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The Higher P.E. course is assessed in two parts: The performance and the exam. The performance involves you being assessed in two different activities. The exam tests your knowledge and understanding of the theoretical components of the course.

Your knowledge will be tested in different ways in the Higher Physical Education exam. This will be done through five command words: identify, describe, explain, analyse and evaluate.

The third section of the Higher Physical Education exam is the scenario. This will always relate to two factors and can include any of the course content.

When answering questions on factors and how they impact performance, you should provide specific and in-depth answers. To achieve this, you can follow the 3-step process.

Mental factors can be divided into two different sections: those concerned with cognition and those reflecting psychological traits. They impact performance in different ways.

Emotional factors refer to the range of different emotions you experience during participation in sport. Some of these emotions can be positive, others negative, and some can even be controlled to move from negative to positive.

Social factors refer to socialisation with teammates, the opposition and in different environments. They can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Fitness covers agility, CRE, flexibility and power. These can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Skills covers reaction time, accuracy, consistency and rhythm. These can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Tactics covers delay, penetration and width. These can impact performance in different ways.

Revise how the four factors (mental, emotional, social and physical) interact with each other for Higher Physical Education.

Why do we collect data on our performance levels in a factor and how do we do it?

There are different methods of collecting data for each of the four factors. Whichever method you choose, you need to ensure that it is appropriate and that you know its benefits and limitations.

A model performer is someone who can perform to an almost exemplary standard in an activity. It is rare to find the same model performer for all four factors.

Feedback is an important part of gathering data and developing performance in Higher Physical Education. Feedback can be divided into two different types: intrinsic and extrinsic.

After collecting data on your abilities in a particular factor, analyse the results and create a development plan that is relevant to your performance levels. This involves goal setting, training principles, and effective practice.

After creating a development plan, it is important to understand the approaches that can be used to develop each factor of performance.

The four factors (mental, emotional, social and physical) can impact on your whole performance but it is also important to focus on how these factors can impact on how your performance develops.

Evaluating and monitoring your performance allows you to determine which approaches are working. If necessary you can adapt them to be more suitable to your development plan.

After recording and monitoring your performance, you should be able to adapt development sessions and reset performance goals to allow for future progression.