Physical Education - Exam Revision
Year 12 Questions and All Actual
Answers 2026/2027 Updated.
Progressive Overload - Answer To progressively challenge the body and put it under stress, so
that it will continue to make physiological changes to cope with the new demands placed upon
the body.
Reversibility - Answer Use it or lose it syndrome. When the body stops doing physical activity
over a time and looses the work put in. All fitness components will decrease. Aerobic Fitness is
loss quicker
Specify - Answer Training for what you play. eg. If you run marathons, dont go and do jumping
training, you would go on long runs.
Duration - Answer For adaptions to occur the training must be long term.
Aerobic Training around 12 weeks
Anaerobic Training (strength and power) about 8 weeks
Flexibility small amount of sessions
Intensity - Answer How hard the training session is:
usually measured in % of Max HR
Frequency - Answer The number of times training should occur per week
making sure recovery time is considered
Anaerobic min 3-4 times a week
Aerobic min 3 times a week
Relevance - Answer The tests conducted are specific to the sport in terms of energy systems,
fitness factors and muscles used
Validity - Answer Is the test measuring what it is intended to measure
Reliability - Answer How reliable are the results?
, Fartlek - Answer Is when speed of the training altinates. You might run for 2 minutes and then
jog for 30 seconds and continue. Its a mix of continuous and interval
Interval - Answer Interval training is when you alternate between intervals of activity and
intervals of rest. used to develop Aerobic power, lactacid power and alactacid power.
Continuous Training - Answer Training over an extended period of time.
(20mins - 2 hours)
During which the activity is constant and the HR normally stays the same.
Resistance Training - Answer Involves lifting a form of resistance in order to improve muscular
strength, power or endurance.
Two types include:
Weight Training and Resistance Callisthenics
Weight Training - Answer Lifting a load and trains different muscular groups depending reps
and weight of load
Resistance Callisthenics - Answer Using Gravity as the load:
Eg Push Ups
Plyometric Training - Answer Muscular power training and involves quick powerful
contractions eg jumping, bouding, skipping and hopping.
Circuit Training - Answer Station Work that involves multiple stations focussed on different
fitness components. There are three types:
Fixed Load, Indivdual Load and Fixed Time
individuality - Answer No two people are the same. This should be taken into account when
training. Things to consider include:
fitness level, maturation, psychological needs, gender and injury
Fitness Testing - Answer Its shows weaknesses to improve on or injury concerns.
Shows where a player will be best suited to play.
Muscle Hypertrophy - Answer An increase in muscle size through resistance training
Year 12 Questions and All Actual
Answers 2026/2027 Updated.
Progressive Overload - Answer To progressively challenge the body and put it under stress, so
that it will continue to make physiological changes to cope with the new demands placed upon
the body.
Reversibility - Answer Use it or lose it syndrome. When the body stops doing physical activity
over a time and looses the work put in. All fitness components will decrease. Aerobic Fitness is
loss quicker
Specify - Answer Training for what you play. eg. If you run marathons, dont go and do jumping
training, you would go on long runs.
Duration - Answer For adaptions to occur the training must be long term.
Aerobic Training around 12 weeks
Anaerobic Training (strength and power) about 8 weeks
Flexibility small amount of sessions
Intensity - Answer How hard the training session is:
usually measured in % of Max HR
Frequency - Answer The number of times training should occur per week
making sure recovery time is considered
Anaerobic min 3-4 times a week
Aerobic min 3 times a week
Relevance - Answer The tests conducted are specific to the sport in terms of energy systems,
fitness factors and muscles used
Validity - Answer Is the test measuring what it is intended to measure
Reliability - Answer How reliable are the results?
, Fartlek - Answer Is when speed of the training altinates. You might run for 2 minutes and then
jog for 30 seconds and continue. Its a mix of continuous and interval
Interval - Answer Interval training is when you alternate between intervals of activity and
intervals of rest. used to develop Aerobic power, lactacid power and alactacid power.
Continuous Training - Answer Training over an extended period of time.
(20mins - 2 hours)
During which the activity is constant and the HR normally stays the same.
Resistance Training - Answer Involves lifting a form of resistance in order to improve muscular
strength, power or endurance.
Two types include:
Weight Training and Resistance Callisthenics
Weight Training - Answer Lifting a load and trains different muscular groups depending reps
and weight of load
Resistance Callisthenics - Answer Using Gravity as the load:
Eg Push Ups
Plyometric Training - Answer Muscular power training and involves quick powerful
contractions eg jumping, bouding, skipping and hopping.
Circuit Training - Answer Station Work that involves multiple stations focussed on different
fitness components. There are three types:
Fixed Load, Indivdual Load and Fixed Time
individuality - Answer No two people are the same. This should be taken into account when
training. Things to consider include:
fitness level, maturation, psychological needs, gender and injury
Fitness Testing - Answer Its shows weaknesses to improve on or injury concerns.
Shows where a player will be best suited to play.
Muscle Hypertrophy - Answer An increase in muscle size through resistance training
