AQA A Level Physical Education Paper 1 June 2024 question paper

Which one of the following is converted directly into lactic acid in the anaerobic glycolytic energy system?

Figure 1 shows a tennis player performing a forehand shot as they move from position A to B.

Which one of the following is the plane of movement for the joint action at the elbow from position A to B ?

During exercise CO₂ in the blood will increase.

Describe how an increase in blood CO₂ impacts the redistribution of blood.

As a direct gas analysis VO₂ max test progresses, minute ventilation would increase.

Define ‘minute ventilation’.

Explain why minute ventilation needs to increase as the intensity of exercise gets harder.

Analyse how regular participation in exercise can decrease the likelihood of a stroke.

Evaluate the effectiveness of plyometric training for a basketball player.

A sprinter is driving out of the blocks in a 100 m race.

Analyse how the following factors help the sprinter to make an explosive start:

• recruitment of muscle fibres

• Newton’s Laws of linear motion.

Schmidt’s schema theory states that learning occurs through the development of a schema.

Which one of the following shows the correct elements of recognition schema?

A badminton player watches the flight of the shuttlecock and hears shouts from the crowd.

Which one of the following components of Baddeley and Hitch’s working memory model involves deciding which of these pieces of information to attend to?

Describe the role of more knowledgeable others (MKOs) in Vygotsky’s social development theory.

Name the two types of anticipation.

Explain how a goalkeeper could use each type to save a shot.

Type of anticipation 1:

Explanation:

Type of anticipation 2:

Explanation:

Divers often practise somersaults using trampolines.

Analyse how a coach can make sure positive transfer occurs between the somersaults practised on the trampoline and the somersaults performed into the water.

Knowledge of performance and knowledge of results are two types of feedback available to a long jumper.

Evaluate the effectiveness of other types of feedback for a long jumper in the cognitive stage of learning.

Which one of the following is an agent of primary socialisation?

Which one of the following was a specific aim of the Wenlock Olympian Games?

Factories played a major role in increasing participation in rational recreation during the industrial and post-industrial period (1780–1900).

State three ways factory owners helped to increase participation in rational recreation

The characteristics of mob football and real tennis reflected the two-tier society in pre-industrial Britain (pre-1780). One characteristic of mob football was that it was played by the lower class.

State two other characteristics of mob football.

Explain why the characteristics of real tennis prevented the lower class from playing it.

Steven has started regularly attending a running club to train for a marathon.

Explain one health benefit, one fitness benefit, and one social benefit of regularly attending training.

Health benefit

Fitness benefit

Social benefit

Table 1 shows the total number of social media interactions for the top three and bottom three football clubs by final league position in the Premier League at the end of the 2019/2020 season.

Analyse how the growth in the use of social media in football may widen the performance gap between the top and bottom clubs in the Premier League.

Refer to the Golden Triangle and the trends shown in Table 1 in your answer.

Ethnic minority groups still face many barriers to participation in sport.

Solutions to increase participation amongst ethnic minorities have not been effective.

Evaluate these statements.