Key Processes in Physical Education Developing skills and techniques Decision making Physical and mental capacity Evaluating and improving Making informed choices about active, healthy lifestyles

Developing skills in physical activity Refine and adapt skills into techniques. E.g. to develop the technique of serving in tennis you need to co-ordinate the throw up of the ball, and your body and arm movements to strike the ball

Developing skills in physical activity You also need to develop a range of different skills. E.g. in circuit training

Developing skills in physical activity You also need to develop precision, control and fluency in skills. E.g. shooting in basketball Practise, practise, practise!

Making and applying decisions Ability to select and use tactics, strategies and compositional ideas effectively in different creative, competitive and challenge-type contexts

Choose the right skills to show the judges in a gymnastics floor routine

Refine and adapt ideas and plans in response to changing circumstances Refine and adapt ideas and plans in response to changing circumstances. E.g. put on an extra forward if you are losing with not long to go.

Plan and implement what needs practising to be able to perform more effectively. E.g. practise your tackling in rugby training to improve your defence

Recognising hazards and making decisions about how to control risks to yourself and others. E.g. whether to play on a frozen football pitch

Developing physical and mental capacity Developing the strength, speed, stamina and flexibility (by following a fitness programme) to cope with the demands of different activities.

Having the mental determination to stick with a training programme and succeed

Evaluating and improving This involves being able to analyse performance in physical activities and identify strengths and weaknesses

Also making decisions about how to improve your own and others performance and acting on these decisions. E.g. working hard in training to improve your shooting

Making informed choices about healthy, active lifestyles Identifying the types of physical activity that are best suited to you and the types of role you might like to take on

Making a choice about healthy physical activity =

Developing skills Developing physical And mental capacity Making and applying decisions Key Processes in Physical Education Making informed choices about healthy, active lifestyles Evaluating and improving