4th session

I arrived at Westoe school at 11.45 to set up for the session ahead. This time only 1 girl showed up to start with, so i did a warm up with her and did some stretches. I went over with her what was performed in last weeks session and put it to practice at the shooting. Another 2 girls arrived after choir and i did a quick warm up with them, the 1st girl had to leave for dinner so i was left with only 2 again. I moved onto doing some reaction time work with them so they got on the floor and they had to run to the cone as fast as they could. Another 2 girls arrived from the choir and they joined in the session, still focusing on reaction time i moved onto trusting your partner. This was done by throwing the ball at each other and communicating facing different ways. I also walked around holding up different coloured cones, which the children had to shout which colour the cone was whilst passing the ball in pairs. After that activity 2 of the girls had to get off to dinner, so i was left again with only 2 of the girls. As there was only 20 minutes left i let them get into a little half court game, where i became the defender and let the 2 girls become the attackers where they would have to try and get the ball down to try and score a goal. Lastly i then performed a little cool down and then explained about some fitness work in the next following session.


Reaction Time

Reaction time is the interval time between the presentation of a stimulus and the initiation of the muscular response to that stimulus. A primary factor affecting a response is the number of possible stimuli, each requiring their own response, that are presented.

If there is only one possible response (simple reaction time) it will only take a short time to react. If there are several possible responses (choice reaction time) then it will take longer to determine which response to carry out.

The objective of reaction speed drills is to improve your reaction time to a stimulus. The drills can include the control of an object (e.g. football or hockey puck). The cue for the reaction to take place can be visual (movement of an object) or a specific command (voice) or sound (starter's gun). The cue should be appropriate to your event or sport - starter's gun for a sprinter.

Applicable to any event or sport where pure speed over the ground is important
Starting position	Lying on the ground on their back or front
Command	Voice or sound
Action	To get up and sprint 20 metre to 30 metre to a designated point
Notes	The designated point could be the coach who moves from point to point so that the athletes only have the sound of the command to initially determine where the coach is positioned

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