Year 10 - Physical education
Your current fitness and goals
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 assess your current fitness and use SMART targets to design suitable goals for your training.
Key Notes
- Move: fitness testing with maximum effort allows for strengths and areas for improvement to be identified.
- Move: when drawing on a larger scale, we can develop our arm strength and precision.
- Think: comparing fitness test results to national averages helps identify where to focus training.
- Feel: acknowledging areas of fitness that are a strength boosts confidence and feels good.
- Connect: celebrating your peers' achievements enables you to support their development.
Vocabulary To Learn
- testing: the process of measuring physical abilities such as strength to assess overall fitness levels
- smart targets: a goal should be: specific, measurable, achievable, recorded and timed
- assessment: evaluating your current level of fitness
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Feeling disappointed if some fitness test results fall below national average.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: fitness testing with maximum effort allows for strengths and areas for improvement to be identified. Move: when drawing on a larger scale, we can develop our arm strength and precision.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'testing'
the process of measuring physical abilities such as strength to assess overall fitness levels.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Feeling disappointed if some fitness test results fall below national average. Correction: We all have different strengths and weaknesses and this is why we train to improve our areas of weakness.
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
- Routines for daily flexibility and mobility Study Guide
- Sleep and recovery Study Guide
- Strength training for all Study Guide
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