Year 10 - Physical education
Mental health and stress management
Health and wellbeing: commitment to a personalised training plan
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to design and carry out a training programme with a focus on physical fitness and commitment to exercise that is enjoyable and tailored. Pupils will also learn about nutrition to help support them in living a healthy and active life beyond school.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to master ways to deal with stress such as self-care routines and mindfulness.
Key Notes
- Move: visualisation, deep breathing and positive self-talk help us to push through challenging exercises.
- Think: stress affects the body by increasing muscle tension and heart rate, reducing the effect of training.
- Feel: mindfulness can help you feel more focused, calm and in tune with your surroundings.
- Connect: using positive self-talk to motivate your peers is powerful and helps create a culture of support and effort.
Vocabulary To Learn
- stress: feeling overwhelmed or worried
- self-care: taking care of yourself to stay healthy
- mindfulness: being aware of the present moment
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils may struggle to believe the impact your mindset can have on performance.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: visualisation, deep breathing and positive self-talk help us to push through challenging exercises. Think: stress affects the body by increasing muscle tension and heart rate, reducing the effect of training.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'stress'
feeling overwhelmed or worried.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils may struggle to believe the impact your mindset can have on performance. Correction: Your mindset can be the difference between giving up and persisting, through the use of mindfulness, visualisation and positive self talk anything is possible.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A cardiovascular base Study Guide
- Future goals and healthy habits Study Guide
- Hydration and fuelling your body for exercise Study Guide
- Injury and injury prevention Study Guide
- Nutritional awareness Study Guide
- Planning a training programme Study Guide
- Review your progress Study Guide
- Routines for daily flexibility and mobility Study Guide
- Sleep and recovery Study Guide
- Strength training for all Study Guide
- Your current fitness and goals Study Guide
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