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Lesson 8 of 12
  • Year 8

Analysing performance and identifying your best events

I can compare and contrast my relative performance in a range of events.

Lesson 8 of 12
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  • Year 8

Analysing performance and identifying your best events

I can compare and contrast my relative performance in a range of events.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Move: the skills that you can perform with the greatest level of fluency, control and consistency are your most refined.
  2. Think: applying reasoning to judgements about your performance helps to ensure accurate conclusions are made.
  3. Feel: reflecting on performance in a wide range of activities provides a sense of achievement.
  4. Connect: sharing opinions about the strengths of others offers an alternative view to make informed decisions.

Keywords

  • Assessment - the process to make a judgement of performance, knowledge and understanding

  • Evaluation - reviewing your results, techniques, and efforts to determine which events you excel in

  • Personal best - your highest recorded performance in an event, used to gauge potential and improvement

Common misconception

All throwing events have the same technique.

While there is a common core technique across all throwing events, each event has a unique set of technical elements that range from the grip, stance, release and recovery phases.


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As pupils refine their techniques, they should start to practise and focus on each element individually. You may decide to spend a lesson on each learning cycle and will need to carefully consider/ risk assess the throwing tasks.
Teacher tip

Equipment

high jump module; javelins; shot puts; floor markers; stopwatches; long jump pit; tape measures

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Prior knowledge starter quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
How could we describe your personal best attempt?

Correct answer: all-time best
season’s best
lesson best

Q2.
What would you use a curved approach for?

long jump
Correct answer: high jump
100 metres

Q3.
What do throwing events all require?

Correct answer: power
stamina
agility

Q4.
What is the role of the coach?

critisise
spectate
Correct answer: provide feedback

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What does an effective javelin throw require?

power only
careful technique
a run up

Q2.
What does a sense of achievement come from?

Correct answer: how you feel
what others think
being the best

Q3.
What should an evaluation of someone’s performance include?

Correct answer: strengths/alternatives ideas
faults only
results only

Q4.
What best describes the primary purpose of assessment?

attendance/effort/enjoyment
results/performance/improvement
Correct answer: knowledge/performance/understanding