Officiating your own jumping challenges
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can participate in a range of jumping challenges and take responsibility for officiating.
Key learning points
- Move: using good jump mechanics will help to achieve a personal best score.
- Think: approaching the bar from 30-40 degrees is the ideal angle for a successful scissor technique.
- Feel: playing a role in ensuring the competition is officiated properly leads to a sense of responsibility.
- Connect: congratulating others on their performances can help them to feel good about their accomplishments.
Keywords
Rules - the restrictions of the challenge to ensure fairness among all competitors
Aim - the desired outcome of the challenge
Challenge - a task requiring skill and effort to overcome
Common misconception
There may be pupils who feel confident and enthusiastic and want to take over all officiating and not allow others to do so.
All pupils should take some role in officiating. Assign roles such as scorecard keeper and person in charge of reading the aims and rules at each event.
Teacher tip
If you are working inside or don't have access to a high jump area/long jump pit, you can do a long jump and vertical jump station. This series of challenges is likely to be much more enjoyable if groups are set by ability and competition between group members is kept as level as possible.
Equipment
high jump equipment, gymnastics mat or speed bounce, stopwatches, stack. ofcones, tape measures
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which knee drives up when you take off doing the scissors technique in high jump?
Q2.Why do high jumpers get the crowd to clap before they run up to the bar?
Q3.Which of these lands first when doing a scissors technique in high jump?
Q4.What is a 30-40 degrees approach used for?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Who should be in charge of officiating?
Q2.Which of these is a good example of sporting behaviour?
Q3.Why do officials need to be observant?
Q4.Why is it a good idea to share the aims and rules of the event before beginning?
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