You will be taking a theory exam for part of your GCSE PE course and the paper will contain a range of questions across all the subject content that you have studied.
Identify which of these fitness tests can be used to measure flexibility.
A) 12 minute Cooper run
B) Harvard Step test
C) sit and reach test
D) vertical jump
Identify the correct principle of training to each description. (3)
session duration
how many times a week/month a person trains
how hard a person trains
Explain what would happen if a person did not schedule a rest day into their training programme. (2)
Answers
C
How long the session lasts = Time
How many times a week/month a person trains = Frequency
How hard a person trains = Intensity
A rest day is required for the body to adapt to the training (1). If the person did not have a rest day their fitness would not improve as their body would not have time to adapt. (1)
