Outline

This is a very practical, downloadable resource delivering real skills to all abilities and enhancing the quality of any Physical Education curriculum.

Already tested in school, this highly adaptable package not only supports the AQA GCSE course but is an excellent resource for use on other level 2 or 3 qualifications and provides a sound base for leadership courses.

Using the progressive structure on which SAQ® Training is built, students are guided towards clear, differentiated learning objectives via challenging practical activities, which both staff and students quickly learn to progress. Learning is further reinforced with short written activities to be completed whilst resting in practical lessons or later in the theory classroom. This link to theory lessons is maintained with extension challenges which provide a real context to the knowledge required in written assessments.

Included in the resource are two Handbooks, one for the teacher and one which can be used to provide multiple copies for students. In trials, students demonstrated both independent and collaborative learning, developing their knowledge and understanding of SAQ® Training and showing creativity and leadership as they moved towards delivering training to others. As a result, students can now achieve high marks in this work and have the added bonus of improved marks in other activities as a result of their improved movement vocabulary and competence.

Aims

To provide medium and short term planning materials to help teachers to deliver effective and performance-improving SAQ® Training.

• To introduce the SAQ® Continuum, the framework around which SAQ® Training is structured and how it can be used to assist planning of a training session.
• To demonstrate the role of SAQ® Training in improving fundamental movements and athletic performance.
• To ensure students are able to demonstrate SAQ® activities with competence and confidence, using all relevant safety measures.
• To give learners an opportunity to inspire, motivate and improve their own performance or the performance of a selected target group through the delivery of SAQ® Training.

This is an electronic product and you can download it immediately after purchase. The download file consists of two specific resources:

• Teacher's Handbook (34 pages): providing an overview of the course, suggestions on how to expand on the material and practical assessment ideas. It also links work to the AQA Key processes for Speed, Agility and Quickness training.
   
• Students' Handbook (32 pages): a workbook detailing the course and its aims, providing practical and theoretical challenges and including sample assessment material. It revisits prior learning before introducing new material, ensuring that students develop both knowledge and confidence.

What people have said

Students:

"That was really good, I'm boiling! I really enjoyed that." "I really enjoyed the explosion work, those parachutes and bungees (viper belts) were hard work." "The session planning was easy using the pages we'd done so far."

Staff:

• "DyFlex is a module in the FA level 1 coaching award and I use it when I’m teaching, but this explains it."
• "The specificity work is clear and can really reinforce the classroom learning."
• "Now the students have understood the structure of the Dy Flex™ warm-up, they are active more quickly when lessons start and take responsibility for their own work."
• "It (the resource) has a simple structure and the students and I found it easy to follow."