In PE we have been studying a range of athletic events in preparation for the school Athletics Day. We have learned about how to correctly perform some new events. Two of the events we have learned about shot put and long jump. It was interesting learning different skills at different levels.
I mainly focused on discus; this is why it’s the highest score! To achieve this, I practiced harder during p.e lessons and used good methods. Watching others who received better scores benefited me. Holding the Discus in a specific way, swinging it once before throwing and aiming for a good distance helped me with discus. Discus became more enjoyable with getting higher scores. Next time I’ll use complex methods to have better scores.
Interesting pieces of information about discus is, that it was founded in 708BC. This is fascinating due to the fact it’s been going on for a long time. Aboriginal originally used Discus as a weapon; this seemed interesting. Another fun fact is that discus is mainly heavier for men than women — 2kg for men 1kg for women. The final piece of information I learned was how to hold it properly.
There were a number of ways that I demonstrated respect towards other students during this unit. I did this by participating in all tasks and supporting everyone. Cheering my friends, watching everyone and clapping were the ways I did so. Respecting others doings helped highly.
These all enhance hauora. For taha tinana, more are influenced into doing more sports; this impacts your physical health positively. All of your mental and emotional (taha hingenaro) health will be improved from the cheering and clapping. Taha whanau is affected well; you spend more time doing sports with your friends and having bonding time. Spiritual health is constructively affected by exercising in nature.
It is important that I develop resilience when we experience success or failure because the Whare Tapa Wha is always impacted. While exercising there are times you give up. Showing resilience helps all areas of hauora. However, if you don’t, more scenarios will include negative thinking.
I can build my resilience when I experience success or failure by taking short breaks and continuing. By doing this I build positive confidence and have more hope. The more times I do so, the more I improve all sides of Whare Tapa Wha. These 4 walls of hauora are very significant.
My results from athletics:
Technique checklist
Sprint Crouch Start
- Hands behind start line
- Back knee touches the ground
- Hips raised above the height of shoulders
- Push off using the front foot
Triple Jump
- Maximum speed run up
- Hop on one leg
- Step to the other leg
- Swing arms to jump
- Land with two feet
Discus
- Grip with the index finger at 12 o’clock
- Discus is flat in hand
- THumb is in line with the arm and shouler
- Body twists and leads with the shoulder
- One warm up swing