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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Practice methods & principles

How often Practice methods & principles comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

OL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Practice methods & principles, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Practice methods & principles.

(a)Practising a basketball lay-up as one complete movement is?
  1. Part practice
  2. Whole practice
  3. Progressive part practice
(b)A swimmer swims full breaststroke, drills the kick alone, then swims full stroke again. Which method?
  1. Massed practice
  2. Progressive part
  3. Whole-part-whole
(c)Practice with rest breaks between attempts or sessions is called?
  1. Distributed practice
  2. Fixed practice
  3. Massed practice
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(a) Whole practice

(b) Whole-part-whole

(c) Distributed practice

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Practice methods & principles.

Higher Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q6, Q13
2024Q14
2023Q9
2022Not asked
2021Q2, Q16

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Practice methods & principles questions

Practice methods & principles, 2 marks

A gymnast learns element A, then A with B, then A, B and C of a routine. This method is?

  1. Whole practice of the routine
  2. Variable (random) practice
  3. Progressive part practice
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Progressive part practice

Progressive part (chaining) practice adds one part at a time to what is already learned, so the links between parts are practised as the routine builds up.

Practice methods & principles, 2 marks

Massed practice is?

  1. Practice in constantly changing conditions
  2. Practice with little or no rest between attempts
  3. Practice broken up by regular rest intervals
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Practice with little or no rest between attempts

Massed practice runs continuously with little rest. It suits fit, experienced performers and simple skills; distributed practice builds in rests instead.

Practice methods & principles, 3 marks

Whole practice suits a skill whose parts are?

  1. Closely linked and hard to separate
  2. Separate and easy to split up
  3. Always slow and very simple
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Closely linked and hard to separate

If the parts flow into each other, as in a golf swing or a sprint start, breaking them up loses the timing between them, so the skill is practised whole.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q10
2024Not asked
2023Q14
2022Q15
2021Q2

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Practice methods & principles questions

Practice methods & principles, 2 marks

Practising only the arm action of front crawl is called…

  1. Whole practice
  2. Random practice
  3. Part practice
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Part practice

Part practice breaks a skill into sections. It helps with complex skills, but the parts must be put back together.

Practice methods & principles, 2 marks

Taking 20 free throws from the same spot is an example of…

  1. Random practice
  2. Fixed practice
  3. Variable practice
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Fixed practice

Fixed practice repeats a skill in the same way. It suits closed skills done in the same conditions.

Practice methods & principles, 2 marks

Mixing different skills in any order during a session is called…

  1. Random practice
  2. Fixed practice
  3. Massed practice
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Random practice

Random practice is like a real game, where you never know which skill comes next.

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