Physical Education study guides

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.1 Applied anatomy and physiology. Covers the cardiovascular, respiratory, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems, movement analysis and the energy systems, with the responses and adaptations to exercise and the calculations AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.2 Skill acquisition. Covers the skill continua and practice, theories and stages of learning, guidance and feedback, and information processing and memory, with the named theories and models AQA repeats in the exam.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.3 Sport and society. Covers the emergence of modern sport from popular to rational recreation, sport in the twenty-first century and participation, and the commercialisation of sport through the golden triangle, with the social factors AQA repeats in the exam.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.4 Exercise physiology and biomechanics. Covers diet and nutrition, training methods and adaptations, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and the biomechanics of Newton's laws, levers, projectiles and fluid mechanics, with the calculations AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.5 Sport psychology. Covers personality, attitudes and arousal, anxiety and aggression, motivation, attribution and social facilitation, group dynamics, and leadership and stress management, with the named theories and models AQA repeats.

A deep-dive AQA A-Level PE guide to module 3.6 Sport and society and the role of technology. Covers the concepts of physical activity, the development routes for elite performers, commercialisation and the media, and the role of technology in performance, officiating and spectating, with the issues AQA repeats.