A study of the design of a long jump class that clarified a method of goal-setting in elementary school physical education

The purpose of this study is to consider a new method of goal-setting using individual standing long jump records in long jump classes of upper-grade elementary school. In this method, individual distance records in standing long jump practice were kept for upper-grade elementary school children. The participants were 100 (56 boys and 44 girls) 6th grade elementary school children. A unit of long jump termed ‘the rhythm up long jump’ was practiced seven times. This focused on the approach phase of the long jump as the main learning objective. In addition, a ‘long jump point table’ corresponding to individual standing long jump records was developed as a method of individual goal-setting used in the long jump class. The children’s skill was evaluated through criteria for observational evaluation of the long jump. Results indicated the following: 1. The long jump point table of individual standing long jump records developed in this study can be effectively used to set simple individual goals in elementary 6th grade long jump classes. 2. Eighty percent of the children were ultimately able to jump 1.8 times their standing long jump record distance. Therefore, it is desirable to set a standard goal of ‘individual standing long jump records × 1.8’ for