CHAPTER SIX: PHYSICAL EXERCISE _ ARTS AND SPORTS STD III NOTES
Physical exercise
Human beings do physical exercise in different styles. Examples of physical exercise are:
1. Running
2. Jumping
3. Standing on one leg
Physical exercise can be done by individuals or groups.
Physical exercise builds skills and resilience, for instance, by doing balance and agility exercises.
Examples of balance and agility exercises
1. Heel-to-toe walk
2. Grapevine steps
3. Agility ladder
4. Animal walk
Heel-to-toe walk
This exercise builds body balance.
It also prepares you for various sports and tasks at school and at home.
Steps to be followed
1. Exercise to prepare your body.
2. Stand upright with your feet together
3. Spread your arms to balance the body.
4. Place your right heel in front of the big toe of your left foot.
5. Do the same by placing your left heel in front of the big toe of your right foot.
6. Repeat the steps as you move forward
Exercise
1. Which exercise have you done before that is similar to this exercise?
2. What is the importance of this exercise to you?
3. What other games will this exercise help you to play?
Grapevine steps
This exercise builds body balance.
It also prepares you to participate in various sports and tasks at school and at home.
Steps to be followed
1. Exercise to prepare your body.
2. Stand straight and cross your legs.
3. With the legs crossed, take five steps forward, backward, right and left.
4. Change the leg that was in front to the back. Then, repeat the steps at least three times.
Exercise
1. What is the importance of this exercise to you?
2. What other games will this exercise help you to play?
Agility ladder
Perform each of the following exercises in the full length of the agility ladder. Each step of the exercise should be done twice, leading to a different foot each time.
1. Alternate stepping with only one foot on each box (left, right, left, right).
2. Jump into each box with one foot while keeping your other foot above the ground all the time.
3. Step with both feet into each box before moving to the next box. Always move one foot first.
4. Turn to the right, step with both feet into each box.
Then, move to the next box side to side with one foot in front each time.
5. Place your back foot into the first box and the front foot outside it. Then, remove the outside foot to the next box while the inside one goes outside the second box.
Stepping into the agility ladder by alternating feet
Exercise
1. How will this exercise help you?
2. What equipment can you use to do this exercise?
Animal movement
This exercise involves players competing in teams to pick up pieces of paper of their colour are spread in the playing area while moving like an animal.
For example, rabbits run on four legs; monkeys hop on four legs; and kangaroos hop on two legs.
Steps to be followed
1. Exercise to prepare your body.
2. Set boundaries on the play area.
3. Divide yourselves into three teams of at least five pupils.
4. Each team should choose a name between the rabbit, monkey and kangaroo.
5. Each team should tie cloths of their colour that match the colour of the pieces of paper they will pick up.
6. Spread the pieces of paper of three different colours in the play area.
7. Start picking up the coloured pieces of paper of your team after the leader’s command.
8. Each team will move like their chosen animal during the process of picking the pieces.
9. Stop picking when the leader’s command is given;
10. The team that has collected more pieces of paper is the winner of that round
11. The teams exchange the names of the animals and play again.
12. The overall winner is the team that wins the most rounds.
Exercise
1. Which game movement has made you happy?
2. What equipment can you use to play the game?
3. What activities will these exercises help you do at home?
i)
ii)
iii)
Vocabulary
Balance
The ability to keep the body steady with an equal amount of weight on each side
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