Year 8 - Physical education
Training in teams for personal bests in long jump and triple jump
Athletics: train and perform in a sport education season
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to perform in a range of athletic events with a focus on personal best improvements. They will learn about different components of fitness and the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Pupils will take responsibility for working in small teams.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to work independently for increasing duration within a small team to improve your personal best in long jump and triple jump.
Key Notes
- Move: long jumpers should accelerate smoothly to reach maximum speed at the take off board after 12-14 strides.
- Move: swinging the arms forward and upward at take off helps to transfer forward momentum and increase distance jumped.
- Think: explaining the rules and feeding back to peers on accurate take off from the board allows for changes to be made.
- Feel: setting personal targets can help motivate and improve future performance.
- Connect: recognising when a personal best has been achieved is more motivating than comparing your scores to others.
Vocabulary To Learn
- motivation: staying driven and inspired to keep improving and achieving athletic goals
- practise: repeatedly working on skills and techniques with focus and effort to improve performance
- approach run: the measured run up that builds speed and sets up for the take off
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A common mistake in the triple jump is the athlete collapses 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: long jumpers should accelerate smoothly to reach maximum speed at the take off board after 12-14 strides. Move: swinging the arms forward and upward at take off helps to transfer forward momentum and increase distance jumped.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'motivation'
staying driven and inspired to keep improving and achieving athletic goals.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A common mistake in the triple jump is the athlete collapses the middle 'step phase' rather than getting equal height and distance from every phase. Correction: Emphasis on all phases of the jump should be practised, especially the step phase, with height and efficiency. All phases of the triple jump should contribute to an equal proportion of distance e.g. 2m x2m x2m.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Competing and contributing as a united team Study Guide
- Mini Olympic opening ceremony Study Guide
- Officiating, performing and supporting your team Study Guide
- The grand final, relays and medal tables Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in high jump Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in javelin Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in middle distance events Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in shot put Study Guide
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- Trials and team selection for a sport education season Study Guide
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