Year 7 - Physical education
Officiating your own throwing challenges
Athletics: run, jump, throw and officiate
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore core techniques and use knowledge to become more technically proficient at sprinting, jogging and a range of both jumping and throwing events. Pupils will learn how the body responds to different types of exercise, how to be self-motivated and how to officiate fairly.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to participate in and officiate a throwing challenge alongside your peers.
Key Notes
- Move: using a variety of techniques will meet the challenge of throwing different equipment over different distances.
- Think: checking safety procedures are followed will ensure all participants take part without the risk of getting hurt.
- Feel: regulating your emotions when in the position of an official will ensure fair and objective decisions are made.
- Connect: offering support to other competitors will encourage participation and lead to positive experiences for all.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fair: ensuring that all participants are treated equally and rules are applied impartially and consistently
- throw: propelling an object
- officiate: act as the official in a competition ensuring it is conducted fairly and to the rules
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may be quick to get over emotional when challenged with being the official, leading to inaccurate, unfair or even biased decisions being made.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: using a variety of techniques will meet the challenge of throwing different equipment over different distances. Think: checking safety procedures are followed will ensure all participants take part without the risk of getting hurt.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'fair'
ensuring that all participants are treated equally and rules are applied impartially and consistently.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may be quick to get over emotional when challenged with being the official, leading to inaccurate, unfair or even biased decisions being made. Correction: Pupils must learn to regulate their emotions when acting as the official to ensure competition is fair.
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- Relays Study Guide
- Running for distance and understanding pace Study Guide
- Running for speed and the relationship between distance and time Study Guide
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