GCSE Homework Menu (PEP)

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Name: ____________________________________
Target Grade: _________
Teacher: ____________
Learn the definitions of health, exercise, fitness
and performance, answer multiple-choice questions
Use the definitions of health, exercise, fitness
and performance to answer the exam questions
Select the most important fitness components
for the performers in question
Identify 6 different fitness tests and
complete the fitness test protocols
Explain how to apply principles of
training into a Personal Exercise Programme
Demonstrate your understanding of the
SMART acronym and apply it to situations
Identify the 6 methods of training and describe
the characteristics and benefits of each
If you are struggling with a task then please
use your revision guide, your workbook or
the internet to help you
Health is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The ability to meet the demands of the environment
A state of mental wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
The absence of disease
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the
absence of disease and infirmity
Exercise is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The ability to meet the demands of the environment
Training regularly
What affects how fit you are
A form of physical activity done primarily to improve one’s health and/or fitness
Fitness is:
a. The capability of the heart, blood vessels, lungs and muscles to function at
optimal efficiency
b. A form of physical activity done primarily to improve one’s health and/or fitness
c. Ability to meet the demands of the environment
d. Having a good body shape
Performance is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The ability to work two or more body parts together in sport
How well a task is completed
Working together as a team
Having strength, speed and coordination
You must learn these definitions EXACTLY for the exam
Use the definitions from the following page to answer the following exam questions:
Performance is defined as ‘how well a task is completed’. Explain how exercise
and fitness can affect performance
(i)
Exercise can affect performance because ________________________
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(ii) Fitness can affect performance because _________________________
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(2 marks)
Health is defined as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity’
(i)
How might physical activity have a positive effect on physical health?
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(ii)
How might physical activity have a negative effect on physical health?
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(2 marks)
Remember how
these terms are
all interlinked and
will all affect
each other
Health
Performance
Fitness
Exercise
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
For each performer below select the most important fitness component,
explaining your selection using specific examples from their activity.
You may only just each component once.
Performer
Weight lifter
holding weight
above head
Rower 8
minutes
into the race
Long distance
runner one hour
into a marathon
Golfer taking
a putt
Most important
component
Explanation
This is a gold challenge because you should aim to complete this
without the use of your revision guide.
Use the boxes to write out the protocol for 6 fitness tests
including which fitness component they measure.
Ali plays badminton for the school team but is frightened of losing his place
due to his lack of fitness. He has decided to plan a Personal Exercise
Programme (PEP) to help him to improve his fitness for badminton.
Progressive overload, individual needs, specificity are important principles of
training. Complete the table below to give an explanation of these principles
including specific examples of how Ali might apply them in his PEP.
FITT is another principle of training—what do the letters stand for and how
would Ali use the FITT principle in his PEP to ensure progressive overload.
Principle of Training
Explanation of
Principle
Application of Principle
within Ali’s PEP
Progressive overload
Individual needs
Specificity
F I T T -
Ali would use the FITT principle to ensure
progressive overload by
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=______ which means...
=______ which means...
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What are the values of goal setting? (How might using it help us?)
Using your knowledge from above—answer the questions below:
Remember each target has to follow all the principles of SMART...
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Give an example of a SMART target for a squash player who plays in the
third team at their local leisure centre
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Give an example of a SMART target for a high jumper who has a
personal best of 1m 50cm
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Give an example of a SMART target for a striker in the first team who
scores 5 goals a season
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This is a gold challenge because you should aim to complete this
without the use of your revision guide/exercise book.
Use the boxes to write out the characteristics and benefits of
each method of training
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