PDHPE sports medicine practice questions
Original PDHPE prompts for injury, prevention and return-to-play reasoning.
Applied response rule
Use the scenario. PDHPE marks are often lost when students write general notes instead of applying concepts to the athlete or population.
Question 1 — 5 marks
Explain how warm-up and conditioning reduce injury risk in a named sport.
Question 2 — 8 marks
Assess the importance of rehabilitation procedures in safely returning an athlete to play.
Question 3
Compare soft tissue and hard tissue injuries, using examples.
Fix
For every answer, include concept, sport/example, mechanism and performance/health outcome.