Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 11
Kicking and footwork
I can improve footwork, muscular endurance and control of my kicks using leg conditioning exercises.
- Year 11
Kicking and footwork
I can improve footwork, muscular endurance and control of my kicks using leg conditioning exercises.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: exercising at a steady and continuous pace helps to improve muscular strength for better kicking technique.
- Think: leg conditioning exercises are important for maintaining good form when fatigued.
- Think: different leg exercises target specific muscles needed to improve strength and stability.
- Feel: setting appropriate challenges for others shows you have respect for one another
- Connect: supporting and encouraging each other when fatigued helps to maintain motivation and enhance teamwork.
Keywords
Conditioning - exercises that build strength, endurance, power and flexibility in different muscle groups
Fatigue - the feeling of physical or mental tiredness when the body has been pushed to work hard, especially over time
Muscular endurance - the ability of a muscle/muscle group to keep working over a period of time without getting tired
Common misconception
Pupils often start exercises with too much intensity and quickly recognise that they cannot continue when performing conditioning exercises.
When trying to improve muscular endurance and condition, steady and continuous activity over a longer period of time gives the best results. Start at a pace that is comfortable to begin with and can be maintained as muscles start to fatigue.
To help you plan your year 11 physical education lesson on: Kicking and footwork, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 11 physical education lesson on: Kicking and footwork, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 4 physical education lessons from the Health and wellbeing: martial arts and self-defence unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
8 x small hurdles, 2 x agility ladders, 30+ cones, hoops ( 1 between 2)
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
