Year 10 - Physical education
Middle distance performance
Non-examined assessment: athletics practical
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Unit Summary
This unit provides pupils with the knowledge and opportunity to replicate skills in isolation and in performance scenarios across all athletic disciplines. As a popular individual sport offered by many pupils it will cover sprinting, middle distance, jumping, shot put and javelin events.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to manage the different phases of the 800m to perform your personal best time.
Key Notes
- Move: running at a pace which is suited to your personal capabilities will help manage your energy and kick finish.
- Move: 'kicking' at an ideal moment towards the end of the race will improve finish time and overtake opponents.
- Think: constantly assess your condition and position to decide whether and when to kick.
- Feel: remaining confident and focused on your pacing strategy will ensure you perform at your maximal level.
- Connect: encouraging others when they are taking part in their races can motivate them to perform at their best.
Vocabulary To Learn
- kick: a strategic sprint in the final stages of the race
- pace: the steady, controlled speed a runner maintains during the race
- split time: time taken to cover a segment of the race
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils expend far too much energy by sprint starting instead of finding their race pace, leading them to tire in the second half of the race.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: running at a pace which is suited to your personal capabilities will help manage your energy and kick finish. Move: 'kicking' at an ideal moment towards the end of the race will improve finish time and overtake opponents.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'kick'
a strategic sprint in the final stages of the race.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils expend far too much energy by sprint starting instead of finding their race pace, leading them to tire in the second half of the race. Correction: Pupils should focus on finding their race pace, not getting over excited at the start line, beginning too fast or being influenced by others who do. Ideally, the second half of the race is completed quicker than the first (called a negative split).
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