Revision for GCSE Physical Education Candidates for 2004

From the 1st March you have 12 weeks until your PE Exam

 

Candidates should recognise that there is a whole range of factors that can affect performance, and that these factors can influence the quality of performance independently of each other, in combination with each other or in opposition to each other.

The subject content has been divided into four sections. Each section identifies the selection of factors which candidates following a course based on this specification will be expected to know.

 

Section A      Health, Fitness and the Factors affecting Performance

This section includes the following aspects: Health and fitness; Physical Activity; Diet; Fitness for Physical Activities.

 

Section B       Principles of Training

This section includes the following aspects: Fitness Training; Physiological Factors; Psychological Factors and the Acquisition of Skill; Technological Developments; Safety and Risk Assessment.

 

Section C       Factors Affecting Individual Performance and Participation

This section includes the following aspects: School; Changing Attitudes; Social Groupings; Leisure Time; Facilities Available.

 

Section D      Social and Cultural factors Affecting Participation

This section includes the following aspects: Sponsorship; Media; Social and cultural aspects; Influences of local and national providers.

 

Acknowledgements: A lot of the links in this revision document take you to the BBC GCSE Bitesize Site and I would like to acknowledge their use. What I have done is put revision ideas into the context of the AQA syllabus

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