Hello Class 4!
Well done for all of your hard work this week! Keep it up you are all doing brilliantly!
I am really looking forward to our next zoom meeting on Monday!
Today we are going to do some Physical Education to make sure that whilst we are at home we are still moving around and exercising. I was looking for some PE music for today’s task when I cam across some ‘Wimbledon Tennis’ themed songs on our school system. It reminded me about Albert telling us on the zoom call that he was learning how to play tennis during this lock-down so, for that reason, today’s PE task is tennis themed!
Watch the video clip of the famous tennis players below. They are playing on centre court at Wimbledon. As you watch the clip, think about what body parts a tennis player uses when playing. Which muscles do they use? Are there any that they don’t use? What skills might a tennis player need to have to be successful?
Your task is to design an effective warm-up for a tennis player.
An effective warm-up needs to follow these 3 stages…
1.) Raise the heart rate
This raises the body temperature and heart rate, which helps to warm the muscles.
Muscles react and contract faster when they are warm.
It also increases the blood supply to the working muscles which reduces the chance of injury and helps them to use their maximum power.
2.) Stretch
This again reduces the risk of injury and it stretches the muscles, making them longer and more flexible. This means the range of movement around a joint is increased.
3.) Practise skills
This warms up the specific muscles that will be working in the game. You can get used to the surface/court lines/conditions on the day and it can help you to mentally prepare (“Get in the zone!”).
Here are the ‘Wimbledon’ songs which you could do your warm-up to:
Have a think about your warm-up and how you can incorporate all 3 stages of an effective warm-up. Once you have created and tested (this is a PE lesson after all, you need to be active) you warm-up, think about how you can share it with the class.
You might want to send in photos of you doing the warm-up.
Or you could write down your warm-up on paper or on the blog using numbers or bullet points.
You could even draw out your warm-up.
However, you can’t just write about it, you need to do it too! The point is to be active! You could ask someone at home to join in and you could be the coach showing them what to do!
Think very carefully about each part of your warm-up and how each part will help a tennis player prepare for a match!
Good luck and have fun!
From Miss Lee 🙂
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–Hi Miss Lee
i am doinhg tennis today at nine with a caoch andb i do that warm up does that count
Hello Nina!
That’s lucky, yes do the warm-up with your coach and then tell us on the blog what you did for the warm-up! 😀
Have fun!
I did the warm up.
Remember the task is to create a warm-up for a tennis player.
If you did this can you write about your warm-up?
Hello Miss Lee,
Today I did a warm up on the dance that you gave me and did the calming music after. I also did a bit of stretching afterwards by twisting, clapping and dancing. I didn’t forget to stretch my legs. I can still feel pressure now as I’m setting.
Elisa
Hello Elisa!
Just remember the task is to design a warm-up for a tennis player! It sounds like you did lots of stretching though which is great for a warm-up! Can you tell us which muscles you stretched? Did you stretch the muscles that a tennis player might need to use?
Hello Miss Lee I have been doing physical education (P.E.) every day, in our exercise we chose walk a mile or just dance videos. In walk a mile we do skipping, jumping and stretching we also walk, and near the end we do some breathing. I have also been getting fitter every day. we do exercises for 30 minutes every day, however at school we only do exercise twice a week.
Hello Mayowa!
It is great that you have been doing lots of exercise and you have noticed yourself getting fitter!
Can you design a warm-up for a tennis player?
Maybe you and Clara could make one together and get everyone at the hub to follow your steps?
Every day we exercise and watch either walk a mile (in which we do lot’s of different moves like jumping and sidestepping) or just dance.
After we exercise we relax our muscles and have a drink of water.It’s rewarding to do fitness exercises in the hub everyday.
Hello Clara!
It is great that you have been doing lots of exercise in the hub everyday!
Can you do today’s task and create a warm up for a tennis player?
Hello Miss Lee,
my warm up is so that you can have a strong arm so that you can play tennis. first you bend over and let your arms come to the floor. then slowly come back up to your normal position. ? after you have done that little bend, you now need to put your arms high above your head. now, you need a racket for this one( and a wall ) you need to have some tennis balls beside you, set a mark on the wall of where you want to hit you balls, then what you need yo do is hit your tennis balls to the mark and if you hit it, set a new mark so you can test yourself.
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Very good ideas Holly! This will help the tennis player to stretch and then practise some important skills!
Well done! Have a great weekend!
Hello Miss Lee – I have spoken with cousin Carlotta who is a professional tennis player and teaches my brother. I have sent you a poster based on her suggestions.
Hello Paolo!
What a great idea to ask a professional tennis player and coach!
A brilliant poster, I will upload it when I have been sent a few more!
Step 1: run on the spot.
Step 2: stretch your hip, leg, arm and wrist muscles.
Step 3: get someone to throw tennis balls and count how many you hit back with your racket. Try to beat your high score!
Don’t forget to drink with water!
Hello Vincent!
Well done for remembering about drinking water! This is very important!
Can you add some more information to your warm-up? How will stretch their hips, legs, arms and wrists? Tell the tennis player exactly what to do!
Warm up for tennis:
– 1 minute of Jumping jacks/start jumps to raise the heart rate.
– 5 push ups with legs straight to strength the arms
– 10 Raise one leg and opposite arm walking for 1 minute.
– Push each of your hands down from your wrist for 15 seconds. Change hands and do the same.
– With a elastic band, try to pull it 20 times with each hand.
Great warm-up ideas Rafael!
Did you try to do it at home?
It sounds like hard work but very effective!
My warm up contains stretching, practising your tennis skills and calming down after a hard warm up
STRETCHES
It is always important to stretch because if you don’t it can cause injury especially if your a professional athlete, there are many stretches to use like a hamstring stretch and more.If i was a tennis player i would use the arm stretch,sidesteps,arm circles and hamstring stretch.
PRACTISCING SKILLS
Practising your tennis skills is very important before a game because maybe you’ve just come back from an injury and your a bit rusty
CALMING DOWN
Calming down is very important as well before a game you need to feel relaxed and not just rushing you would need to take the stress away and concentrate.
My warm up from albert
Well done Albert, there is lots of very useful information here! I can tell you have thought carefully about each stage of the warm-up and explained why they are important!
Did you try and do your warm-up at home?
Also miss my cousin is a professional tennis player who has played at Wimbledon lots of times and the us and Australian and the French open he was also in the winning Davis cup team for Great Britain , his name is James ward .
Hello Albert, thank you for sharing that!
That is amazing, maybe you will follow in his footsteps after your lock-down tennis training?!
Then we could all come and watch you play at Wimbledon!
My sister used to work at Wimbledon and was sometimes allowed to go and watch the matches, maybe she saw your cousin play!
1. Stretch your legs, arms and wrist.
2. Run in a few laps around a field or garden.
3. Get someone to throw some tennis balls and hit as much as you can.
4. Try some skills and juggle the ball while walking.
5. Maybe practise a mini match with someone else.
6. Remember to drink water.
Great ideas Ajay, well done!
Good reminder about the water! It’s very important to stay hydrated when exercising! Did you do the warm-up at home?
We sent it again on jpg as the pdf was cut
Thanks
Thank you Paolo!
1. Run very fast a long distance so your heart beats for 3 minutes but high knees.
2. Stretch you arms and legs for 10 minutes.
3.Train to do a little match with a friend or family.
Great warm-up ideas Martin!
Did you try it at home?
Hi Miss Lee! This is what I thought could be a warm up exercises:
1. Arm stretching
* Get your arms straight sideways and try to rotate them clockwise for 10 times then counterclockwise 10 times again then repeat.
2. Body stretch
*Put your arms together over your head, then bend left and right. Do this a few times until fully stretched
3. Lunges
*Put both hands on your waist, one leg forward with knee bent and foot flat on the ground and the other leg positioned then take a step forward and back with alternate legs.
4. Star jump
*Do this for 1 minute.
5. Running in place
I have done this warm up exercises with Wimbledon song “Preparation”.
It had made me quite tired but happy ツ.
Great warm-up ideas Clare!
This does sound tiring but I am glad it made you happy! 🙂
wow,i never knew it would ache my muscles…
Be careful not to injure yourself!
What did you do for your warm-up?
1. Stretch your legs, arms and wrist.
2. Run in a few laps around a field or garden.
3. Practising by hitting as much tennis balls when they are thrown.
4. Do star Jumps for 1 minute.
5. Drink some water.
How might you stretch your legs and arms?