KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
The hurdles
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Your learning goal
I can understand and apply the correct hurdling technique to jump safely and efficiently.
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What you’ll learn
I can understand and apply the correct hurdling technique to jump safely and efficiently.
Key learning points
- Move: When hurdling, we must look forward, drive the lead knee up, step over the hurdle and bend the trailing leg.
- Move: we should use a consistent stride pattern between the hurdles, leading with the same leg each jump.
- Think: observing others and evaluating their performance can help us to improve our hurdle technique.
- Feel: managing our emotions is important when hurdling as we may get frustrated if we knock a hurdle over.
- Connect: communicating with others and providing feedback is vital for the development of their technique.
Words to know
- hurdle
- a physical barrier that runners must jump over during a race
- lead leg
- the leg that goes over the hurdle first
- trail leg
- the leg that follows over the hurdle after the lead leg
Common mistakes
Pupils jump as high as possible when attempting to clear a hurdle which can slow them down and negatively effect their rhythm.
Pupils need to focus on their technique to help them jump the hurdles efficiently with a flat technique.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Ensure hurldes are placed down the correct way, so that they tip forward if they are knocked by a pupil. Pupils should only jump over the hurdles the correct way to avoid them tripping.