GCSE Physical Education (OCR)

27 free revision lessons in 2 units. Open the course or go straight to a lesson.

Physical Factors Affecting Performance

Applied anatomy and physiology, movement analysis, fitness, training and injury prevention.

1. The Skeletal System: Bones and Functions
2. Synovial Joints and Movement at Joints
3. Muscles and Antagonistic Pairs
4. Lever Systems in Sport
5. Planes and Axes of Movement
6. The Cardiovascular System and Pathway of Blood
7. The Respiratory System and Gas Exchange
8. Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise
9. Short and Long Term Effects of Exercise
10. Components of Fitness and Fitness Tests
11. Principles of Training and FITT
12. Methods of Training
13. Warm Up and Cool Down
14. Preventing Injury in Physical Activity

Socio-Cultural Issues and Sports Psychology

Engagement, commercialisation, ethics, sports psychology and the role of physical activity in wellbeing.

1. Engagement Patterns in Physical Activity and Sport
2. Commercialisation, Sponsorship and the Media
3. Ethics in Sport: Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship and Deviance
4. Drugs in Sport
5. Violence in Sport
6. Characteristics and Classification of Skill
7. Goal Setting and SMART Targets
8. Mental Preparation Techniques
9. Types of Guidance in Sport
10. Types of Feedback in Sport
11. Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
12. Sedentary Lifestyle and Consequences
13. Diet, Nutrition and Hydration

How to revise Physical Education

• Retrieval Practice
• Spaced Repetition
• Interleaving
• Dual Coding
• Elaborative Interrogation
• Knowledge Organisers
• Timed Practice

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