Track and field station and task cards
- Focus is on improvement from practice of cues
- Create situations where students can record and practice progress
- Reciprocal practice with partner offering feedback
- Build lessons to create stations that allow students to try again.
- Set up stations so that rotate from around run, jump and throw activities
Example task card for triple jump
Click on diagram to see task card resource
Core movements in track field are around RUN, JUMP and THROW.
Biomechanics of movement allow improvements in performance.
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Preparatory |
Wind-Up |
Force-generation |
Recovery |
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Set-up movements Stability balance of weight appropriately for action
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Elastic energy muscle stretch. Preparation movement for Angular momentum |
Ground Reaction Force push back from ground Weight Transfer momentum and stability Chaining - angular momentum is transferred in the body from one set of muscle groups to another |
Impulse Length of
distance a Stability balance of weight
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