Year 8 - Physical education
Tournament time
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 contribute to and participate in the planning and leading of an inclusive tournament.
Key Notes
- Move: taking a deep breath before throwing or serving relaxes the body and helps to maintain accuracy under pressure.
- Think: officiating with integrity and without bias in a tournament prevents conflict occurring.
- Feel: prioritising sporting behaviour over outcome can help to regulate emotions in competitive situations.
- Connect: having a metric for success that every participant is able to achieve encourages a greater sense of inclusion.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tournament: a series of competitive events or matches where teams or individuals compete against each other
- metric for success: the chosen method of what is deemed to be desirable in the tournament, such as, improving skills, achieving personal bests and demonstrating sporting behaviour
- sporting behaviour: the practice of fair play, respect and graciousness towards opponents, teammates and officials
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All tournaments must focus solely on the outcome/winner of competition.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: taking a deep breath before throwing or serving relaxes the body and helps to maintain accuracy under pressure. Think: officiating with integrity and without bias in a tournament prevents conflict occurring.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'tournament'
a series of competitive events or matches where teams or individuals compete against each other.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All tournaments must focus solely on the outcome/winner of competition. Correction: In order for all participants to feel included, tournaments can take many forms and be adapted so that everyone can enjoy an appropriate level of challenge.
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