1. Warming up and Cooling Down

2. Key Words
Pulse Raising
Temperature Raising
Preparation
Stretching
Recovery

3. Our Targets For Today Understand why we warm-up and cool-down.
By the end of the lesson we will all be able to :
Understand why we warm-up and cool-down.
Perform a warm-up and cool-down
Including pulse raising/lowering
Stretching & Mobilising

4. What are we going to learn and how are we going to work?
Working as a group you will undertake a variety of warm-up and cool-down methods
We are going to learn why we perform a warm-up and cool-down

5. Warming up Why do we warm-up? Helps reduce the risk of injury
Prepares the body for exercise
How do we warm-up?
Raise the body’s temperature/pulse rate
Stretch the muscles

6. Cooling-down Why do we cool-down? Aids the body recovery
Helps disperse any lactic acid in order to reduce next day stiffness
How do we cool-down?
Lower the temperature/pulse rate
Light stretching

7. Task
You will now undertake a number of warm-up routines appropriate to a variety of activities.
You should note that for each warm-up will include:
Pulse raising/Temperature Raising
Stretching & Mobilising
At the end of the lesson you will also perform a cool-down routine appropriate to the exercises having been done.

8. Have we achieved our Targets?
Can we now:
Understand why we warm-up and cool-down.
Perform a warm-up and cool-down
Including pulse raising/lowering
Stretching & Mobilising

9. Key Words Pulse Raising Temperature Raising Preparation Stretching
Recovery