Year 8 - Physical education
Create and lead a competition
Inclusive sports: teamship, communication and awareness of others
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how to measure success beyond the outcomes of competition, how to balance competition, and how to ensure games are inclusive, respectful, supportive and engaging for all. Pupils will develop their teamship skills through improved communication, empathy and awareness of others.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create and lead a competition that is balanced and inclusive.
Key Notes
- Move: land the ball close to the target, releasing at the lowest point of the underarm swing with a slight wrist flick.
- Think: ensuring an activity is accessible to all participants is fundamental to creating an inclusive competition.
- Feel: creating an inclusive game where all players are active builds a culture of inclusion and belonging.
- Connect: seeking the voices of all participants in creating a competition makes everyone feel included and valued.
Vocabulary To Learn
- inclusive competition: ensuring all participants can compete fairly and succeed in a supportive environment
- equity: giving everyone what they need to be successful
- planning: organising the activity, setting rules and scheduling for a smooth competition
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Target games must be played against people of similar ability or previous experience for it to be a fair competition.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: land the ball close to the target, releasing at the lowest point of the underarm swing with a slight wrist flick. Think: ensuring an activity is accessible to all participants is fundamental to creating an inclusive competition.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'inclusive competition'
ensuring all participants can compete fairly and succeed in a supportive environment.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Target games must be played against people of similar ability or previous experience for it to be a fair competition. Correction: Conditions can be put on specific players in target games to balance the competition, regardles of their ability or previous experience.
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