Year 8 - Physical education
Trials and team selection for a sport education season
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 take part in a range of athletics activities and identify where your confidence levels are.
Key Notes
- Move: an optimal stride balances speed and efficiency, with each foot landing under your body, reducing injury risk.
- Think: having a positive mindset to trying a range of activities helps to understand your physical activity preferences.
- Feel: trying new activities helps to build self-belief in your ability to perform.
- Connect: recognising when athletes give their best, regardless of outcome, will help to build confidence and motivation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- mindset: staying positive, focused and determined, believing in your ability to improve and succeed, even when finding things difficult
- effort: trying your hardest, staying determined and working hard to do your best, no matter what the outcome is
- sporting behaviour: competing fairly, following rules, respecting everyone, cheering others on and accepting wins or losses positively
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A trial is where people are judged to see who makes the cut and who doesn't.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: an optimal stride balances speed and efficiency, with each foot landing under your body, reducing injury risk. Think: having a positive mindset to trying a range of activities helps to understand your physical activity preferences.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'mindset'
staying positive, focused and determined, believing in your ability to improve and succeed, even when finding things difficult.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A trial is where people are judged to see who makes the cut and who doesn't. Correction: A trial is an opportunity for everyone to show what they can do and also learn where they could focus on as priority areas for improvement.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing performance and identifying your best events Study Guide
- 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
- Training in teams for personal bests in shot put Study Guide
- Training in teams for personal bests in sprint events Study Guide
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