Key term
Eduqas A-Level Physical Education A550QS
Health, Fitness and an Active Lifestyle
Short-Term Responses to Exercise
Long-Term Adaptations to Exercise
Fitness Testing and Components of Fitness
Training Methods, Principles and Periodisation
Topic overviewSpecificity, progressive overload, reversibility, variance and FITTContinuous, fartlek, interval and high intensity trainingWeight, plyometric, circuit and flexibility trainingAltitude training and training in hot and cold climatesTraining zones, heart rate monitoring and periodisation
Energy Systems
Fatigue and Recovery
Diet, Nutrition and Supplements
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Joints and the Musculo-Skeletal System
Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns
Biomechanical Principles and Levers
Linear and Angular Motion
Projectile Motion and Fluid Mechanics
Performance Analysis
Technology in Sport
Personality
Attitudes
Goal Setting
Stress, Arousal and Anxiety
Motivation
Aggression
Social Facilitation
Group Dynamics and Leadership
Attribution Theory
Self-Efficacy and Confidence
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
Learning Curves, Theories and Stages
Transfer, Practice and Guidance
Information Processing, Memory and Feedback
Sport, Culture and Society
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Social Differentiation in Sport
Sport and the Mass Media
Commercialisation and Globalisation
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Reasons for doping and its ethics
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- Components 1 and 2
Overview
Doping and why performers dope, the desire to win and pressure from others, banned methods, why doping is unethical, the harm to health, sport and clean performers, legalisation and young athletes.
What you need to know
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Key term
Why do performers use illegal performance-enhancing drugs?
Key term
How does the desire to win lead to doping?
Questions from this subtopic
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- 1
What is doping?
Model answer
Doping is the use of banned substances or methods to improve performance. Doping is a breach of the rules of sport.
- 2
Why do performers use illegal performance-enhancing drugs?
Model answer
Performers dope to win, to gain money and fame, or to recover faster. Some believe their rivals are doping.
- 3
How does the desire to win lead to doping?
Model answer
The win-at-all-costs attitude values victory above fair play. Doping becomes a means to that end.
- 4
How can pressure from others lead to doping?
Model answer
Coaches, sponsors and nations can put intense pressure on performers. Some doping has been organised by teams or states.
- 5
What other illegal methods are banned alongside drugs?
Model answer
Blood doping and gene doping are banned methods. Tampering with samples is also banned.
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Why is doping considered unethical?
Model answer
Doping can give an unfair advantage over clean competitors. Doping can also break the trust on which competition depends.
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