Study Hub

Study Guides

This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.

Back to Study HubBrowse Year 7 Physical education Guides

Year 7 - Physical education

Running for speed and the relationship between distance and time

Athletics: run, jump, throw and officiate

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 understand the relationship between running different speeds and distances and how to maximise your distance in a 20 second run.

Key Notes

  • Move: running over different distances requires different styles and paces to achieve your best performance.
  • Move: sprinting requires the coordination of elbow and knee drives simultaneously to maximise performance.
  • Think: calculating how fast you can run and how long you can sustain it for will help you to select the right pace.
  • Feel: setting yourself a goal before performing can increase motivation levels.
  • Connect: helping someone else to improve can be rewarding for both of you.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • distance: the amount of ground covered while running
  • sprinting: running at maximum speed
  • goal: a specific target or outcome that a person aims to achieve

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may believe that all the power in sprinting comes from the legs and not use their arms enough when performing.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: running over different distances requires different styles and paces to achieve your best performance. Move: sprinting requires the coordination of elbow and knee drives simultaneously to maximise performance.

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

the amount of ground covered while running.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils may believe that all the power in sprinting comes from the legs and not use their arms enough when performing. Correction: Power in sprinting is created by a combination of powerful legs and arms working simultaneously, hence why sprinters often have muscular arms as well as legs.

More Lessons In This Unit

Browse all guides in the Year 7 Physical education guide library.