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Trainee PE teachers introduced to non-contact boxing

Secondary Physical Education PGCE and School Connect trainee teachers began their course with an introduction to non-contact boxing and how to implement it into the secondary school physical education curriculum. The workshop was led by former University of Brighton Sport Science graduate Adam Haniver at the new Sport facility at the Falmer Campus.

Non-contact boxing is a very effective means of developing personal fitness and core skills of agility and co-ordination. Combat activities such as non-contact boxing provides individual opportunities to perform movement phases both in attack and defence such as stance, guard, footwork and maintaining balance whilst moving in all directions.

See the students in action in this short film made by student Rory Thompson:

Course leader Dr Gary Stidder said: “In line with the purpose of study in the National Curriculum for PE non-contact boxing and other combat activities and martial arts provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. It helps to build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

“It can also address the subject content in the National Curriculum by enabling pupils to develop their technique and improve their performance in other physical activities and help pupils to analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.”

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  • full cohort of students
  • student holding gloves preparing to punch
  • student with raised gloves facing another student
  • student with raised glove
  • two students facing each other with gloves in the air
  • students in stance preparing to punch
  • Student preparing to punch another students glove
  • Student deflecting punch from another student
  • Students boxing eachother
  • one student holding up glove for another student to hit
  • two students boxing eachother
  • Entire class of students in defensive stance

Neysan Jones • 13/09/2024


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