Edexcel GCSE Physical Education Paper 2 June 2024 question paper

Which one of the following is essential for maintaining bone health?

Which one of the following is the result of dehydration?

Taking part in sport and physical activity can have physical, social and emotional health benefits.

Kamran has been training at his local club for his first marathon.

Give one example of each type of health benefit for Kamran when training at his local club.

Physical health

Social health

Emotional health

Kamran smokes cigarettes regularly.

Explain one reason why smoking is a disadvantage to Kamran’s marathon performance.

A balanced diet is made up of macronutrients, micronutrients, fibre and water.

One macronutrient is protein.

State one other macronutrient.

Protein is a key factor in the diet of an elite power athlete such as a discus thrower.

Explain why it is important for discus throwers to consider the timing of their protein intake.

Activity level is a lifestyle choice.

State two other lifestyle choices

Give two negative impacts on physical health of low activity levels.

Elite sports performers take part in high levels of physical activity.

Explain why too much physical activity can have a negative effect on an elite sports performer’s emotional wellbeing.

Figure 3 shows a gymnast receiving guidance from her coach.

Which one of the following is the correct type of guidance being given by her coach?

Which one of the following is an example of a high organisation skill?

For Questions 6(c) and 6(d) use Figure 4 to decide whether A, B, C or D is correct.

Figure 4 shows the revenue for four European football leagues between the years 2000 and 2020.

Which European League received the largest increase in revenue between 2000 and 2020 according to the data in Figure 4 ?

Which European League received the lowest revenue in 2010 according to the data in Figure 4 ?

Sporting skills are often classified using the open–closed continuum.

Define the term closed skill.

Figure 5 shows the sporting skill of a rugby tackle and Figure 6 shows the open–closed continuum.

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Figure 5

Identify as A, B or C where the skill of rugby tackling would most likely be placed on the continuum shown in Figure 6.

Identify one practice structure that would be most relevant in developing closed skills.

Misha is a 100 m sprinter. She uses goal setting to improve her performance.

Explain two reasons why goal setting is important for Misha.

Table 1 shows some quantitative data for three basketball players in a game.

Analyse the data stating two strengths and two weaknesses of Yasmin compared to the other two players.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Personal factors such as disability and ethnicity can affect participation in sport.

State two other personal factors that can affect participation in sport.

Explain two ways participation in disability sport could be increased.

Commercialisation of sport has an impact on spectators.

Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of commercialisation of sport for the spectator.

Advantage

Disadvantage

Describe the difference between deviance and gamesmanship.

In 2021 some companies withdrew their sponsorship of Yorkshire County cricket club following concerns of racism at the club.

Explain why these companies felt it necessary to end their sponsorship deals with Yorkshire County cricket club.

Figure 7 shows Tyrone who is an elite trampolinist. He is working with his coach to improve a difficult move.

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Figure 7

Evaluate the effectiveness of three types of feedback that Tyrone could use with his coach to improve his performance.