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
Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns
- 3 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- Components 1 and 2
What Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns covers
Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns is examined in both papers, since Component 1 and Component 2 can each examine any of the content. It covers the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes, axes of rotation in sporting movements and joint movement terms in sporting actions.
Where it is assessed
Components 1 and 2
Either 2 hour written paper, each worth 35% of the A level, can examine this.
Check the Eduqas specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The sagittal, frontal and transverse planesPlanes of movement, the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes with their joint movements and sporting examples, the sprinter's leg action, the forehand drive, the side-step and skills in more than one plane.Open →
- Axes of rotation in sporting movementsThe longitudinal, transverse and frontal axes, which plane pairs with which axis, the full twist, forward somersault, cartwheel, squat, discus turn, star jump and front crawl breath, and rotating about two axes.Open →
- Joint movement terms in sporting actionsFlexion and extension, abduction and adduction, circumduction, pronation and supination, rotation, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion, lateral flexion, horizontal abduction and adduction, and the movements in jumps, sprints, passes and kicks.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Which movements take place in the frontal plane? Give sporting examples.
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How does the transverse plane divide the body, and which movements occur in it?
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Which plane goes with which axis?
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What are horizontal abduction and horizontal adduction? Give a sporting example.
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What is an axis of rotation?
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What is the difference between flexion and extension?
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What is the longitudinal axis?
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What are abduction and adduction? Give a sporting example.
Take Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Sagittal plane vs Frontal plane
Sagittal plane: a vertical slice dividing the body into left and right. Frontal plane: a vertical slice dividing the body into anterior and posterior halves.
Longitudinal axis vs Transverse axis
Longitudinal axis: a line running vertically from head to toe. Transverse axis: a line running from side to side through the hips.
Abduction vs Adduction
Abduction: movement away from the midline of the body. Adduction: movement towards the midline of the body.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is a plane of movement?
Model answer
A plane of movement is an imaginary flat surface running through the body. Movement takes place along a plane.
- 2
What is the sagittal plane?
Model answer
The sagittal plane is a vertical plane dividing the body into left and right halves. Forward and backward movements happen in the sagittal plane.
- 3
Which joint movements occur in the sagittal plane?
Model answer
Flexion and extension occur in the sagittal plane. Plantar flexion and dorsiflexion at the ankle are also sagittal-plane movements.
- 4
Give two sporting examples of movement in the sagittal plane.
Model answer
A biceps curl takes place in the sagittal plane. A gymnast's forward somersault is also a sagittal-plane movement.
- 5
What is the frontal plane?
Model answer
The frontal plane is a vertical plane dividing the body into front and back halves. Sideways movements occur in the frontal plane.
- 6
Which joint movements occur in the frontal plane?
Model answer
Abduction and adduction occur in the frontal plane. Lateral flexion of the spine is also a frontal-plane movement.
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Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns revision questions
- What does Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns cover in Eduqas A-Level Physical Education?
- 3 subtopics: the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes, axes of rotation in sporting movements and joint movement terms in sporting actions. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns organised?
- By the Eduqas A550QS specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns, on a schedule.
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