SQA Higher PE Social Factors overview quiz quiz

Aerobic endurance measured by a bleep test

Reaction time measured by a ruler-drop test

Team dynamics, how members interact, trust and work together

Explosive power developed through plyometrics

Members working together towards a shared goal

Each player trying to score as much as possible individually

The maximum force the strongest player can produce

The speed at which a team can run a set distance

It increases each player's maximum heart rate

It replaces the need for any tactics at all

It only matters during the warm-up

It speeds up decisions and keeps the team organised under pressure

The amount of fitness training each player completes

Each member's defined job in the team and its duties

The number of substitutes allowed in a match

The brand of equipment each player uses

Because they remove the need to communicate at all

Because they let one player do everything

Because every area is covered and no two players duplicate a job

Because they guarantee victory in every match

The team automatically becomes fitter

Communication becomes unnecessary

The team always plays better under pressure

Players drift out of position, leaving gaps and wasting effort

They build trust, so mistakes are met with encouragement and effort is sustained

They remove the need for any roles in the team

They increase the physical strength of every player

They make tactics completely unnecessary

They improve the team's communication under pressure

They cause blame and weak communication, so the team loses its shape

They have no effect on how the team plays

They guarantee the team will defend better

The fitness programme a performer follows

The tactics a coach selects for a match

Sportsmanship and respect for opponents, officials and the rules

The diet a performer eats before competing

Training each player completely separately from the team

Avoiding any discussion of team goals

Refusing to rehearse any set plays

Rehearsing set plays so players learn each other's movement

Yes, through relationships with a coach, etiquette with opponents and the crowd

No, social factors only ever apply to team sports

No, individual performers have no social factors at all

Yes, but only during training and never in competition

A performer's maximum aerobic capacity

Trust and relationships that improve communication and cover

A performer's sprinting speed over ten metres

The range of movement at a performer's joints

Social factors cannot be developed or monitored at all

The social factor replaces the need to develop fitness

A team gathers information, selects an approach, trains it and monitors how it functions as a unit

Social factors only matter in the final minute of a game