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Year 4 - Physical education

Introduction to pacing

Athletics: athletic challenges developed

Unit Summary

This unit will challenge pupils' integrity and resilience when developing their sprinting technique, analysing their own performance. Pupils will compare sprinting to running for distance and pacing. The unit will introduce throwing for distance with javelins and explore the basics of triple jump.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explore how to pace myself when running over a longer distance.

Key Notes

  • Move: when running longer distances we need relaxed shoulders, arms swinging naturally and a comfortable stride length.
  • Move: long distance running requires a steady pace and rhythm that you can keep up for a long time saving energy.
  • Think: if we sprint during a long distance race and do not pace ourselves, we run out of energy and have to slow down.
  • Feel: pacing ourselves over a longer distance requires us to be self-disciplined to make sure we can finish the race.
  • Connect: we can help our partners improve their pacing by communicating whether they need to speed up or slow down.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • long distance: a type of running race or activity that covers a significant distance
  • pacing: running at a speed that we can keep up for a long time
  • energy: a fuel for our body which helps us to move and do things

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils sprint and then slow up and then sprint again and slow again, especially at the start of the run.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: when running longer distances we need relaxed shoulders, arms swinging naturally and a comfortable stride length. Move: long distance running requires a steady pace and rhythm that you can keep up for a long time saving energy.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'long distance'

a type of running race or activity that covers a significant distance.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils sprint and then slow up and then sprint again and slow again, especially at the start of the run. Correction: Explain that having a steady rhythm may not get pupils to the front initially, but their overall time will be quicker than if they sprint and stop continuously.

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