Participation, sponsorship, media, technology, drugs and risk - the area most students leave too late.
Leisure and Recreation
This topic has two parts: four terms you must be able to define and tell apart, and the factors that shape what someone actually does with their free time. Most students ...
7 questions · 19 marks
Revise this topicGrowth in Leisure Activities
Cambridge lists eight factors that explain why participation in leisure activities has grown. You need to be able to name them and explain how each one has increased part...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicThe Sports Development Pyramid
The sports development pyramid describes every level of sport in a country, from the many people who play for fun at the bottom to the few elite performers at the top. Ca...
8 questions · 22 marks
Revise this topicSponsorship
Sponsorship is when a company gives a performer, team or event money or goods in return for advertising. Cambridge tests the three types of sponsorship and the advantages...
8 questions · 24 marks
Revise this topicMedia
Media coverage is how people find out about sport: on television, on the internet and social media, in print and on the radio. Cambridge tests the four types of coverage ...
8 questions · 23 marks
Revise this topicGlobal Events
A global event is a major competition hosted by a country and watched worldwide, such as the Olympic Games or a World Cup. Cambridge tests the advantages of being the hos...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicProfessional and Amateur Performers
This subtopic asks you to compare two types of performer and then explain why the old, tidy difference between them has broken down. The comparison is easy marks; the exp...
7 questions · 21 marks
Revise this topicTechnology in Sport
Cambridge splits this subtopic into three uses of technology and then asks you to judge its effect on four different groups. Students who can name the technology usually ...
7 questions · 22 marks
Revise this topicAccess and Participation
Two lists sit behind this subtopic: what stops people getting access to physical activity, and what stops them taking part. Cambridge then asks you to explain how promoti...
7 questions · 23 marks
Revise this topicPerformance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs)
This subtopic is really four lists: why performers take prohibited drugs, what the four types do, what organising bodies do about it, and what happens to a performer who ...
8 questions · 24 marks
Revise this topicBlood Doping
Blood doping is artificially raising the number of red blood cells so that more oxygen can be carried to the working muscles. Cambridge tests it from four angles: the rea...
6 questions · 16 marks
Revise this topicSportsmanship and Gamesmanship
Sportsmanship is fair play and respect for opponents, officials and the rules. Gamesmanship is using legal but questionable tactics to gain an unfair advantage without br...
7 questions · 21 marks
Revise this topicRisk and Risk Assessment
Risk is the chance that a hazard causes harm. Cambridge asks you to tell real risk apart from perceived risk, to identify the risks in different environments, and to list...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicInjuries and Treatment
Cambridge splits injuries into two groups. Minor injuries — winding, simple cuts or grazes and blisters — where you need the cause and a simple treatment, and the more se...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicOther areas in IGCSE PE
Where this fits in IGCSE PE 0413
This page is one area of Cambridge IGCSE PE 0413 / 0995. IGCSE PE 0413 is the course home: every area and every topic in Cambridge's own order, the papers you sit and what each one tests, and the exam-practice tools. The full topic list, with each topic linked to its revision page, is on the IGCSE PE 0413 syllabus page.