Year 10 - Physical education
Challenging the body and brain to the max
Health and wellbeing: cardio tennis
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' understanding of a variety of ways to have fun whilst improving personal health and fitness. Their movement skills and cardiovascular endurance will improve whilst engaging in tennis based exercises.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform with precision even when working towards exhaustion.
Key Notes
- Move: intensity of movement and endurance is shown to last during repeated long rallies and exercise routines.
- Think: progressive overload enables you to train harder and improve fitness whilst minimising the risk of injury.
- Feel: enjoyment comes from combining intense exercise with the precision of fine motor skills.
- Connect: covering the court as a trio can reveal creative solutions to win points.
Vocabulary To Learn
- exhaustion: a state of extreme physical and mental fatigue caused by prolonged physical exertion or inadequate recovery
- precision: executing movements or actions with high accuracy and consistency
- progressive overload: working harder than normal to achieve a fitness benefit
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils give up when training gets tough rather than pushing themselves closer to exhaustion.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: intensity of movement and endurance is shown to last during repeated long rallies and exercise routines. Think: progressive overload enables you to train harder and improve fitness whilst minimising the risk of injury.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'exhaustion'
a state of extreme physical and mental fatigue caused by prolonged physical exertion or inadequate recovery.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils give up when training gets tough rather than pushing themselves closer to exhaustion. Correction: To get a fitness benefit, it is essential to work your body harder than it is used to and hence a little discomfort is necessary to improve. This is often referred to as no pain, no gain.
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