LSC: Basic Running Skills Assignment

Basic Running Skills Assignment

Activity 6.1: Understanding Athletics

i) What do you think athletics is?

ii) Name some of the activities that are performed during athletic events.

Activity 6.2: Practising basic running skills

In small groups with guidance from the teacher, practise the following running drills: starts, reaction time, sprint games, endurance games, sprint ABCs, resistance runs, pursuit runs, acceleration runs and reaction games.

Note: The above activities are easily understood when done practically. You will need to go in the field and try them out with the guidance of the teacher.

Activity 6.3: Practising distance runs

Do you remember how to start the distance runs?

i) Demonstrate the standing start.

ii) Using the standing start, practise running one lap (400 m), rest for 10 minutes then try out two laps (800 m).

iii) In groups, try to compete in 1500 m with the guidance of the teacher.

Activity of Integration

The Head teacher of Yala Seed School was impressed by the level of PE in your school. She has requested your PE teacher to let your class present to her school the athletics running activities so as to motivate her students to pick interest in running at the school.

Task: Organize a safe athletics activity demonstration you would display to the learners of Yala Seed School.