2nd Edition

Athletics Challenges A Resource Pack for Teaching Athletics

By Kevin Morgan Copyright 2011
    192 Pages 95 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    Athletics Challenges is a practical resource file designed to ensure that all students have a positive learning experience in track and field athletics. It provides a wide range of activities and teaching approaches to enable teachers and coaches to promote a climate of inclusion, enjoyment and challenge for young people up to and beyond the age of sixteen.

    Including straightforward guidance on how to use the resources effectively, Athletics Challenges is a compendium of ready-to-use, photocopiable activity sheets to use with your students in a wide range of athletics events. 'Athletics Challenges' activity sheets provide a wide-range of running, jumping and throwing activities designed to develop physical literacy, fundamental athletic techniques and personal and social skills. 'Peer Teaching' activities for a range of athletic events aim to help improve technical understanding and to enhance social and communication skills through peer teaching. 'Technical Guidance' resource sheets ensure students develop a good understanding of the principles and techniques of running, jumping and throwing through a series of progressive activities and related questions.

    Athletics Challenges is a complete kit offering an invaluable source of support and ideas for all student and practising physical education teachers, heads of departments, and training and practising professional sports coaches who want to help learners achieve their full potential and lay the foundation for a healthy and physically active life style.

    Introduction Section 1: Warm ups Section 2: Athletics Challenges Cards Section 3: Peer Teaching Sheets Section 4: Guidance Practice Sheets. References

    Biography

    Kevin Morgan is Senior Lecturer at the School of Sport, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), UK where he is also Programme Director of the MSc in Coaching Science.

    'Without hesitation I can state that this is the best received resource material in our programme and our physical education students enthuse about their capacity to take the ideas from the resource and transfer them into successful and effective physical education lessons during their school based practicum.'  John Sproule, Head of the Institute of Sport, Physical Education & Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK