Triathlon: an innovative approach in Secondary School Physical Education

This paper presents an innovative implementation of Triathlon in a school -based Physical Education context. A teaching unit of Triathlon was designed to become part of the Physical Education Syllabus. It introduced adolescents to 1Friathlon fostering physical activity in the natural environment to stay ac liar, healthy and fit. The results on the impact of the unE on students were studied through discussions with focus groups. Students seem to have become aware of the sport of Triathlon and demonstrate Outcomes On knowledge, understanding and basic skills related to Triathlon. This unit has provided them the opportunities to learn these skills and practise this sport beyond school based Physical Education and increase their levels of physical activity:. Its initial development may scorn conditioned upon location and characteristics of very specific material, but with appropriate modifications it can be adapted and included in the school based Physical Education Syllabus.