Improving Sport Performance with Maths

The connections between sports and maths do not seem obvious at first sight. However, in this activity, students see that looking for unusual ways in which mathematics can be applied to everyday life and personal areas of interest can lead to improvements in both domains.

• Apply mathematical concepts to everyday life

• Calculate averages, angles, distances, velocity etc.

• Create graphs, charts, and tables

This unit has a creativity and critical thinking focus:

• Generate ideas for connections between maths and sports

• Pose and envision how to solve meaningfully a maths problem in a personally novel way

• Consider several perspectives and explain the strengths and limitations of maths strategies to improve performance

Web & Print

• Access to the internet

• There are several videos available online regarding the relationship between different sports and maths that could be shown to students in step 1 as inspiration before they start work 

Other

• Projector, poster board, markers/pencils, lined/graph paper

• Opportunities to adapt, extend, and enrich

• Potential links could be made with physics, biology and physical education.

• Further activities relating to mathematics and sports can be found on the University of Cambridge website here https://sport.maths.org/content/KS3 

English Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C_znEjWK3VXwKxHcPcwOstcpNr4PwmtBMAt55hX-2CU/edit?usp=sharing 

Hindi Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/17wbmva3oouVfA_99akofomt9MoGUtqQqFku6w17AJWk/edit?usp=sharing 

Gujarati Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dREME0d6nqqvDD7WEmqkWv4mrOk9YWEnV6uiOKrOI4U/edit?usp=sharing 

Kannada Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YDnn3QIlv8txNhvdDvufpaIp6LDkOZkDYXCu0vxnbPc/edit?usp=drive_link