Year 5 - Physical education
Evaluating triple jump: personal bests
Athletics: enhanced athletic challenges
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Unit Summary
This unit will challenge pupils to consolidate their knowledge, understanding and ability to sprint effectively, individually and within a team. Pupils will show self motivation to improve their technique for throwing a shot put and explore and develop an understanding of how to hurdle safely.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to evaluate your triple jump technique and focus on improving your own personal best.
Key Notes
- Move: to perform a standing triple jump we must hop, step, jump in sequence and link the actions together smoothly.
- Move: we must swing our arms back for takeoff and forward during the different stages for power and balance.
- Think: we must land on both feet as the triple jump is measured from the furthest body part back.
- Feel: trying to beat our personal best each time we jump shows self-motivation.
- Connect: evaluating our partner's jumping technique can help them to jump further.
Vocabulary To Learn
- triple jump: a track and field event where an athlete performs a sequence of three jumps to cover as much distance as possible
- link: something that connects two or more things together
- smoothly: performing an activity without any sudden stops or jerks
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that they will set a new personal best every time they attempt to and become disappointed if they don't.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to perform a standing triple jump we must hop, step, jump in sequence and link the actions together smoothly. Move: we must swing our arms back for takeoff and forward during the different stages for power and balance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'triple jump'
a track and field event where an athlete performs a sequence of three jumps to cover as much distance as possible.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe that they will set a new personal best every time they attempt to and become disappointed if they don't. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that they need to show resilience to keep trying if they don't manage to set a personal best.
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