Mr Imrie Standard Grade PE Blog

We have now moved on to the new topic of EVALUATING in PE.

Evaluating has 2 parts

• Describing a perfromance – which means stating what you see.
• Analysing a performance – which means studying the action closely to identify its good and bad points.

Leave a reply to this post –  describe a shot in badminton, giving a clear detailed desciption of how you perform the action. For example you could describe a high serve, or an overhead clear or a smash. Think about the following when describing the performance.

• Body- Parts being used and the direction they move.
• Order – In what order do these parts move.
• Shape – what shape are the parts moved through (bent, straight, curled).
• Speed – At what speed do the movements take place.

To be completed by Monday 3rd March. Any problems to access blog see Mr Imrie by Friday 29th February.

Next week - Monday- Athletics;  Tuesday – Gymnastics

The Body test is set for Wednesday 20th February. We started The Body section of the Standard Grade course along time ago. The following questions are to refresh your memory on some of the earlier sections we covered. See how much you can remember to gain bonus points.

• What are the 3 main functions of the skeleton?
• What is the difference between a hinge joint and  ball and socket joint? Can you give an example of each joint?
• Describe 3 benefits of regular exercise on your heart.

A full study guide will be posted on the blog shortly. 

Reversibility and over training are key factors in the Principles of Training. For bonus points on the scoreboard this week answer the following 2 questions

1. What is required to ensure that you do not over train your body?
2. What happens if you stop training?

Training sessions may vary from one activity to another, but there are basic principles which should be applied. Choose an activity (not basketball) and make up a training session for that activity under the following headings.

1.  Warm up
2. Fitness work
3. Skills work
4. Game situation
5. Warm down

In our practical class this week (Monday 14th January) we will be looking at REACTION TIME, which is a skill-related fitness.  Its definition is the time taken between the recognition of a signal and the start of a movement. In basketball you require a fast reaction time when marking an attacker, and to move across the court.

Can you name and describe another skill related fitness that is required for basketball?

Welcome back everybody.

I hope you all had a good holiday, unfortunatley the hard work has to start again.

The scoreboard for the next 2 months has already begun and some of you are off the mark already.

The first person to answer the following questions correctly, in the new year will gain 20 points everyone else to answer will be awarded 10 points.

Good luck

 Q – Can you describe the 4 stages of a warm up?

Q – Why do you perform a warm down (also known as a cool down) after exercise?

Do you recognise these three?

After completing the work set in class, answer the questions below to gain some points, remember questions will be posted every week on the blog that all count towards the Scoreboard- some may be hidden… (Do not let Scott win the prize again in January!).

1. Explain when you would require strength and when you would require speed in Basketball.

2. How do you train to improve your strength?

3. Can you find out what the following mean-

a) Isometric exercise  b) Isokenetic exercises  c) Isotonic exercise

If I do not see you Thursday or Friday, then have a great Crimbo. Do not eat too much as when we return we have 3 more weeks of basketball and then it is GYMNASTICS!

Complete this to gain some additional points on the scoreboard.

Can you describe 2 formal rules of basketball?

Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to work continuously.

• Name 2 muscles that are required to work continuously in basketball.
• Why is good muscular endurance important in these muscles?
• What would happen to their performance if they had poor muscular endurance?

How would you test your cardiorespiratory Endurance Fitness? What is the purpose of a test?