Year 10 - Physical education
Middle distance training
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 maintain an effective running style at an ideal pace to complete 800m.
Key Notes
- Move: maintaining an effective smooth, upright and relaxed running technique will maximise the use of energy.
- Move: discovering a pace which is sustainable for you and performing it consistently will aid performance in races.
- Think: making good decisions about the pace you can sustain will positively impact your personal best.
- Feel: self-assessing your condition during performance will help to select and apply the optimal pace going forward.
- Connect: working with others to discover your ideal pace will build confidence in your ability to apply it in a race.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pace: the steady, controlled speed a runner maintains during the race
- split time: time taken to cover a segment of the race
- upright: a vertical posture maintaining a straight back
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may perform middle distances by jogging the majority to conserve energy and putting a sprint in at the end. This often leads to pupils wishing they had put more effort into the initial stages.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: maintaining an effective smooth, upright and relaxed running technique will maximise the use of energy. Move: discovering a pace which is sustainable for you and performing it consistently will aid performance in races.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pace'
the steady, controlled speed a runner maintains during the race.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may perform middle distances by jogging the majority to conserve energy and putting a sprint in at the end. This often leads to pupils wishing they had put more effort into the initial stages. Correction: A well performed 800m requires a fine line between holding back some energy for the finish but also performing at around 80-90% maximum effort for around the first 600m.
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