Year 8 - Physical education
Training in teams for personal bests in shot put
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 and safely within a small team to improve your personal best in shot put.
Key Notes
- Move: transferring weight from the rear leg to the front with a powerful push generates power for the throw.
- Move: rotation of the hips and full extension of the elbow in a coordinated movement maximises force production.
- Think: choosing the right starting position will lead to a strong action to support the release.
- Feel: focusing on following all safety rules helps to keep everyone safe.
- Connect: recognition of effort after a performance offers reassurance to athletes finding it challenging.
Vocabulary To Learn
- risk assessment: the process of identifying how accidents can occur and what can be done to prevent injury
- hazard: something that can cause harm
- power position: balanced stance with knees bent, ready to throw
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You throw a shot in the shot put.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: transferring weight from the rear leg to the front with a powerful push generates power for the throw. Move: rotation of the hips and full extension of the elbow in a coordinated movement maximises force production.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'risk assessment'
the process of identifying how accidents can occur and what can be done to prevent injury.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: You throw a shot in the shot put. Correction: The shot put does not require any rotation around a joint. It is pushed from under the chin and touching the neck. A throw action will likely lead to injury due to the weight of the shot. However, "throw" is standard terminology for this event.
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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 long jump and triple jump Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in middle distance events Study Guide
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