Year 3 - Physical education
Running for speed: sprinting
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 explore how to use your body to run as fast as possible so you have a good sprinting technique.
Key Notes
- Move: sprinting technique requires pumping arms, running on the balls of our feet, keeping our head focused forwards.
- Think: we need to stay in our own lane when sprinting to stop us from being disqualified.
- Feel: continuing to try our best, even when we don't beat our record, shows that we have resilience.
- Connect: encouraging each other is important so everyone is motivated to try their best.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sprinting: when you run and use all of your energy to go as fast as you can for a short distance.
- race: a competition where runners compete to see who can run the fastest over a certain distance.
- lane: each runner's individual space on the track so no one bumps into each other.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often believe that tensing their body (hands, face, arms, legs), will help them generate more speed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: sprinting technique requires pumping arms, running on the balls of our feet, keeping our head focused forwards. Think: we need to stay in our own lane when sprinting to stop us from being disqualified.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sprinting'
when you run and use all of your energy to go as fast as you can for a short distance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often believe that tensing their body (hands, face, arms, legs), will help them generate more speed. Correction: Explain to pupils that this can actually slow them down, by affecting their running form and using energy inefficiently.
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