Experiential Education (EXE)!

Term 1 and 2:

Tchoukball

Tchoukball is an indoor team sport developed in the 1970s by Swiss biologist Hermann Brandt. It is played as a team throws a ball into either of the two framed nets situated at opposite ends of the court. The ball bounces back and the opponents has to defend by catching the ball before it touches the floor. In semester 1, we learnt the rules of tchoukball and how to play it. We were taught how to execute moves correctly such as the three step jump shot. As shown in the images below.

<-- Our classmate, Wen Yih demonstrating how to properly throw the ball using the three step jump shot with his hand over his head

Another classmate, Dawn doing the three step jump shot. -->

<-- Another classmate, Jia Hao, doing another 3-step jump shot

Term 3

Pickle ball

Pickleball is a paddleball sport (similar to a racquet sport) that combines elements of badminton, table tennis and tennis. Two or four players use lightweight, miniature and solid paddles to volley the ball, with usually 26-40 holes, over a low net back and forth, until one loses possession of the ball, either by the inability to return the volley or having it touching the ground. In Pickleball, we learnt the forehand and backhand methods of serving. We first started learning the hitting and serving methods by bouncing the ball on the paddle and on the ground. We then started playing against each other and eventually had a tournament.

This is the paddle and ball used for pickleball

Term 4

Badminton

The renowned sport Badminton, needs no explanation as to how it functions. However, it was still the hardest sport due to the high skill level required to return the whizzing shuttlecock with nothing more than a mere racket. We learnt forehand and backhand serving and hitting. To hit the shuttlecock using forehand and backhand, we were taught to hit at the 11o'clock point to hit it back. We also had to cope with the Covid-19 situation which meant we had to wipe down all our equiptment after the lessons.

HBL

During the hard times, in quarantine, we had to have lessons over Zoom calls. This meant that we could not play physical games like we did when we were in school. So we learnt about different workouts and exercises such as Tabata, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and core exercises which we can carry out at home, thus enable us to keep fit and stay healthy during the circuit breaker.

Coping with Covid-19

During phase 2 period, we experience a lot of difficulties such as not being able to play our favorite sports or play with strict restriction that made it not as enjoyable. For example, some of us used to play badminton almost everyday at the different locations such as the canteen and outside the MPH . However during the Phase 2 we only could play in the MPH and had to book slots to play. We also had to follow other rules such as wearing our mask when we played during free play which made us very uncomfortable and it could be sometimes hard to breathe. And even if we follow the rules, the hall may be closed just because of some other troublemakers that broke the rules.

Risk Assessment Management System (RAMS)

In EXE, we also learnt about the Risk Assessment Management System, a system used for identifying risks and hazards. This system is carried out before an activity to identify possible hazards for us to take measures to reduce or manage the potential risks .

A hazard is something that might cause harm or injure someone, whilst a risk is the chance of someone getting harmed or injured as a result of a hazard. An example of a hazard is a hammer, while a risk is a hammer hitting and injuring someone. A ladder is a hazard, but falling off the ladder and injuring yourself is a risk.

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