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AQA GCSE Physical Education

Topic questions Sports psychology SMART targets

SMART targets

5 questions · 25 marks · about 25 minutes

SMART targets questions

TopicSMART targets

AQA 8582 SMART targets 5 questions

Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport June 2025, Question 16 9 marks

John is a 100m sprinter. He is working with a sports psychologist to try and beat his personal best.

Analyse how understanding the following could help to maximise John’s performance in a 100m race.

• optimal arousal level

• stress management techniques

• goal setting

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Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport June 2023, Question 13 7 marks

13.1

SMART targets are used in goal setting.

What do the S, M and A in SMART stand for?

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13.2

Ben is a 16-year-old athlete who has been competing in the 800m for 5 years.

Table 1 shows Ben’s personal best times in each of those 5 years.

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Ben’s coach has set a target of 1m 53s for Year 6.

Analyse whether you think this target is SMART.

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Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport June 2022, Question 13 7 marks

13.1

Nick has been a coach of a rugby team for four seasons. Each season consists of 24 matches. Nick has been asked by the club committee to set a target number of wins for season 5.

Table 2 shows the number of wins in Nick’s first four seasons and his target for season 5.

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Plot the data from Table 2 on Figure 1.

Label the axes and join up the points to make a line graph.

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13.2

Analyse the information in Table 2.

Outline two ways that Nick’s target for season 5 can be seen to be ‘SMART’.

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13.3

Nick’s target for season 5 is an outcome goal.

Explain why an outcome goal may not be a good idea for the team.

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