AQA GCSE Physical Education · 8582
Paper 1
Revise: Planes and axes of movementSideways movements occur in this plane, including moving the arms away from and back towards the body. Its matching sagittal axis runs from front to back.
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GCSE Physical Education · key term
An imaginary line passing through the body from front to back, around which movement in the frontal plane occurs.
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Paper 1
Revise: Planes and axes of movementSideways movements occur in this plane, including moving the arms away from and back towards the body. Its matching sagittal axis runs from front to back.
Name both the plane and the axis when asked: sagittal plane–transverse axis; transverse plane–longitudinal axis; frontal plane–sagittal axis.
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