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Year 9 - Physical education

Your strengths as an athlete

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 identify and explain your personal strengths as an athlete.

Key Notes

  • Move: driving hard against the ground in the first strides helps you accelerate quickly at the start of a sprint.
  • Move: settling into a relaxed rhythm early helps you to stay controlled and pace your 800m effectively.
  • Think: assessing how your body responds to different levels of intensity enables you to make informed decisions.
  • Feel: reflecting on your own abilities and limitations can provide a focus for self-improvement.
  • Connect: helping others by timing their benchmarking supports accuracy and builds mutual respect.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • reflection: thinking about your performance to help make decisions and improve
  • personal strengths: the skills or qualities that make you good at certain tasks, like sprinting or pacing
  • benchmark: a starting point or measurement you can compare to later

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils might believe that benchmarking times represent their fixed ability and that their times won't change.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: driving hard against the ground in the first strides helps you accelerate quickly at the start of a sprint. Move: settling into a relaxed rhythm early helps you to stay controlled and pace your 800m effectively.

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

thinking about your performance to help make decisions and improve.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils might believe that benchmarking times represent their fixed ability and that their times won't change. Correction: Encourage pupils to understand that benchmarking is a snapshot in time - a starting point that effort and hard work can improve (growth mindset).

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