Sport Psychology | Edexcel GCSE Physical Education (1PE0)
Sport Psychology
- 91 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Component 2
- Component 2
Sport Psychology is examined in Component 2, Health and Performance.
It covers Classification of skills, practice structures, goal setting and SMART targets, types of guidance, types of feedback and mental preparation for performance.
Sample questions from Sport Psychology
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Classification of skills
Why is a basketball free throw classed as a closed skill?
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A free throw is taken from the same spot with no opponent interfering. The shooter decides when to start and repeats the same action. -
Classification of skills
What is meant by a low organisation skill?
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A low organisation skill can easily be broken down into separate parts. Each part can be practised on its own. -
Practice structures
Which performers and skills suit distributed practice?
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Distributed practice suits beginners and performers with low fitness or motivation. Distributed practice also suits complex or dangerous skills. -
Practice structures
Why does variable practice help a football player transfer skills to a match?
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Variable practice copies the changing demands of a real game. The player learns to adapt passes to different positions and pressures. -
Goal setting and SMART targets
Why must a target be measurable?
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A measurable target is stated as a number, like a time or a distance. Measuring progress shows the performer whether the target has been reached. -
Goal setting and SMART targets
Why is aiming to get better at football a poor target?
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The target is neither specific nor measurable. The target has no deadline and progress cannot be judged. -
Types of guidance
Why does verbal guidance suit experienced performers?
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Experienced performers understand technical language and can act on detailed instructions. A coach can call verbal guidance from the touchline during a match. -
Types of guidance
What is mechanical guidance?
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Mechanical guidance uses equipment or aids to help a performer learn a skill. A float in swimming and a twisting belt in trampolining are examples.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Classification of skills | The open–closed, basic–complex and low–high organisation continua, and classifying passes, free throws, serves, swimming strokes and vaults with reasons. | 15 |
| Practice structures | Massed, distributed, fixed and variable practice, which skills and performers each suits, and choosing practice for a swimmer, a basketball player or a netball team. | 15 |
| Goal setting and SMART targets | How goal setting improves performance and controls anxiety, each part of a SMART target, writing and reviewing targets, and who should set them. | 16 |
| Types of guidance | Visual, verbal, manual and mechanical guidance, their advantages and disadvantages, and choosing guidance for a beginner or an elite performer. | 15 |
| Types of feedback | Intrinsic, extrinsic, concurrent and terminal feedback, their advantages, and worked examples of feedback data from free throws, putting and serving. | 16 |
| Mental preparation for performance | How a warm-up prepares a performer mentally, and how mental rehearsal improves movement, controls anxiety, builds confidence and helps injured performers. | 14 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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