnic minority backgrounds more and more
important?

3. Identify five common characteristics of good role models

4. Being a role model can be difficult. Identify three things that can put pressure
on role models

5. Explain how and why role models may attract a greater level of sponsorship

Homework 24
Health and safety & sport and equipment rules

1. What should you always do prior to taking part in a physical activity?

2. Why should you take off watches and jewellery before taking part in physical
activity?

3. Give one example of when you would not take part in a physical activity in an
indoor sports hall?

4. You have arrived at a local football pitch to play a match. There is a lot of
rubbish on the pitch and some broken bottles nearby. What should you do?

5. Give two examples of how adopting the correct technique in an activity can
reduce the chances of injury

6. Why is it important to wear the correct clothing when taking part in physical
activity?

7. Use three examples to explain why correct footwear is important in physical

activity

8. Identify one sport. What safety equipment should be worn when taking part?

Homework 25
Science and ICT in sport

1. Identify three areas which have developed due to advances in science

2. For each area that you have identified in Q1, give two practical examples of
developments that have taken place

3. What is meant by the term aerodynamic? Give one example of an

aerodynamic piece of equipment

4. What is meant by the term streamlined? Give one example of equipment that
is streamlined

5. ICT is being used more and more often in sport. Identify three areas in which
the use of ICT has developed sport

6. Why is performance analysis software important in improving sports

performance?

7. Apart from hawk-eye give one example of how ICT has been used to assist
match officials

8. What support can talented athletes expect from their NGB?

9. Give one example of how ICT can be used to monitor fitness and
performance levels