Design a Warm-Up for a Specific Sport

Reinforce warm-up principles by creating a sport-specific routine with muscle group explanations.

Teaching Context:
Perfect for Year 7 to Year 10 PE when introducing warm-ups, injury prevention and body awareness.

Basic AI Prompt:
Create a warm-up for basketball.

Enhanced AI Prompt:
You are learning about preparing the body for sport. Ask AI to create a 10-minute warm-up for your chosen sport. Include dynamic stretches, cardio exercises, and muscle activations. For each activity, explain which muscle groups it targets and how it prepares players for that sport’s movements. Finally, ask AI to explain why skipping a warm-up increases injury risk, using sport-specific examples.

Spice it Up (Optional Extension):
Ask AI to create a video script for a “Follow Along” warm-up session.

Lesson Implementation:
Begin with a class discussion about why athletes warm up. Demonstrate a few dynamic warm-up exercises.
Students use AI to build a full warm-up routine, noting each movement’s purpose. They can organise their ideas in a table: Exercise | Muscle Group | Purpose | Sport Movement Example.

Students then pair up and take turns leading each other through their warm-up, giving feedback on form and flow.

Wrap up with a reflection task: students identify their favourite warm-up activities and explain their benefits in a short video journal, blog post or poster. This approach builds understanding of physiology, injury prevention, and leadership in a practical context.

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