KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Sprinting: explore acceleration
Athletics: athletic challenges
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Your learning goal
I can explain how and why we need to accelerate at the start of a race.
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Sprinting: explore acceleration: 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 explain how and why we need to accelerate at the start of a race.
Key learning points
- Move: keeping our head up, pumping our arms, elbows bent, running on the balls of our feet helps us run faster.
- Move: at the start of the race we must shorten our stride, keep our body low and drive our arms accelerating quickly.
- Think: accelerating well at the start of a race can give us an advantage over our opponents so we get a head start.
- Feel: focusing on yourself and continuing to try hard to improve your technique demonstrates self-motivation.
- Connect: treating our opponents with respect when we race against one another develops cooperation and trust
Words to know
- accelerate
- getting faster and faster as the race begins
- race
- a competition where runners compete to see who can run the fastest over a certain distance.
- sprinting
- when you run and use all of your energy to go as fast as you can for a short distance
Common mistakes
When applying their acceleration skills to a race, pupils false start in an attempt to win.
Explain to pupils that they need to start fast, reacting quickly to the start command, however, too many false starts can result in being disqualified.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In cycle 3, group pupils in ability groups to create an environment where they push and challenge each other and each pupil gets the chance to experience success.