Year 6 - Physical education
Jumping competition
Athletics: athletic challenges refined
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Unit Summary
This unit will challenge pupils to apply their knowledge and skills into a series of competitions. Pupils will experience competition across multiple areas of athletics and will have to work individually and collaborate together in teams to apply the correct techniques in order to be successful.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to take part in a jumping competition and understand how to perform long and triple jump with the correct technique.
Key Notes
- Move: to perform a standing long jump effectively, we bend our knees, drive our legs and swing our arms up.
- Move: in standing triple jump, we perform a hop, step, jump in sequence, linking them together smoothly.
- Think: when we jump with the correct technique, we are able to jump further and with more control.
- Feel: striving to demonstrate resilience by remaining positive in the competition is really important for success.
- Connect: being a role model to our partners shows we understand the importance of respect.
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.
- long jump: a track and field event in which an athlete sprints down a runway and leaps as far as possible into a sandpit from a takeoff board.
- land: the final phase where the athlete touches down.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- In the triple jump, pupils collapse the middle 'step phase' rather than getting equal height and distance from every phase.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to perform a standing long jump effectively, we bend our knees, drive our legs and swing our arms up. Move: in standing triple jump, we perform a hop, step, jump in sequence, linking them together smoothly.
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: In the triple jump, pupils collapse the middle 'step phase' rather than getting equal height and distance from every phase. Correction: Ensure pupils understand the importance of all phases of the jump, especially the step phase and that they understand all phases of the triple jump should contribute to an equal proportion of distance.
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