KS4 · Physical education · Year 11
Kicking and footwork
Health and wellbeing: martial arts and self-defence
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Your learning goal
I can improve footwork, muscular endurance and control of my kicks using leg conditioning exercises.
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What you’ll learn
I can improve footwork, muscular endurance and control of my kicks using leg conditioning exercises.
Key learning points
- Move: exercising at a steady and continuous pace helps to improve muscular strength for better kicking technique.
- Think: leg conditioning exercises are important for maintaining good form when fatigued.
- Think: different leg exercises target specific muscles needed to improve strength and stability.
- Feel: setting appropriate challenges for others shows you have respect for one another
- Connect: supporting and encouraging each other when fatigued helps to maintain motivation and enhance teamwork.
Words to know
- conditioning
- exercises that build strength, endurance, power and flexibility in different muscle groups
- fatigue
- the feeling of physical or mental tiredness when the body has been pushed to work hard, especially over time
- muscular endurance
- the ability of a muscle/muscle group to keep working over a period of time without getting tired
Common mistakes
Pupils often start exercises with too much intensity and quickly recognise that they cannot continue when performing conditioning exercises.
When trying to improve muscular endurance and condition, steady and continuous activity over a longer period of time gives the best results. Start at a pace that is comfortable to begin with and can be maintained as muscles start to fatigue.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Activities in the circuit can be adapted if there is more/less equipment available as long as the focus remains on leg conditioning.