Year 2 - Physical education
Coordination circuit
Health and wellbeing: agility, balance and coordination
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Unit Summary
This unit of work will introduce pupils to agility, balance and coordination; understanding what they mean and why they are important. Pupils will perform circuits to develop their application and understanding of how these elements are crucial in a variety of fitness activities.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform a range of activities that require excellent coordination and remain motivated to try your hardest.
Key Notes
- Move: bouncing, rolling, throwing, dribbling and kicking a ball with effective coordination requires control.
- Move: our hearts will beat faster and our muscles work harder when completing coordination exercises within the circuit.
- Think: showing good hand and foot coordination across a range of activities requires focus and curiosity.
- Feel: working together and striving to help each other to improve throughout the circuit shows great empathy.
- Connect: striving to improve our coordination throughout will lead to increased success and shows self-belief.
Vocabulary To Learn
- coordination: The ability to efficiently use different parts of the body together
- circuit: a series of physical activities or exercises
- together: working in cooperation with others to undertake a task
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that coordination relates only to movement of their own body.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: bouncing, rolling, throwing, dribbling and kicking a ball with effective coordination requires control. Move: our hearts will beat faster and our muscles work harder when completing coordination exercises within the circuit.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'coordination'
The ability to efficiently use different parts of the body together.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that coordination relates only to movement of their own body. Correction: Coordination requires many different elements to work in combination. Improving balance, timing, ball tracking and the way we grip equipment can all contribute to improved coordination.
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