Year 8 - Physical education
Training in teams for personal bests in middle distance events
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 start to work independently within a small team to improve your personal best in middle distance events.
Key Notes
- Move: maintaining a forward and relaxed alternate arm action helps maintain speed and balance.
- Move: increasing stride length and/or stride frequency towards the end of a run can improve time.
- Think: being able to maintain a "race pace" for the full distance of a race without fatigue will maximise performance.
- Feel: running alongside others can help to regulate emotions during training.
- Connect: running with others in pairs or small groups can help with motivation over longer distances.
Vocabulary To Learn
- communication: sharing ideas, listening and giving feedback to teammates and coaches to improve performance and understanding
- aerobic: physical activity that relies on the presence of oxygen to produce energy. Lower intensity and longer in duration than anaerobic activity
- pacing: managing your speed throughout the race to avoid burning out too early and maintaining enough energy for a strong finish
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- To get faster at running middle distance you always have to train at race pace.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: maintaining a forward and relaxed alternate arm action helps maintain speed and balance. Move: increasing stride length and/or stride frequency towards the end of a run can improve time.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'communication'
sharing ideas, listening and giving feedback to teammates and coaches to improve performance and understanding.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: To get faster at running middle distance you always have to train at race pace. Correction: Improvements in speed and fitness for middle distance running can also come from running easy efforts. This builds aerobic fitness and gives the individual a strong base where over time the same effort will be maintained but at a faster pace.
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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
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