Year 8 - Physical education
Supporting others to be their best
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 use a range of strategies to motivate others.
Key Notes
- Move: fully extending your body parallel to the goal provides the maximum amount of protection to prevent a goal.
- Think: explaining the rules to others and supporting them to stay within them supports inclusion and fairness.
- Feel: supporting others fosters a sense of connection and makes a positive impact making you feel valued and purposeful.
- Connect: providing encouragement to players of all levels of experience strengthens the sense of team spirit.
Vocabulary To Learn
- inclusion: ensuring all young athletes feel welcome and valued, regardless of their skill level, experience or background
- empathy: understanding and sharing the feelings of young athletes to provide appropriate support and comfort
- encouragement: offering positive feedback and motivation to boost an athlete's confidence, performance and build their self-esteem
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- If you can't see the outcome of your performance, you are unable to learn how to improve.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: fully extending your body parallel to the goal provides the maximum amount of protection to prevent a goal. Think: explaining the rules to others and supporting them to stay within them supports inclusion and fairness.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'inclusion'
ensuring all young athletes feel welcome and valued, regardless of their skill level, experience or background.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: If you can't see the outcome of your performance, you are unable to learn how to improve. Correction: Receiving feedback from teammates and other pupils about your performance will enable you to learn and make progress.
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