PTP0630 Team Sports
This course is designed for students to strengthen physical movement forms, concepts, principles, and skills through participation in a variety of team activities. Students will be introduced to a variety of modified games and activities that may require students to apply a wide range of fundamental locomotor movement skills (skipping, running, walking, hopping, galloping, sliding, leaping and jumping) and manipulative skills (dribbling, kicking, punting, throwing, catching, volleying, and striking) in complex changing situations. Modified versions of team sports could include, but are not limited to, the following: basketball, soccer, rugby, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo, floor hockey, softball, team handball, and flag football. Students should begin to recognize the effects team sports have on maintaining a physically active lifestyle. As a result of this course, students will learn and participate in a variety of team activities and will not only improve a variety of locomotor and manipulative skills but also increase their awareness of the social responsibility required to participate successfully as a member of a team. Key features of this course: introduce a variety of team sport activities, improvement of locomotor and manipulative skills, practice being a responsible team player, and develop an appreciation for team sports.Â