Activities

Physical Education activities intentionally focus on students' social-emotional development in addition to physical skills. Any liberal arts education ought to embed opportunities in the curriculum for students to practice the skills and understandings necessary to communicate, collaborate, and otherwise interact with their peers. Students will often work in pairs and groups to accomplish a shared goal; for instance, students will practice passing and catching in pairs and small groups so that they can assimilate these skills in game play situations. All topics that students confront with great depth and complexity will render possibilities to develop values, good sportsmanship, social-emotional awareness, and understandings; this course both creates and capitalizes on teachable moments.

Throughout the year

Hikes

We try to take advantage of our close proximity to Fryman Canyon, and when the weather is nice, and it appears that the students can use a break to get off campus, we like to go for nice hikes during class.

Calisthenics

Throughout the course, we will practice many agility drills and core strength building exercises. These are exercises that we will do routinely all year long. Every few months students will be tested on their ability to do these exercises. Here we are looking for improved form and strength as the year progresses.

Fall

Team Sports include:

Soccer, Baseball, Football, Team Handball, Ultimate Frisbee, Lacrosse, Broomball, Frisbee Golf, Bocce Ball, Hockey, Capture the Flag, Octopus, Islands, King Pin, etc

Rules & Safety
Skill Related Sports
Hand-Eye Coordination
Range of Motion (Flexibility)
Ball Sports
Throwing, Catching, Passing, Receiving, etc.
Walking Hopping Galloping, Side Sliding, Skipping Running
Distance Running, Endurance Building
Dynamic Drills (Form Drills)

Spring

Individual Sports
Sprinting
Agility Drills (Footwork)
Flexibility (Range of Motion)
Muscular Strength Building & Composition
Health and Nutrition
Spatial Awareness & Relationships
Static & Dynamic Balance
Differentiate Personal and General Space

Jumping & Leaping
Bending/Stretching
Pushing/Pulling
Twisting/Turning
Rising/Falling Spinning
Swaying/Swinging

Racket Sports include:

Tennis, Badminton, Paddle Ball, Pickle ball, Paddle Tennis, Racket ball, Squash, Speed ball,

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