KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Routines for daily flexibility and mobility
Health and wellbeing: commitment to a personalised training plan
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Your learning goal
I can enhance my mobility through flexibility exercises and stretching.
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Routines for daily flexibility and mobility: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can enhance my mobility through flexibility exercises and stretching.
Key learning points
- Move: the body should be relaxed and breathing guides movement in yoga poses.
- Move: posture and stability are maintained by grounding down and spreading weight through all points touching the floor.
- Think: stretching during your training programme is crucial to feel good and prevent injuries.
- Feel: noticing tight or tense areas in the body helps identify where stretching is needed.
- Connect: partner stretching promotes connection by fostering teamwork, trust and shared progress in flexibility.
Words to know
- flexibility
- the range of movement available at the joint
- mobility
- the ability to be able to move your body or body parts freely and easily
- stretching
- gently lengthening muscles and tendons to improve elasticity and therefore mobility around the joint
Common mistakes
Flexibility training is only for dancers or gymnasts.
Flexibility training is useful for all athletes as it can improve mobility, posture and reduce muscle tension making all movements easier.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Either practice leading through the sun salutation and yoga poses in advance, or prepare 1 or 2 student leaders to lead the rest of the class.