Year 10 - Physical education
Sprint 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 sprint with effective technique to reach maximal performance.
Key Notes
- Move: effective sprinting technique requires appropriate stride length, high knees and strong elbow drive.
- Move: correctly performed sprint starts launch the performer into the drive phase and improve overall time.
- Think: remembering to keep low during the drive phase will ensure a quick start.
- Feel: being focussed and dedicated to performing at maximal levels will ensure you achieve your best performance.
- Connect: assessing a peer and giving feedback will help to check and improve technique and motivate them.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sprint start: the explosive phase of a sprint in which the performer moves from stationary into movement on the starter's command
- drive phase: the second phase of the race in the first 20m following the start
- efficient: optimally converting energy into forward momentum
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- At the beginning of a sprint performance, pupils will rise up into an upright position as soon as possible.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: effective sprinting technique requires appropriate stride length, high knees and strong elbow drive. Move: correctly performed sprint starts launch the performer into the drive phase and improve overall time.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sprint start'
the explosive phase of a sprint in which the performer moves from stationary into movement on the starter's command.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: At the beginning of a sprint performance, pupils will rise up into an upright position as soon as possible. Correction: An effective drive phase of sprinting sees the body gradually rise up over the first 20m before assuming an upright position. Trying to get upright too soon after starting will hinder acceleration.
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