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Running at different speeds

I can run at different speeds using the correct technique.

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Running at different speeds

I can run at different speeds using the correct technique.

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Key learning points

  1. Move: speeding up will enable you to avoid being caught in a game.
  2. Move: speeding up will enable you to catch others in a game.
  3. Think: speeding up at the right time will allow you to avoid being caught or catch others within a game.
  4. Connect: playing fairly with empathy will help others to engage in the games.
  5. Feel: self belief enables you to strive to be able to run at different speeds.

Keywords

  • Speed - the act of moving rapidly

  • Defenders - individuals who are trying to stop the attackers from scoring by tagging them

  • Running - the activity of moving fast using our feet

Common misconception

Pupils fail to react to the commands as they aren't concentrating. Pupils run out of the space to avoid being caught by the sharks. Sharks give up when they can't catch a fish.

Remind pupils why it is important to focus in a game. Reiterate the consequences of running off the court or pitch in a game. Explain the importance of defenders stopping the attackers in a game and why we must speed up when we are defenders too.

Give pupils lots of opportunities to work as both sharks and fishes in the relevant games to master their understanding.
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Equipment

bibs, 30+ cones, 30+ floor markers, 30+ beanbags

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Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - physical activity
supervision-level

Supervision

Adult supervision required

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
Why is it important to run with the right technique?
Correct answer: to run fast
to be slow
to stop
Q2.
What should we do to make it hard for the defenders to stop us?
stop still
jump
Correct answer: run to space
Q3.
If we run by pumping our arms and on the balls of our feet, this means we have good what?
Correct answer: technique
movement
style
Q4.
What does playing by the rules mean we show in a game?
Correct answer: fairness
cheating
moaning

4 Questions

Q1.
What are we describing when we say: the act of moving rapidly?
jogging
Correct answer: speed
stopping
Q2.
We speed up in a game if we are attackers, to get away from who?
each other
no one
Correct answer: the defenders
Q3.
What do we mean by self belief?
running
Correct answer: trying hard
giving up
Q4.
In a game of football, what do the players need to do when dribbling into a space with the ball?
Correct Answer: speed up, dribble quickly