Students will participate in a variety of team and individual sports and activities, including volleyball, badminton, ultimate frisbee, basketball, and other field and indoor games. Students will be introduced to Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) which enhances skill and prioritizes understanding tactics and play over technique.

The following steps are elements of a Teaching Games for Understanding approach:

• Activity Appreciation: trying out a version of the activity in a small-group

• Tactical Awareness: developing understanding of common elements of games and tactics needed for success

• Decision-Making: learning and practising making decisions in action, in response to different situations

• Application of Skills: identifying and practising the skills needed to improve play

• Performance: putting it all together, applying the skills, decision-making and tactics in game situations

Building off the Grade 9 Healthy Active Living course, students will participate in a variety of team and individual sports and activities, including volleyball, pickleball, basketball, rugby, and other field and indoor games. Students will continue to build and apply tactic and game strategy by applying Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) concepts.

This course is aimed at students who want to build a strong foundation for future athletic development. The course will emphasize the importance of correct movement patterns, and training techniques and principles for safe, consistent athletic development. The course will target the students’ current stage of development and utilize training methods in accordance with long term athletic development models. Included in the course will be an introduction to foundational movement patterns (squat, lunge, hinge, push, pull, carry), development of skill related components of fitness (speed, agility, reaction time, coordination, balance, power), and improvement in health related components of fitness, specifically cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, and flexibility, including an emphasis on injury prevention and recovery. Activities will include a variety of training techniques with the focus on proper biomechanics and efficient movement patterns.