Eduqas A-Level PE practical performance and analysis overview quiz quiz

15 percent

35 percent

70 percent

50 percent

Under fully formal or competitive conditions

In isolated training drills with no opposition only

In a written examination at the end of the course

Without any video or written evidence being recorded

To entertain the crowd watching the competitive performance on the day it is recorded

So the marking can be checked and the standard verified by the moderator

To completely replace the live practical performance, which is no longer assessed at all

It is not actually required by the Eduqas specification and is recorded only as a courtesy

The student assesses and marks their own practical performance against the published criteria

Marked entirely by Eduqas examiners at a central examination centre, with no role for the teacher

Internally assessed by the centre and externally moderated by Eduqas

Marked by other students within the same teaching group as a form of peer assessment

Pick the weakness that is easiest and quickest to fix, so that improvement can be shown rapidly

Pick the weakness that occurs least often, since rare weaknesses are the simplest ones to remove

Pick at random, because every weakness affects the overall performance by roughly the same amount

Pick the weakness with the greatest impact on overall performance

Exercise physiology

Sport and society, which deals with the social and cultural factors shaping a performer's opportunities

Skill acquisition, which deals with how movement skills are learned, practised and refined over time

Biomechanics, which deals with the forces, levers and angles that govern efficient human movement

Sport psychology

Biomechanics

Sport and society

Memory theory

Exercise physiology

Biomechanics

Sport psychology

Sport and society

It uses only one area of study repeatedly, applying the same single idea to every weakness found

It avoids theory altogether and describes the performance purely from direct observation of the game

It is shorter than a single-area analysis, because combining areas lets the answer be more concise

It combines several lenses to give a complete picture of the performer

Specificity

Reversibility

Variance

Tedium

Motivating

Measurable

Massed

Manual

Reversibility, the principle that fitness gains are lost when training stops or is reduced

Variance, the principle that the training programme should be varied to keep the performer engaged

Progressive overload

Moderation, the principle that training loads should be kept sensible to avoid injury and overtraining

Choosing an entirely new sport to take up once the original action plan has been completed

Stopping all training immediately, since the plan is finished as soon as the sessions are over

Ignoring the result of the plan and simply moving on to address a different weakness instead

Evaluating it by re-testing or re-analysing the performance against the goal

Sport and society

Biomechanics

Exercise physiology

Skill acquisition