Year 6 - Physical education
Running for distance 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 run long distances as part of a competition and understand how to pace myself to finish the race.
Key Notes
- Move: it is important to pace ourselves in a long distance race to ensure we have enough energy to finish the race.
- Think: if we sprint too early in a long distance race, we will drain energy and may not finish.
- Think: leaving enough energy for a sprint finish shows tactical thinking to help us finish the race quicker.
- Feel: to be able to run a long distance race, we need to be resilient so we can keep going.
- Connect: collaborating and supporting each other as a team helps us to perform well.
Vocabulary To Learn
- long distance: a type of running race or activity that covers a significant distance, usually much more than a sprint
- pace: running at a speed that we can keep up for a long time
- energy: is fuel for our body and it helps us move and do things
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that you have to be fast to be good at long distance running, overlooking the importance of endurance, breathing technique, pacing and tactics.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: it is important to pace ourselves in a long distance race to ensure we have enough energy to finish the race. Think: if we sprint too early in a long distance race, we will drain energy and may not finish.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'long distance'
a type of running race or activity that covers a significant distance, usually much more than a sprint.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe that you have to be fast to be good at long distance running, overlooking the importance of endurance, breathing technique, pacing and tactics. Correction: Explain that sprinting and long-distance running differ: sprinters rely on fast-twitch muscle fibres for power and speed, while long-distance runners use slow-twitch fibres for endurance and efficiency.
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