Name Candidate Number: Component: 8582/C

Centre Number 65209

GCSE Physical Education 2021-23

Controlled Assessment
Candidate Name: ______________________________________
Candidate Number: ___________
Observation of: _______________________________________
Sport: _______________________

Performance analysis and evaluation

You are required to analyse and evaluate a performance in one activity from the specification. You
can analyse and evaluate your own performance or the performance of another person, so long as it
is in an activity that is from the specification.

You are required to analyse and evaluate a performance to identify two strengths and two
weaknesses. You then need to produce an action plan that suggests ways to improve upon the two
weaknesses that you have identified. This work can be completed in either written or verbal format.
If it is completed verbally, then it must be evidenced by an audio-visual recording, which must be
available for moderation. Where this work has been carried out in written format, you must insert
the following details on each page of work as a header or footer:

• five-digit centre number 65209

• candidate number:
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Strengths
Describe 2 strengths of the performer/you and explain how these strengths lead to
improved levels of performance.

Strength 1 (Relevant Fitness Component): Speed

I need speed for football, especially as a left winger. Speed, is how fast you can get from
point a to b, plays a crucial part in my ability to get past a defender to get to the through
ball or too get back into position. This would give my team the advantage of transitioning
into defence to attack, with me getting onto the through balls, and transitioning into
attack to defence, by me getting back into position.

In a recent game against Crawley speed was crucial when my teammate misplaced a
lobbed pass and it was going out for a goal kick, speed allowed me to get to the ball in
time, play a back pass to my forward in the box, who went on to score. The reason why
speed is a strength is because I have got acceleration, starting power and good fitness
levels to continue running fast for the whole game. This allows my team to depend on
giving me lob and through balls for the duration of the whole game. If I did not have a
high level of speed then I would make my team loss the ball many times and it would
leave gaps in our defence.

In a different game, a year ago, against Woking speed was a crucial factor for my team.
when the midfielder in my team lost the ball in the last minute and the opposition player
played a through ball to set up his attacker for a clear 1 on 1 with the keeper. I used my
speed to run all the way back quicker then my teammates and the opposition. With my
speed I was able to make the last-ditch tackle to block the shot, this allowed my team to
win the game. The reason why my speed is a strength and more improved then others is
because I have nailed down the technique of how to run faster. This consists of swinging
your arms, body position and how you move your legs.

Strength 2 (Skill/Technique or tactic/strategy/aspect of choreography):

__________________________Dribbling_______________________________

I need to have a high level of dribbling, which is staying on the ball while moving it around
the pitch, for a left winger to get past a defender in a 1v1. Having a high level of dribbling
allowed me to get into situations to where I could shoot the ball and score, which has
helped my team win multiple games.

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In a recent game against Horsham fc my dribbling was crucial whilst I had to get passed a
goalkeeper on a 1v1 situation, if I get passed him I can just tap the ball in and win the
game for my team. The reason my dribbling is a strength is because of my control and my
footwork is near perfect which allows the ball to basically stick to my feet. The impact of
using my dribbling skills to my advantage was that it allowed me to get past the last
defender. This allowed me to create a 2v1 situation against the goalkeeper. This helped
my team as it created an easy goalscoring opportunity where I could pass my teammate
the ball and he would tap it in. if my dribbling was a strength then I wouldn’t be able to
get passed the defender and create a goalscoring opportunity

During a second game against Three bridges my dribbling was crucial when I had to
dribble past the defenders in my own half to build momentum for my team and to release
pressure. The reason why my dribbling is a strength in this example was that it allowed
my team to push forward and release pressure on my teams’ defenders, I was able to get
past the opposition defenders because of my tight control on the ball. The impact of using
my dribbling to my advantage is that it allowed my team to push forward, build
momentum which could later on lead to a goalscoring opportunity. if I didn’t have my
dribbling as an advantage then I would’ve lost the ball in my own half, which later on
would lead to a lot of pressure on my teammate and could lead to a goal for the
opposition. staying on the ball while moving it around the pitch. staying on the ball
while moving it around the pitch. staying on the ball while moving it around the pitch.

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Weaknesses
Describe 2 weaknesses of the performer/you and explain how these weaknesses lead to
decreased levels of performance.

Weakness 1 (Relevant fitness component):

_______Muscular endurance _______________

My fitness weakness is muscular endurance. Muscular endurance is the ability of our

muscles to perform an activity without fatiguing.

I need excellent muscular endurance for my sport, especially playing as a right winger as I
would need to use it when I make runs in between defenders, a run on a through ball or a
sprint to defend an opposition attack.

In a recent game against Northampton my muscular endurance caused a problem when it

was the last minute of the match and my muscles couldn’t perform at high level to get
back to defend the opposition attack. This caused the other team to take advantage of my
lack of muscular endurance and score a goal, causing us to lose the game. The reason why
my muscular endurance is a weakness in this example was that I haven’t trained my
muscles to perform for a long amount of time, I should’ve done more continues training.
The impact of my muscular endurance being a weakness was that I can’t perform at a high
level for the whole duration of the 90 minutes. This means my team has to play less
through balls, which leaves to the loss of attacking momentum, and it means I can’t get
back to defend as quickly as before, which leaves gap in the defence for the opposition to
exploit. If it was a strength, then I would be able to perform at my highest level for the
whole duration of the game

In another game on the 20th of December, against Gillingham, my muscular endurance

caused a problem when I found it very tiring to run for any through balls or to join my
teammates on an attack. This caused us to basically play a 10 v 11, as we had no subs left,
as I couldn’t run anywhere. The reason why my muscular endurance was a weakness in
this example was because it caused my team to loss momentum in the counter attacks, if
only I had done more continuous or circuit training, then I would be able to play the whole
game at a high or moderate level. The impact of my muscular endurance being a
weakness was that because my muscles where very tired, I couldn’t sprint as it could lead
to an injury, and I would be the slowest player on the pitch. This would allow the

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opposition team to create multiple counter attack, steal lots of loose balls which would
lead to my team cracking under the enormous amount pressure and conceding a goal. If
my weakness was a strength then I would help my team defend, get onto through balls
and hopefully provide my team a goal.

. Weakness 2 (Skill/Technique or tactic/strategy/aspect of choreography):

_______________________shooting______________________

My skill weakness is shooting. Having shooting as your strength is essential, at this

moment it is a weakness for me. Shooting is hitting the ball in an attempt to score a goal,
which means to have good shooting, means you score many goals, which leads to your
team winning the game. I need shooting for football as I get in many 1v1 situations with
the keeper, as am a winger. Even though I get into these positions, I am not prolific
enough to even score 50% of them, which leads to my team losing the game

In a recent game against Fungate, my shooting was a weakness when our team was losing,
my teammate passed me the ball for a tap in and I shot it wide. The reason my shooting
was a weakness was that I could have equalised and relieved some pressure on my team.
With me failing to score my teammates got annoyed, I was second guessing myself which
made me play even worse. I did not have the right technique to perform a simple tap in,
the fine skill that felt simple, but was actually a really complex skill. Hitting the ball with
the right power, looking at the goalkeeper and defenders’ positions, the trajectory of the
ball and the right swing of my leg are all parts that play into making the perfect shot. The
impact of my shooting being a weakness was that we ended up losing that game by 1 goal.
That miss prevented me from taking a lot of shots for the next few games as a I kept
second guessing myself as I wasn’t confident enough to perform this skill. If I was able to
perform this shot, I would be able to secure my team a point or maybe even a win, as I
would’ve motivated my teammates and I wouldn’t have doubts for the upcoming games.

During a game last season against Brighton my shooting was a weakness during the whole
duration of the game. I would try to shoot, and either because of poor form or wrong
timing, my shots would either go wide or had no power at all. The reason why my

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shooting was a weakness was in this example was that I either hit the ball on the wrong
side, not in the middle (which generates the most power) or I would hit the ball with no
technique, which forced it to have no power at all and the goalkeeper could easily save it.
Because of my knock knees it is harder for me to hit the ball with perfect technique, so
now whenever I shoot the technique is mediocre, and the shot is slow but precise, which
is still easily saved by the opposition goalkeeper. The impact of my shooting being a
weakness was that it caused me to have many doubts about myself, which depleted my
confidence as a football player, which caused me to play very poorly for the rest of the
season. This caused my team to lose many games without me, as I was the core assister. If
I could’ve had good shooting then I would be able to score many goals for my team, which
then would lead to us winning the game and the league. I wouldn’t have any doubts and
my confidence wouldn’t have hindered

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The student has an The student has good The student shows The student shows some The student shows only a
excellent knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and limited knowledge and
appreciation of the appreciation of the appreciation of the appreciation of the appreciation of the
demands of their chosen demands of their chosen demands of their chosen demands of their chosen demands of their chosen
activity. He/she is fully activity. He/she is fully activity but sometimes activity but frequently activity and lacks depth in
conversant with the conversant with most, lacks depth in their lacks depth in their their explanation. He/she
specific movements and though not all, of the explanation. He/she is explanation. He/she is is conversant with a few
terminology used when specific movements and conversant with many of conversant with some of of the specific
referring to the activity. terminology used when the specific movements the specific movements movements and
The student fully referring to the activity. and terminology used and terminology used terminology used when
appreciates their own The student appreciates when referring to the when referring to the referring to the activity,
strengths and their own strengths and activity, though activity, but they often but confuses many of the
weaknesses. They are weaknesses. They are terminology is lack precision and clarity terms and lacks precision
able to provide a clear, able to provide detailed occasionally used and have confused some and clarity. The student
detailed and in-depth in-depth self-analysis for imprecisely or unclearly. terms. The student appreciates very few of
self-analysis for both most of their strengths The student appreciates appreciates some of their their own strengths and
strengths and and weaknesses, many of their own own strengths and weaknesses. They have
weaknesses. All of the although some are strengths and weaknesses. They have provided a self-analysis
strengths and clearer than others. All of weaknesses. They are provided a self-analysis for some of their
weaknesses are fully the strengths and able to provide some for most of their strengths and
justified with detailed weaknesses are justified self-analysis for most of strengths and weaknesses, but few of
reference to appropriate with reference to their strengths and weaknesses, but there their responses provide
competitive/performance appropriate weaknesses, although are obvious any depth or clarity. The
situations. The student’s competitive/performance some are considerably inconsistencies in the strengths and
chosen fitness strength situations. Most are clearer than others. Most clarity of their responses. weaknesses are generally
and weakness are fully detailed. The student’s of the strengths and Only some of the not justified (little detail
relevant to the activity chosen fitness strength weaknesses are justified strengths and is provided) with only
(and positional role if and weakness are fully (some fully) with weaknesses are justified partial reference to
relevant) and he/she is relevant to the activity reference to appropriate (generally not with detail) appropriate
able to provide strong and he/she is able to competitive/performance with some reference to competitive/performance
justification of how they justify how they have situations. The student’s appropriate situations. The student’s
have impacted upon their impacted upon their chosen fitness strength competitive/performance chosen fitness strength
performance(s). performance(s). and weakness are situations. The student’s and weakness may be
relevant to the activity chosen fitness strength relevant to the activity
and he/she is able to and weakness show but he/she is not able to
provide some some relevance to the provide any valid
justification of how they activity but he/she isn’t justification as to how

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have impacted upon their able to provide they have impacted upon
performance(s), though justification of how they their performance(s).
elements of the have all impacted upon
justification may not be their performance(s).
wholly convincing.

Action Plan
Identify an appropriate training type to improve the fitness weakness with a full description of one
training session that that could be used for the performer. Include an explanation of prolonged use
of the identified training type could improve the fitness weakness.

Training Type: Interval Training

Interval training involves alternating between periods of hard exercises and rest. It
improves speed but especially muscular endurance.

Football is a game that lasts 90 minutes (in certain times it can even last 120 minutes plus
extra time) so it is really important that I can keep working at a high level without my
muscles fatiguing, which leads to me performing worse than I am capable. Muscular
endurance was my weakness so I feel that Interval training is suitable, as it will allow for a
soaring improvement in Muscular endurance to occur.

My weakness focused on how I have multiple anaerobic bursts in the game as in my

position as a winger I have to run onto multiple balls, sprint back to defend a counter
attack and I have to run with the ball on multiple occasions, however this makes my
muscles very fatigued and therefore my aerobic metabolism is lacking, which fatigues my
muscles very quickly due to the large amount of muscle contraptions in a short amount of
time, so it effects my work rate, recovery and sometimes affects me mentally. An example
in the game is when I fail to run back to defend, and I just walk back even though my team
is outnumbered 4 to 3 and there is an extra player on the wing for the opposition. I
believe my laziness in this situation was due to poor muscular endurance.

Interval training will suit me as it’s easy to carry out and doesn’t require any specialist
equipment. I will create routes using mapping tools online which covers where I will be

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running and I will use my apple watch to monitor my heart rate, intensity and the
distances I run. Football is a sport that requires a lot of running and so its appropriate.
Football is a mixture of long distance and short distance sprinting, it will help me build up
my muscular endurance which will help me perform at a high level and intensity for the
whole match by not getting tired within the game. It will also help my recovery rates as I
will have a better aerobic metabolism, which increases my energy, and decreases the
amount of lactic acid. The routes will involve straight and hilly roads, as I will change my
pace according to time and distance, which will fatigue my legs even more but make them
stronger in the long run because of the slight intensity increases over time.

My fitbit will help me to monitor my heart rate but being a continuous aerobic and
anaerobic zone, I will start my training at 60-70% but then I will be aiming for 80-90%
training zone.

MHR=220-15=205

I will complete a thorough warm up that will include 2 parts; the pulse raiser and
stretches. As this is fitness I will not require a sport related element to my warm up. My
pulse raiser will consist of raising my heart rate gradually by fast paced walking, slight
jogging, side stepping, squats and lunges. My stretches will involve holding stretches for
between 10 and 45 seconds. The major muscles groups that I have to stretch is the
quadriceps, hamstrings and gastrocnemius but I also have to stretch out my upper body
for full maximum mobility.

I will wear the correct clothing for the weather but that doesn’t restrict my techniques. I
will also wear trainers and socks that fit comfortably. I will sprint for a minimum for 20
seconds, run at normal pace for 5 minutes and walk in between for 1 minutes. In later
sessions I will increase the sprint and running time.

Specific – I will try use the correct running action while training, as it will benefit me in my
speed in football. I will try sprint distances, that I will usually sprint in a real game, so my
muscles will get used to sprinting those distances so I will become less tired in a game.

Progressive Overload- I will try to increase my heartrate every 2 weeks or every month in
training. I will do this by increasing the intensity, length or by decreasing the time I have
to rest in interval training. I will try do this training every other day, so my muscles have
time to rest. The intensity will increase over some periods of time. I will start of only
training for 20 minutes, but over time I will increase the length every 1 or 2 weeks.

My cool down will involve either walking or a light jog to maintain the elevated breathing
and heart rate, this will gradually decrease the intensity, which will lower my heart rate.
Then I will do stretches, 1 minute per stretch to get all the lactic acid and CO2 waste out of
my body. Stretching will also prevent DOMS.

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Skill/tactic/strategy/aspect of choreography
Identify and explain how a relevant part of your learnt specification content, which when applied,
could bring about improvement of the 2nd weakness.

Research has shown that at approximately a 45-degree angle is optimal. This is because an
increased angled approach allows the hip of the striking leg to rotate more, causing a
larger striking surface area of the foot, therefore a faster ball speed and improved
accuracy in a shot. I will train every day on striking the ball at a 45-degree angle so it
becomes second nature to me and will stay in my long-term muscle memory. This will
allow me to strike the ball in the game without thinking of how to do it, with the
increased shot power and accuracy I will be scoring more goals in the following seasons.
One way I will use technology in football is by using a speed gun to measure how fast my
shots are. This machine will allow me to know what is the fastest type of shot, where do I
have hit the ball to get maximum power and if I’m improving my shot power over a period
of time. One way I will incorporate fitness training in improving my shooting is I will do
various sets of dribbling with the ball around cones and then shooting. I will create
different dribbling paths, I will make all the training match related, I will try different type
of shots and at different places. This will allow me to perform and score goals from
different places. This will also help with my muscular endurance and muscle memory of
how to dribble efficiently. Im going to collect data by writing how many of my shots go in,
I will be making 1000 shots a day and my coach will write down how many went in. he will
also be measuring the speed of the ball. This will allow me to see my improvement which

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will help me mentally and will drastically motivate me to become even better. By doing all
this training, I am strengthening my muscle memory of being on the ball, shooting and
technique. This will help me in game as I won’t need to think and waste precious seconds
on what to do, I will be able to dribble or perform crucial shots as if it was second nature.
This will make me become confident in my performances and skills which will hopefully
make me self-motivated and perform and train better than my competitors. After and
before training I will be eating lots of fruit and nuts, s they have a lot of natural sugar and
fibre (this will give me natural energy for a long period of time and decrease my risk of
heart disease). I will be eating a lot of meat for protein (which will repair my muscles
quicker).i will not eat any junk food, sweets or fizzy drinks because the high amount of
saturated sugar will make me tired, lazy in my muscles and mentally, which will make me
stop going training and will make me stay home and procrastinate.

My chosen area of weakness for shooting to soft or making the shot go wide
causes my team to lose is arousal control. Arousal is defined as a physical and
mental state of alertness/readiness varying from deep sleep to intense
excitement/alertness. In my case my arousal often dhows in how focused, excited
aggressive and alert I am. Every skill in football has a perfect level of arousal- called
the optimum point. I can be over or under aroused depending on the skill needed.
The perfect arousal level is known as the optimal point as shown in the Inverted U
model. With specific reference to shooting, I do believe that I am often over
aroused when I go for a shot. I go for a shot, knowing that if I score I will become
the hero of my team and maybe get a trial to play for a pro team, which is a lot of
pressure. In mu weakness, I am to worried about the future and the outcome and I
lose focus of technique and my calmness and happiness turns into fear and
unworthiness. Missing the goal can have a massive effect on my game as I may be
the reason why my team didn’t win. By working on my arousal, I think I can
improve my performance when shooting in the future. I am going to use two
arousal control techniques: deep breathing and mental rehearsal.

Deep breathing is when you take multiple deep breaths. People in all areas do this
to get rid of doubt, anxiety and fear. I will use this whenever I feel that I am letting
my team down, maybe from a missed pass, shot or tackle.

Mental rehearsal is a technique, which involves picturing the perfect performance in your
head. For a weakness like shooting, I will envision me scoring multiple goals form different
positions. I will picture me getting into that position also.

I can use match related training drill to replicate the match experience. I can do this by 1V1
my friend or doing a 2V1 or dribbling through cones and shooting.

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The student has chosen The student has chosen The student has chosen The student has chosen a The student has chosen
an appropriate training an appropriate training an appropriate training training type which may a training type which is
type to eradicate their type to eradicate their type to eradicate their be appropriate to unlikely be appropriate
fitness weakness, fitness weakness, fitness weakness, eradicate their fitness to eradicate their fitness
providing a strong, well justifying their choice with providing some weakness, but the weakness. The
detailed justification a good level of detail and justification and justification of their justification of their
which fully evaluates some evidence of evaluation to support choice lacks detail and choice contains little/no
their choice. The evaluative thinking. The their choice, though it there is little or no detail and does not
relevance of the chosen relevance of the chosen may be lacking some evidence of evaluative demonstrate any
training type is fully training type is applied to detail and evaluation thinking. The relevance of evaluative thinking. The
applied to the personal the personal needs of the may be limited. The the chosen training type relevance of the chosen
needs of the performer. performer. It is mostly relevance of the chosen has some application to training type has limited
It is wholly personal personal rather than training type is applied the personal needs of the application to the
(not general) and general and includes some to the personal needs of performer, but it is not personal needs of the
includes detailed and relevant safety the performer, but not fully explained. It is performer. It is wholly
relevant safety considerations. The fully. It is mostly mostly general rather general rather than
considerations. The explanation of how personal rather than than personal and personal and lacks detail
explanation of how training will be general and includes includes some relevant about relevant safety
training will be undertaken is some relevant safety safety considerations, but considerations. The
undertaken is detailed appropriate, providing considerations, but not not in full detail. The explanation of how
and appropriate, some detail within the in full detail. The explanation of how training will be
providing a thorough explanation of an example explanation of how training will be undertaken is limited
explanation of an session. Suitable training will be undertaken is and the explanation of
example session. intensities have been undertaken is appropriate, but the the example session has
Suitable intensities have calculated and linked to appropriate, providing a explanation of the little/ no detail.
been calculated, fully the needs of the general explanation of example session lacks Attempts have been
justified and linked to performer, with some an example session. detail. Attempts have made to calculate
the needs of the justification. The other Suitable intensities have been made to calculate suitable intensities
performer. The other theoretical area chosen is been calculated with suitable intensities but which may be wrong,
theoretical area chosen relevant, explained in some links to the needs the links to the needs of and the links to the
is relevant, explained in some detail and justified of the performer, but the performer are not needs of the performer
detail and strongly in relation to how it could not fully justified. The fully justified. The other have little/no
justified in relation to be applied to the other theoretical area theoretical area chosen is justification. The other
how it could be applied performer. The student chosen is relevant, relevant, but it lacks theoretical area chosen
to the performer. The proposes how partially explained and detail and is significantly may be relevant, but it
student proposes in improvement can take justified in relation to limited in its justification has little/no detail and
detail how place using both the how it could be applied of how it could be applied has no justification of
improvement can take training type and the to the performer. The to the performer. The how it could be applied
place using both the other theoretical area. student proposes how student attempts to to the performer. The
training type and the However one has more improvement can take propose how student attempts to
other theoretical area. detail than the other place using both the improvement can take propose how
training type and the place using both the improvement can take
other theoretical area. training type and the place using both the
However neither other theoretical area. training type and the
contains a fully detailed However the explanation other theoretical area.
response. lacks sufficient detail to However both have
successfully explain this. little/no detail.

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Summative Assessment Decision

Date:

Assessment Band
Level
Level 5 13-15 9-10
Level 4 10-12 7-8
Level 3 7-9 5-6
Level 2 4-6 3-4
Level 1 1-3 1-2
No Marks Awarded 0 0
Total Marks

Assessor __________________________________________________

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