This mini-lesson covers Edexcel GCSE PE Component 2 — Health & Performance: health, fitness and well-being (including diet and BMI), sport psychology (skill classification, SMART goals, arousal, feedback and guidance) and socio-cultural influences (participation, commercialisation and drugs in sport).
There is a BMI calculation, and lots of key terms to nail for the exam. Work through each screen, answer the questions as you go and collect ⭐ stars. Press Start when you're ready.
Health is complete physical, mental and social well-being — not just the absence of illness. Exercise brings physical (fitter body, lower disease risk), emotional (less stress, more confidence) and social (friendship, teamwork) benefits.
A sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of obesity, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
A balanced diet supplies carbohydrates (energy), proteins (growth and repair), fats (energy store), plus vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. If energy in equals energy out, weight is stable; excess is stored as fat.
Limitation: BMI can't tell muscle from fat, so a muscular athlete may score "overweight" while being very lean.
Skills sit on continua. A key one is open ↔ closed:
Motivating targets are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound.
"Get better" is vague; "cut my 100 m time by 0.3 s in 8 weeks" is specific, measurable and time-bound, so progress can be tracked.
Arousal is readiness to perform. The inverted-U theory says performance is best at an optimal (moderate) level of arousal — too little or too much both harm it.
Feedback can be intrinsic (from within, how it felt) or extrinsic (from outside, a coach or crowd); beginners rely more on extrinsic, positive feedback. Guidance types are visual, verbal, manual and mechanical.
Tap each example, then tap whether it is intrinsic feedback, extrinsic feedback, or a type of guidance.
Participation is affected by age, gender, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic group (cost and access). Strategies to raise it include cheaper access, better facilities, campaigns and role models.
Commercialisation runs sport as a business. The golden triangle links sport, sponsorship and the media, each helping the others grow.
Some athletes cheat with banned performance-enhancing drugs: anabolic steroids build muscle; beta blockers steady the nerves (archery, shooting); EPO / blood doping raises red blood cells for endurance. They are banned because they are unfair and dangerous.
Tap a term on the left, then its correct meaning on the right.
Well-being: physical, emotional and social benefits; sedentary lifestyle raises disease risk
BMI: mass (kg) ÷ height² (m²) — can't tell muscle from fat
Skills: open (changing) vs closed (stable) environment
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound
Arousal & feedback: inverted-U (optimal arousal); intrinsic vs extrinsic feedback
Socio-cultural: participation factors; golden triangle; PEDs (steroids, beta blockers, EPO)
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