Mingming Sun
Hangzhou Wenxi Middle School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
*Corresponding author: Mingming Sun
Abstract
Upper limb strength is an important component of human strength. But because of the current lifestyle and physical activities, students can not hold up. Also, they have weak flexion and extension. In addition, they can not hold up for a long time. To solve these problems, the author reflects on P.E. teaching from the practical point of view, starting from the analysis of the muscle composition of the upper limbs, and developing a series of upper limb strength exercise with single and double bar equipments. The developed exercise is suitable for the characteristics of seventh grade boys, emphasizing the combination of exercise diversity and operability, and the combination of basic and extended exercise, which have positive significance for the improvement of upper limb strength exercise methods. In the last three years, more than half of the seventh grade boys could not pull up one pull-up test, and many of them could not even hold the bar with both hands. This reflects that the problem of weak upper body strength of boys is very serious. This is a huge challenge for both front-line P.E. teachers and the majority of boys above middle school. Students need to improve their pull-up abilities by practicing every day, instead of a few of P.E. lessons. So it’s important for P.E. teachers to explore "student-centered" and "multiple forms" of learning and practice methods.
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How to cite this paper
Developing Exercise and Improving Physical Performance by Sports Equipments—A Practical Study to Improve Upper Body Strength of 7th-grade Boys
How to cite this paper: Mingming Sun. (2023). Developing Exercise and Improving Physical Performance by Sports Equipments—A Practical Study to Improve Upper Body Strength of 7th-grade Boys. The Educational Review, USA, 7(6), 734-739.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2023.06.016