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Erasmus+ project
Health value of Nordic Walking.
Mgr Edward Babiś, PE teacher
Lesson/activity
topic
Grade level
Length of
lesson/activity
Health value of Nordic Walking. Learning the techniques of basic steps.
Girls from the second and the third classes of Middle School.
45 min.
Content standards
/ Curriculum
objectives
Students:
· know what Nordic Walking is,
· know the technique of wearing a stick glove and how to adjust the height of
the sticks to the height of a person.
The aims of the lesson:
· teaching and learning the correct technique of Nordic Walking,
· learning about health value of Nordic Walking,
· Nordic Walking – a sport for everyone,
· Suggesting active ways of spending free time.
Brief description
Meeting of the students:
- checking the attendance, informing about the topic and the aims of the lesson,
- noting the importance of safety rules, giving students the equipment (sticks),
- warming – up using sticks:
· front / back arms swings,
· front / back arms circling,
· legs swings,
· steps forward leaning on sticks,
· jumping exercises with sticks,
· body swings holding sticks over a head,
· jumping over the sticks.
Learning and exercising the technique:
1. Demonstrating and explaining the technique (exercises are done on 50m
distance).
2. Teaching the physical coordination of arms and legs – a long step with a
twist of arms (sticks under the arms).
3. Teaching how to use right / left stick in relation to right / left foot.
4. Teaching how to lengthen the steps. Symmetrical work of arms.
5. Working in pairs – one student demonstrates the technique of Nordic
Walking, the second one assesses it. They change and then, check and discuss
the results of the lesson.
6. The full form of Nordic Walking with a teacher.
Relaxing exercises, breathing exercises, series of bends with sticks in the fresh
air.
Collecting the equipment and summary of the lesson.
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____________________________________________________________________10. Outdoor lessons and activities
Zespół Szkół, Kobylanka, PL
Tools or materials
needed for activity
Sticks.
Activity procedures
The activities were conducted so as to let the students practice and improve
their skills of Nordic Walking.
Methods: direct, imitative, analytical and combined.
Students outcome
Students had an opportunity to improve their walking skills in an amusing and
competitive way. They could test their fitness too as well as spend a nice time
outdoors.
Feedback
Such outdoor activities are particularly interesting to students. They like the
idea of practicing and improving the skills of Nordic Walking, having great
fun at the same time. It would be a good idea to organize such lessons regularly
especially in spring and autumn because it could be an excellent occasion to
observe the nature, too.
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