Year 8 - Physical education
Modifying and teaching routines to others
Gymnastics jigsaw: technical fluency and group performance analysis
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the use of various apparatus and flight based sequences whilst also giving pupils the opportunity to master, teach each other and analyse group performances. They will also learn how to set out their space safely.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to modify a routine and teach it to others.
Key Notes
- Move: when performing, pupils show control, extension, accurate timing and flow to perform a high quality routine.
- Think: good communication improves teamwork enabling a higher chance of a successful outcome.
- Feel: good communication when leading a group helps to build self confidence.
- Connect: good leadership facilitates teamwork and encourages input from everyone, making each person feel included.
- Connect: taking turns to be the leader shows fairness and ensures everyone respects each other.
Vocabulary To Learn
- routine: a series of choreographed movements and skills performed and meeting certain requirements
- leader: someone who influences others to achieve their goals
- feedback: giving helpful suggestions on how someone can improve their performance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Performing group routines often means some members of the group may struggle with the choreography and therefore feel self-conscious and demotivated.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when performing, pupils show control, extension, accurate timing and flow to perform a high quality routine. Think: good communication improves teamwork enabling a higher chance of a successful outcome.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'routine'
a series of choreographed movements and skills performed and meeting certain requirements.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Performing group routines often means some members of the group may struggle with the choreography and therefore feel self-conscious and demotivated. Correction: Stress to each group the importance of adapting choreography to suit the needs of everyone in the group. For example, some pupils could perform backward rolls whilst others perform a more basic roll. Or everyone may change the skill they perform.
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