Year 3 - Physical education
Running for speed in a team
Athletics: athletic challenges
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Unit Summary
The unit of work will focus on how we can use our bodies to run as fast as possible, exploring the correct technique individually and within teams to improve performance. Pupils will also begin to evaluate how to jump as far as possible and compare throwing accurately with throwing for distance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to run as fast as possible as part of a team and apply changeover tactics on a curved track.
Key Notes
- Move: when receiving the baton, our hand should be up behind us ready with palm upwards.
- Move: when running a curve, we lean slightly into the curve and pump our arms for balance.
- Think: applying relay tactics and deciding the order our team will run helps us to be more successful in a race.
- Feel: when taking part in a relay, taking responsibility for our team and explaining tactics helps improve performance.
- Connect: relay racing requires cooperation to successfully exchange the baton and complete the race.
Vocabulary To Learn
- relay: a type of race where a team of runners takes turns running different sections of the race
- team: a group of people working together to achieve the same goal
- tactics: a carefully planned set of actions that are used by a team or an individual to achieve a certain goal
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When pupils hold the relay baton, they hold it in the middle, believing that this will help them grip it best. This makes it hard for their teammate to grab the baton.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when receiving the baton, our hand should be up behind us ready with palm upwards. Move: when running a curve, we lean slightly into the curve and pump our arms for balance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'relay'
a type of race where a team of runners takes turns running different sections of the race.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When pupils hold the relay baton, they hold it in the middle, believing that this will help them grip it best. This makes it hard for their teammate to grab the baton. Correction: Encourage pupils to hold the baton at the bottom when running, leaving more space for their teammate to hold when they changeover.
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