Physical Education GCSE
Pressure and high stakes
What Pressure and high stakes means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Pressure and high stakes
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Reference: OCR
High stakes and pressure to win can push players beyond the rules.
Topics that use Pressure and high stakes
- 2.1.c. Ethical and socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport - Violence in sport (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Deliberate acts outside the rules
- Legitimate contact
- Player and spectator violence
- Provocation and frustration
- Sport culture and officiating
- Violence in sport
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