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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Throw and Catch Tennis
Learners can be introduced to tennis or racquetball through this simple lesson where students "Learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in differnt spots."
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: No Racket Tennis
Through this instructional activity, learners able to throw and catch a ball learn the proper scoring rules and positioning of players on a tennis court. Includes ideas for keeping the activity safe.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Service Anyone?
Students already familiar with the proper way to hit a ball with a racket can practice overhand serves. Working in groups, students not only practice their serves but also receive feedback from their group members.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Freeze
At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows middle schoolers to score points just by being near the basketball basket. Includes ideas for varying the lesson and assessing students' participation.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students able to move while dribbling a basketball are ready to practice offensive and defensive strategies and skills. At this website, read about an activity through which students work on their individual skills in one-on-one matches...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Sprint Training
At this website, find an idea for a gym-class lesson through which students work with partners as they strive to improve their sprinting speed and technique.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Badminton 4 Square
At this website, find ideas for a gym-class badminton activity. The modified version of badminton described here is very similar to 4-square and is accompanied by ideas for modifying the game-play.
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Pe Central: Best Practices: Jingle Bell Jog
Hold a "Jingle Bell Jog" during the holidays and raise money for your community. This website describes an activity students and adults of all ages can participate in.
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Pe Central: Best Practices: Jingle Bell Jog
Hold a "Jingle Bell Jog" during the holidays and raise money for your community. This website describes an activity learners and adults of all ages can participate in.
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Pe Central: Instant Activity: Spongebob Squarepants Tag
Here is a variation of tag based on the popular cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants." Includes a simple way of randomly assigning who plays "it" during the game.
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Pe Central: Aerobics: Dance Project
In groups, students invent and practice a dance to be part of a larger aerobics routine. Also, students must evaluate their project, explain the roles each team member had in the creation of the routine, and write a creative paper...
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Pe Central: Mini Golf
Introduce students to golf-putting through a fun game of miniature golf. Build a nine or eighteen-hole golf course in the gym using gymnastic mats, carpet squares, and drinking cups. Then have students, in groups, play the entire course...
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Pe Central: Team Target Golf Chip
Practice chipping golf balls and aiming at a target. Students able to chip a golf ball are ready to hone their accuracy. Teachers set up hula hoops 10 yards away from students and have students, in teams, attempt to chip the ball into a...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class lesson to help students improve their badminton skills and accuracy.
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Pe Central: Toss and Hit (Striking)
Through this activity, students work in pairs and practice striking balls of various sizes with different types of bats. A great lesson to precede a gym unit on baseball, "Striking - Toss and Hit" can be modified for use in elementary...
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Pe Central: Basketball Mania
In this activity, students practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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Pe Central: Soccer Golf
Learn about the rules of golf before every handling a golf club. This website provides guidelines for "Soccer golf," a game through which learners can learn how to play golf by using their feet and soccer balls rather than clubs and golf...
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Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review
Students review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the instructional activity and...
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Sailing
Curriculum teaching the skills necessary to understand the sport of sailing. Website includes suggested readings, lecture notes, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Fencing
A curriculum intended to teach beginners the sport of fencing. Includes a calendar of activities, readings, and video demonstration for the course.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Archery
A curriculum to introduce the sport of indoor target archery. The course includes lecture materials, calendar of activities, suggested reading, and video demonstrations that emphasizes the care and use of equipment, safety, techniques,...
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Scuba
A curriculum to provide students with the skills necessary to take the certification exam to become a certified SCUBA diver. This course in for beginners and includes a calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Weight Training
An introduction course to weight lifting focusing on proper technique and understanding the biomechanics involved in the exercises. Curriculum includes a calendar, lecture notes, suggested reading, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Tennis
A curriculum to introduce the basics of tennis as a sport. Course focuses on the basic stroke techniques with drills to give students a working knowledge of single and double tactics. Curriculum includes a calendar of activities,...