Physical Fitness

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Basic 6
TOPIC: Personal Fitness
Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor):

Mention some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. agility, power, flexibility and balance;
Demonstrate the execution of agility, power, flexibility and balance; Identify activities for measuring agility, power, flexibility and balance;
Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance levels;
Mention the benefits of these fitness components.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils are required to already have learnt physical health.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

Charts
Video Clips;Balance
Beams;Wall;Chalk
Measuring tape/ruler
Stopwatch
Field

METHOD OF TEACHING:

Explanatory
Demonstration
Questions and answers

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Physical Fitness Components

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise, and sufficient rest.

COMPONENT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

AGILITY

POWER

FLEXIBILITY

COORDINATION

BALANCE

MEASURING OF PHYSICAL FITNESS Components

Measurement of agility – 10m shuttle run;
Measurement of power – sergeant jump, standing broad jump;
Measurement of flexibility – straight knee toe touch;
Measurement of balance – beam walk

BENEFIT OF AGILITY, POWER, FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE

Injury prevention;
The mind – body connection;
Improved balance and coordination;
Improved recovery time;
Increased results in mineral time.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
Mentions some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. agility, power, flexibility and balance;
States the benefits of agility, power, flexibility and balance;
Demonstrates the activities for measuring: agility, power, flexibility, balance;
Demonstrates the measurement of the above physical fitness components;
Supervises pupils’ activities.

LEARNER’S’ ACTIVITIES:

Mention some components of Physical Fitness and Body conditioning e.g. Agility, power, flexibility and balance;
States the benefits of agility, power, flexibility and balance,
Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupil to:

Mention any three physical fitness exercises and body conditioning;
State the benefits of agility, power, Flexibility and balance;
Demonstrate the physical fitness exercises used to measure agility, power, flexibility and balance e.g. 10 metres shuttle jump, sergeant jump, standing broad jump etc.;
Measure their agility, power, flexibility and balance levels.

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Alabi M. S.

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