National 5
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Miss Robson
The National 5 Course
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Performance
marked by your teacher & possibly SQA verifier
(40% of your overall grade)
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Factors Impacting Upon Performance
The Portfolio – marked by SQA
(40% of your overall grade)
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Factors Impacting Upon Performance
Written Unit Assessment – marked in school
(20% of your overall grade)
FACTORS THAT CAN IMPACT
UPON MY PERFORMANCE IN PE
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PHYSICAL (fitness, skills or tactics)
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MENTAL
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SOCIAL
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EMOTIONAL
Examples of
PHYSCIAL (skill) factors
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In softball…
– Batting, Throwing, Catching.
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In hockey…
– Passing, Shooting, Tackling.
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In badminton…
– Serve, Overhead clear, Smash.
How physical (skill) factors
might impact upon your
performance in PE…
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An example of a physical skill factor that impacts
upon my performance in softball is throwing. This
has a positive impact on my performance, because I
can throw accurately to my team mates who are on
the bases. This makes it easy to put players in the
other team out.
An example of a physical skill factor that impacts
upon my performance in badminton is my smash.
This has a negative effect on my performance,
because I struggle to play this powerful shot. This
means that it is easy for my opponent to return my
shots as they aren’t powerful and I don’t often win
points against her.
Question 1
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Give an example of a physical (skill)
factor and say how it effects your
performance.
How I collected information on
my PHYSICAL (skill) factor
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SCATTER DIAGRAM
– This is a sheet of paper with a picture of the softball
field.
– My teacher watched me batting in my game of
softball.
– Every time I hit a fly ball (high in the air) she marked
an ‘O’ on the paper where it landed.
– Every time I hit a ground ball (along the ground) she
marked an ‘X’ on the paper where it was stopped.
– Every time I missed the ball she marked an ‘M’ behind
home base.
Why I chose to use a scatter
diagram to collect information on
my physical (skill) factor, batting…
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It gives me a permanent record of my batting. This means I can do
another scatter diagram after I have practiced, then compare the
two to see if I have improved.
It is quick and easy and cheap to do. I only need a pen and one
sheet of paper. This means it doesn’t take time away from my
practicing.
It is also quick and easy to read. At a glance I can get an idea of
the strengths and weaknesses in my batting.
It gives reliable, quantitative information on the accuracy of my
batting.
Question 2
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What does the scatter diagram bellow tell you about this pupils
batting in softball?
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(Think about, hit/missed, high/low, short/far, right/centre/left.)
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x x
x x
o
x
MMMMMMM
Approaches to developing my
PHYSICAL (skill) factor
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GRADUAL BUILDUP
Gradual build up is used to learn a new skill. It is good for learning
complex or dangerous skills because the skill is learned in stages,
with each stage becoming progressively more difficult. This means
you can master part of the skill and become confident before
moving on to a more difficult stage.
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EXAMPLE, SOFTBALL - BATTING
Shadow practice.
Batting using a stationary ball on a tee.
Batting with my partner pitching a moving ball to me.
Batting with a faster pitch and a faster swing to generate power.
Focusing on direction, hitting the ball early (in front of me) so that it goes to the
right.
– Hitting the ball in line with my body so that it goes straight in front of me.
– Hitting the ball late (behind me) so that it goes to the left.
Examples of
PHYSICAL (tactical) factors
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In badminton…
– Depth in attack, Width in defence.
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In basketball…
– Width in attack, Depth in defence.
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In netball…
– Individual or team strengths and weaknesses.
How physical (tactical) factors
might impact upon your
performance in PE…
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An example of a physical tactical factor that impacts upon my
performance in badminton is width in defence. This has a positive
impact on my performance, because when I play double with my
partner I cover the left and she covers the right or vice versa. This
makes it hard for our opponents to score points against us as we
have both sides covered.
An example of a physical tactical factor that impacts upon my
performance in netball is my team strengths and weaknesses. This
has a positive effect on our performance, because our CRE is a
strength so we used man-to-man defence. This means that it is
hard for our opponents to create space as we didn’t give them any
space when we were marking them even towards the end as we
didn’t get too tired.
Question 3
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Give an example of a physical
(tactical) factor and say how it effects
your performance.
How I collected information on
my PHYSICAL (tactical) factor
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KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS
– This is scores or results.
– For example:
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final score of my badminton match.
the number of times the softball landed in my target area when I was aiming to the
right.
my time in athletics for my 100m race.
TEACHER / PEER FEEDBACK
(KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE)
– This is where my teacher or my partner tells me information
about my performance.
– For example:
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My teacher said that when me and my partner were using depth in attack in
badminton, I was too far back, this means that we missed shuttles that were played to
the front of the court and lost a point.
In softball, my team mate said to me that I need to transfer my weight more so that
the ball goes further when I hit it.
Why I chose to use a knowledge of
results to collect information on my
physical (tactics).
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This is statistical, factual and accurate information on my
performance. As it is not somebody’s opinion on how I performed I
can fully rely on it.
It gives me a permanent record of how I performed against my
opponent, this means that when I play the same opponent again I
can compare my two performances to see whether I have improved.
It is quick and easy to see my score and I don’t have to spend a
long time analysing data.
Why I chose to use teacher feedback
to collect information on my physical
(tactics).
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Because my teacher can tell me what I am doing well and
what I need to change to make my performance better while
I am performing, this means that I can make the changes
straight away rather than practicing the wrong thing and
waiting until next lesson.
Because a teacher will have good knowledge of the activities
that we do in PE therefore I can rely on what they tell me.
My teacher can give me specific and detailed feedback about
what I am doing in my performance. For example they will be
able to see my body position and whether I need to make
changes of not.
Approaches to Developing
my Physical (tactics)
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Opposed/Unopposed Practices
– I practiced using depth in attack by doing
target practices for my net shot and for
my overhead clear.
Examples of
SOCIAL factors
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Cooperation
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Team Work
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Fair Play
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Communication
Question 4
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Which social factors effect your
performance in hockey?
Give at least one example of a
factor that has a positive effect of
your game and one example that
has a negative effect on your
game.
Approaches to Developing
my Social Factors
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Partner/Group Work
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began working with a partner, passing and receiving.
then worked in a group of 3, doing a 3 man weave.
then worked in a group of 3 against 1 opponent.
then worked in a group of 3 against 2 opponents.
then worked in a group of 3 against 3 opponents.
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Use of Role Models
– During our small sided game we stopped and watched the best
team in our class to see how they worked together. We then
tried to copy what they did.
– We also listened to what our teacher was telling us and the
shouts that she was making when we were playing, we then
tried to make similar shouts and tried communicate more with
each other during our games.
– We also watched a video clip of professional hockey players.
This showed us how to work together, for example if there was
already a player with the ball the others would use the whole
pitch and find a space to receive a good pass.
Why I chose these approaches
to develop my performance
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I used partner/group work because…
– It is similar to what I will have to do in my game, I will have to
work with and communicate with others.
– Practicing working with others that I play with in my game makes me
more confident at working and communicating with them.
– Working along side my peers/team mates motivates me to keep
going instead rather than training on my own.
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I used role models because…
– It gave me a clear picture, that could see, of what a successful
performance would be.
– Having this picture in my head means that I can close my eyes for a
second in the warm up or at half time in my game to remember
exactly what I should be doing.
– Having this picture in my head also helped motivate towards
achieving this successful performance.
Question 5
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A) Which social factor was your weakness?
B) Which approach did you use to develop
this weakness? Describe this approach is
as much detail as you can.
C) Why did you choose to use this
approach?