Year 10 - Physical education
Routines for daily flexibility and mobility
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 enhance your mobility through flexibility exercises and stretching.
Key Notes
- Move: the body should be relaxed and breathing guides movement in yoga poses.
- Move: posture and stability are maintained by grounding down and spreading weight through all points touching the floor.
- Think: stretching during your training programme is crucial to feel good and prevent injuries.
- Feel: noticing tight or tense areas in the body helps identify where stretching is needed.
- Connect: partner stretching promotes connection by fostering teamwork, trust and shared progress in flexibility.
Vocabulary To Learn
- flexibility: the range of movement available at the joint
- mobility: the ability to be able to move your body or body parts freely and easily
- stretching: gently lengthening muscles and tendons to improve elasticity and therefore mobility around the joint
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Flexibility training is only for dancers or gymnasts.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: the body should be relaxed and breathing guides movement in yoga poses. Move: posture and stability are maintained by grounding down and spreading weight through all points touching the floor.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'flexibility'
the range of movement available at the joint.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Flexibility training is only for dancers or gymnasts. Correction: Flexibility training is useful for all athletes as it can improve mobility, posture and reduce muscle tension making all movements easier.
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
- Mental health and stress management Study Guide
- Nutritional awareness Study Guide
- Planning a training programme Study Guide
- Review your progress Study Guide
- Sleep and recovery Study Guide
- Strength training for all Study Guide
- Your current fitness and goals Study Guide
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