Mr Imrie Standard Grade PE Blog

Listen to the following two podcasts for revision (they are only a couple of minutes long) and then answer the following questions for homework – due Monday 21st January.

Download Strength and speed podcast

Download Power and flexibility podcast

1. Describe an effective training method to improve your strength.
2. How does an increase in strength help your performance in an activity?
3. Choose an individual activity and describe how speed helped your performance.
4. Why would a cricket player require good arm speed?
5. Why would we perform a test to measure power?
6. Why is stretching very important?
7. Choose an individual activity and describe how an increase in flexibility would help your performance.

Complete the homework on the blog or if you have any problems ask Mr Imrie for a paper copy.

CRE and LME podcast

Click above to download or listen to the first PE standard grade podcast!

This weeks homework is to listen to the podcast and answer the following questions on the blog (all of which should be revision).

Questions:

1. What are the 5 aspects of fitness?
2. What does working aerobically mean?
3. How will improving your Cardiorespiratory Endurance improve your performance in basketball?
4. What are 3 main ways to test CRE?
5. Why do we need to train in our aerobic training zone?
6. Describe one method of training to improve Cardiorespiratory Endurance?
7. Why is Muscular Endurance important for volleyball, and what would poor muscular endurance cause in a game?
8. Describe one way to improve your Muscular Endurance.
9. Nobody enjoys homework, but did you find using a podcast and the blog better than homework sheets?
10. Is there anything else you would like to see on the PE blog.

Homework is to be completed by Monday 17th December. (paper copies of the homework are available)