STANDARD GRADE P.E POWER

Q. What is POWER? A. It is the combination of Speed and Strength

What does Power enable the performer to do? It is important in activities where the performer is pushed to travel as high or as far as possible, or to hit, kick or throw an object as far as possible. Task: Can you think of three activities where Power is important to get the performer as high or far as possible?

ANSWER LONG JUMP to push the performer as far as possible HIGH JUMP to push the performer as high as possible REBOUNDER to enable the performer (Basketball) to jump from the floor to retrieve the ball Task: Can you think of three activities where you need to hit, kick, throw an object?

ANSWER JAVELIN to throw the object as far as possible RUGBY to kick the ball as far as possible to clear it TENNIS to hit the ball as hard as you can on serve

How is POWER measured? The standing broad jump (measures how far) Power can be measured in a number of ways. Two standard tests which we will use to determine leg power will be: The standing broad jump (measures how far) The standing vertical jump (measures how high)

How can POWER be improved? It can be developed through combining speed and strength training programmes. Example: Weight work with sprint sessions or practising the activity itself (javelin) repeatedly.

TASK Task: Complete Q47 P20 (Questions in SGPE) Extension work: Q48