PIXL “Thinking Hard” Booklets AQA GCSE Physical Education Whole Specification in Detail & answers

PIXL “Thinking Hard” Booklet — AQA GCSE Physical Education (8582)— Whole Specification in Detail — Includes Answers
Give your class a rigorous thinking workout while ensuring complete specification coverage. This printable booklet turns every part of the spec into clear, student-friendly tasks with built-in Grade 9 extensions. You also get a full answer set to support self-marking, quick feedback, and targeted intervention. Developed by an experienced UK teacher with the support of AI-assisted planning tools to ensure consistency, clarity and full-spec coverage. Save hours of planning: fully mapped to the whole specification, print-and-go, with answers included.
What’s inside
Whole-spec coverage: all topics, sub-topics, must-know content, misconceptions and key vocabulary mapped across the entire specification in detail.

PIXL strategies: Odd One Out • Always / Sometimes / Never True • Why? Why? Why? (5-deep) • Spot the Mistake • Diamond 9 / Ranking • Link It Up / Connections • Convince Me • What If? • Mini Retrieval (plus optional extras: If This Is the Answer…, Reduce It 30–3–2–1, Causation vs Correlation, Assumption Hunt).

Answers included: model points, sample justifications and marking guidance to make self-assessment easy.

Grade 9 stretch: every section has an Extension Task for analysis, evaluation and comparison.

Student-friendly layout: concise prompts, minimal prep, black-and-white printer-friendly.

Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Structure
Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Structure
Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Anaerobic
Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Short and
Movement Analysis: Lever systems and
Movement Analysis: Planes and axes of
Physical Training: Components of fitness
Physical Training: Principles and types
Sports Psychology: Classification of
Sports Psychology: Goal setting and SMART
Sports Psychology: Information processing
Sports Psychology: Guidance and feedback
Sports Psychology: Arousal, aggression,
Socio-cultural Influences: Social group
Socio-cultural Influences:
Socio-cultural Influences: Ethical issues
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Physical,
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Sedentary
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Diet,