KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Sport specific circuits
Health and wellbeing: long term benefits of physical activity through circuits
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Your learning goal
I can take part and design my own sport specific circuit.
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What you’ll learn
I can take part and design my own sport specific circuit.
Key learning points
- Move: performing sport specific actions with good technique repeatedly, can improve muscle memory and skill level.
- Think: stations can be adapted to replicate movements required by specific sports (e.g. basketball - dribbling).
- Feel: circuit training can help with confidence and drive to improve performance in a specific sport.
- Connect: working with others to monitor and motivate their performance on a station requires energy and enthusiasm
Words to know
- specific
- making training specific to the sport being played, movements used, muscles used or energy systems used
- adaptations
- the changes to an athlete's body as a result of regular training over a sustained amount of time (e.g. 6 weeks)
- skill
- a learned action used in sport
Common mistakes
Pupils think that circuit training is solely to improve components of fitness but not for developing skilled sports performance.
While circuit training is great for improving components of fitness, it can also be designed to develop sport-specific skills. For example, in basketball, a circuit can include dribbling, shooting and passing stations, alongside fitness exercises.
For parents, carers and teachers
- You may wish to give pupils options of sports they can plan a circuit for, dependent on the equipment you have available. Ensure equipment is set up safely in each group's area to avoid any items moving into other people's areas.