Circuit Training Schemes of Work

Subject: Physical Education
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14 - 16
Order Number: 12011

Circuit training is an important part of every fitness programme within the Physical Education curriculum. This resource leads the teacher through ten highly structured and progressive circuit training schemes of work. The circuits are explained through lessons that are well differentiated, since they are designed to physically educate learners of a wide range of fitness abilities.

The resource provides individual resource cards (with fundamental text and visuals) for each of the seventy-five exercises in the circuits. In addition, it extends the notion of the term 'fitness', in that it focuses on the important aspects of cardiovascular fitness, as well as strength and flexibility. Fitness tests for the latter are an integral part of the scheme, and teachers are encouraged to develop fitness profiles for students using flexibility results obtained. Older students are introduced to important theoretical concerns within the domain of fitness, via practical and theoretical means. In addition, the final scheme (Circuit 10) provides structured guidelines, giving students the opportunity to draw upon their prior knowledge of circuit training and develop their own fitness circuits.

Through its general tabular format, the activities and skills to be learned are clearly outlined in each of the ten circuits. Teachers are also given important teaching and safety points throughout, as well as resource advice and follow-up literature information. The combination of reader-friendly text and lucid visual aids in this resource offers an invaluable means of support to both the educator and student. Undoubtedly, this circuit training resource would prove extremely useful for all teachers of fitness in the school environment.