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Year 9 - Physical education

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation: flexibility

Athletics: fitness development of pace or power

Unit Summary

This unit will develop pupils' independence by supporting them to train and improve their pacing to sustain steady state running and/ or their power. Pupils will be exposed to different types of training as they apply the FITT principle to improve their fitness through track and field activities.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to safely perform PNF stretches with a partner and explain how it can help your training.

Key Notes

  • Move: increasing overload using FITT pushes the body beyond its current level.
  • Move: combining stretches and muscular contractions is required to perform proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.
  • Think: reflecting on the effectiveness of adjustments using the FITT principle ensures appropriate progression.
  • Feel: having courage to trust a partner enables a wider range of performance enhancing stretches.
  • Connect: working in pairs with clear communication and trust helps pupils to stretch safely and effectively.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • PNF: a type of partner assisted stretching that combines muscle contractions with deep stretching to improve flexibility
  • contraction: tensing or shortening of a muscle
  • overload: working the body harder than it is used to, so it adapts and gets fitter

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • PNF can sometimes be confused as a partner simply helping to deepen the stretch by pushing a bit further.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: increasing overload using FITT pushes the body beyond its current level. Move: combining stretches and muscular contractions is required to perform proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'PNF'

a type of partner assisted stretching that combines muscle contractions with deep stretching to improve flexibility.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: PNF can sometimes be confused as a partner simply helping to deepen the stretch by pushing a bit further. Correction: The method of contracting the muscle activates the nervous system which helps improve flexibility more effectively than static stretching alone.

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