Ages 11–14 Introduction
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Lesson
Plan
How does breathing affect sporting performance?
Through the door activity
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Show video clips of:
• a world class 100 m sprint final – Usain Bolt for example. See PowerPoint for the lesson.
• an endurance athlete such as Paula Radcliffe during and after a race.
• athletes who are performing in the throwing events such as the shot put or javelin.
Ask students to compare the breathing rates of these different athletes after exercise.
Experiments
How
exercise
myrate
breathing?
Lessondoes
1 – Experiment
A – Whataffect
is my breathing
and how is it affected by different sports? This
experiment teaches your students how to measure their resting breathing rate. Once they have learned
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set…
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experiments
to marks…
do this (in part
they will
then investigate
howofdifferent
types of sport/physical activity affect their
rate (in partand
2). lung function.
all breathing
about breathing
Lesson 2 – ‘carousel’ of activities - Experiments B – D (two stations for each experiment)
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–
What
is
peak
flow
and
how
important
is
it
for
sporting
performance?
Sports Medicine and Human Performance. We all know that breathing
Experiment
D – What
volumes
and howwill
are allow
they affected
by sports performance?
is vital
for everyday
life are
butlung
these
experiments
your students
See Teacher and technician notes and student sheets for details of the protocols for
to explore
their own lungs and breathing, as well as gain some insights
I have researched the
the experiments.
effects that breathing
intoLesson
how breathing
can
affect
sporting
performance.
They
will
measure
their
3 – During this lesson data can be uploaded to the In the Zone website: url.
training can have on
own breathing rate, peak flow, expiratory tidal volume, vital capacity, and
Suggested starter activities (~5–10 minutes)
sporting performance.
arterial oxygen saturation, as well as pulse rate, using exciting scientific
Students
either:
equipment. In my job, I study breathing in athletes, and I have researched
work inthat
pairsbreathing
or individually
to select
an Olympic
event orperformance.
an athlete who is going to compete in the
the•effects
training
can have
on sporting
games, or
Training
breathing
• pick from
a range of cards which are placed face down, with a range of different Olympic events/OIympic
athletes on.
Since
ancient
performers
have
exercised
their muscles
Students
talktimes,
to the sports
whole class
about their
selected
sport/athlete
and how they think their breathing rate
by lifting
help
jump higher,
run or This
swim
faster,
will be weights
affected to
after
theythem
haveto
performed
the activity.
allows
the students to apply the knowledge
the experiments
and demonstrate
andgained
throwfrom
further.
Because breathing
musclestheir
are understanding
active all the of the respiratory requirements of a
selected
sport.
time, it was always assumed that these muscles were at the
peak
of fitness.
However, in the last 10 years athletes have
Learning
outcomes
found that training their breathing muscles also helps to improve
All students will be able to:
Most students will be able to:
Some students will be able to:
their performance.
• measure their breathing rates
• understand why breathing
• understand why breathing rate
One of
myknow
research
studiestypes
found that
after 6 weeks
of breathing
and
how different
is important
for sports
increases in line with the energy
muscle
training,
cyclists
were
able
to
improve
the
time
took
of sport have an affect on
performance and whyit different
requirements of different types of
In competitive
to cycle
by more
(4.6%)
their40 km
breathing
rate. than 2 minutes
sports
have1. different
affects on
sports.
• interpret
collected
from so it’s
a persons
breathing
rate.
terms
this is adata
huge
advantage,
worthwhile
finding
out more • analyse data collected from
to describe
• explain
collected from the
the experiments to assess how
aboutthe
ourexperiments
breathing and
how it changes
withdata
exercise.
how sports participation has
Asthma
affected their respiratory
system.
experiments to explain how
sports participation has affected
their respiratory system.
sports participation has affected
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their respiratory
system.
One reason that some students may already know about their breathing
suggestions
Cross-curricular
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is ifHomework
they have asthma.
They may not, however, know that
asthma is more links
muscle
trainer.
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this is not
fully
common
in athletes
thana in
ordinary
people .forThe
Ask students
to design
training
programme
thereason
PE –for
respiratory
system
Olympic athlete
see be
PowerPoint.
Maths
– averages
working out the mean, volumes
understood,
but itX,may
due to the amount of vigorous
breathing
that– athletes
Ask student
to carry and
out research
to findAsthma
out:
undertake
in training
competition.
can be controlled extremely well with
Keywords
• How asthma
breathing
rate.
medication
and isaffects
no barrier
to performing
well in sports.
• How can taking parting sports improve lung
Breathing rate, expiration, inhalation CO2, O2, peak
Two offunction?
the fastest marathon runners of all time both have
asthma:
Paula
Radcliffe
flow, vital
capacity,
tidal
volume, and
inspiratory muscles.
• Breathing
rate increases during and after exercise,
Haile
Gebrselassie.
what else happens to my body when I exercise?
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Breathing and sport
On your marks… get set… breathe!
Lesson
Plan
Breathing is also important in sports such as
archery where precision is crucial. Any type of
movement, including the act of breathing in and
How does breathing affect sporting performance?
out, can affect an archer’s aim and can mean the
difference the
between
winning and a losing shot.
Through
doora activity
Archers practise ‘Zen breathing’ where they learn
Show video clips of:
slow
and class
deep100
breathing.
breathe
take See PowerPoint for the lesson.
•
a world
m sprintArchers
final – Usain
Bolt in
forand
example.
aim,
then release
the such
arrow.
their during
breathand
to after a race.
•
an endurance
athlete
asThey
Paulahold
Radcliffe
•
athletes
who
are performing
the and
throwing
steady
their
body
as they dointhis
thenevents
let outsuch
theiras the shot put or javelin.
Ask
students to compare the breathing rates of these different athletes after exercise.
breath.
Asthma is no barrier
to athletic success.
Experiments
Consider how much harder this breath control is for
Lesson
1 –competing
ExperimentinAthe
– What
is of
mybiathlon.
breathingThey
rate and
how is it affected by different sports? This
athletes
sport
must
experiment
teaches
your
students
how
to
measure
their
resting
breathing rate. Once they have learned
ski at full speed for prolonged periods, and must then
how to do this (in part 1) they will then investigate how different types of sport/physical activity affect their
shoot a rifle at a tiny target, trying hard to control
breathing rate (in part 2).
their breathing
as they
do so! Another
activityB – D (two stations for each experiment)
Lesson
2 – ‘carousel’
of activities
- Experiments
where
breathing
can
have
a
negative
Experiment B – Does the O2 level in my blood change after taking part in sport?
impact on performance
is dance.
Experiment
C – What is peak
flow andInhow important is it for sporting performance?
Experiment
– What are
lung volumes
dance, the Dbreathing
muscles
are and how are they affected by sports performance?
See
Teacher
and
technician
notes
involved in both breathing and and student sheets for details of the protocols for
the experiments.
movements of the upper body. This
Lesson 3 – During this lesson data can be uploaded to the In the Zone website: url.
means that the dance movements
Suggested
starter
activities
can interfere with
breathing
and (~5–10 minutes)
vice
versa,
so dancers must
Students
either:
•
work intheir
pairsbreathing
or individually
to select
control
so that
it is an Olympic event or an athlete who is going to compete in the
games,
or
coordinated with their movements.
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• pick from a range of cards which are placed face©down,
a range of different Olympic events/OIympic
Radiuswith
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athletes on.
Students talk to the whole class about their selected sport/athlete and how they think their breathing rate
will be affected after they have performed the activity.
This allows
the students to applyBreathing
the knowledge
Zen breathing
can
movements can
gained from the experiments and demonstrate theirhelp
understanding
of
the
respiratory
requirements
a
archers.
affect an of
archer’s
aim.
selected sport.
Learning outcomes
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marks… get set… breathe’ resources. Don’t forget
• measure their breathing rates • understand why breathing
understand why breathing rate
you can upload some• of
the students' own results
and know how different types
is important for sports
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to and
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Zone website
at www.getinthezone.
of sport have an affect on
performance
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requirements
of different types of
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look
forward
to
seeing
your results.
their breathing rate.
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sports.
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students •
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the experiments to describe
• explain data
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to assess how
show
themfrom
thethe
link between
the experiments
and
how sports participation has
experiments
to
explain
how
sports
participation
has
affected
contemporary science.
All students will be able to:
affected their respiratory
system.
I hope
that
enjoy
the to:
‘On
Most students
will be
ableyou
to: and your
Somestudents
students will
be able
sports participation has affected
their respiratory system.
their respiratory system.
Homework suggestions
Professor Alison
McConnell of Brunel
Cross-curricular
links
University’s Centre for Sports Medicine
Ask students to design a training programme for the
PE – respiratory system
and Human Performance.
Olympic athlete X, see PowerPoint.
Maths – averages – working out the mean, volumes
Ask student to carry out research to find out:
Keywords
• How asthma affects breathing rate.
•
1 How can taking parting sports improve lung
Breathing
rate,
expiration,
inhalation CO2, O2, peak
L.M. Romer, A.K. McConnell and D.A. Jones, Effects of inspiratory
muscle
training
on time-trial
function? in trained cyclists, Journal of Sports Sciences, 2002,
performance
20, pp
547–562.
flow, vital
capacity,
tidal volume, inspiratory muscles.
• Breathing rate increases during and after exercise,
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G.P. Whyte,
A.K.
McConnell
M.G. Harries, Impact of changes in the IOC-MC
else happens
to my
body
when I and
exercise?
asthma criteria: A British perspective, Thorax, 2005, 60(8), pp 629–632.
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