Physical Education study guides

A deep-dive WJEC A-Level PE guide to the Biomechanics and Movement Analysis content. Covers levers, planes and axes, Newton's laws and linear motion, angular motion and the conservation of angular momentum, projectile motion, and fluid mechanics including Bernoulli and the Magnus effect.

A deep-dive WJEC A-Level PE guide to the Skill Acquisition content. Covers the classification of skills, information processing and memory, theories of learning and the transfer of learning, types of practice and presentation, and guidance and feedback across the stages of learning.

A deep-dive WJEC A-Level PE guide to the Sport and Society content. Covers sport, culture and the development of sport, commercialisation and the media, the globalisation of sport, ethics and deviance, doping, and the practical non-exam assessment, with the exam patterns WJEC repeats.

A deep-dive WJEC A-Level PE guide to the Sport Psychology content. Covers personality, attitudes and aggression, arousal, anxiety and stress management, motivation, achievement motivation and attribution, social facilitation and group dynamics, and leadership in sport.

A deep-dive WJEC A-Level PE guide to Unit 1, Exercise Physiology, Performance Analysis and Training. Covers the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the neuromuscular system, the three energy systems and recovery, training principles and methods, periodisation, fitness components and testing, and diet and ergogenic aids.