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Pe Central: Baseball Class of the Week
Teachers can use this activity in gym class to encourage students to behave according to the PE class rules.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: All Ball Kickball
Students familiar with kicking and dribbling are ready to play "All-Ball Kickball." This is a variation of kickball where students are required to run the bases while dribbling. A good activity for both gym class and soccer practice.
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Inside of the Foot Pass
Teachers, demontrate the "Inside of the foot," pass in gym class and allow students to practice passing and trapping the ball with partners. Includes ideas for varying the lesson.
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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: Pe Lesson Ideas: Freeze
At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows students 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: 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 plan to precede a gym unit on baseball, "Striking - Toss and Hit" can be modified for use in...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge
Students familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.
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Pe Central: Basketball Mania
In this activity, learners 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 students can learn how to play golf by using their feet and soccer balls rather than clubs and golf...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Small Sided Soccer Skill Baseball
This is an interesting activity where students use their soccer skills in a game that plays much like baseball. Players, while on offense and defense, are required to practice controlling, passing, and dribbling a soccer ball.
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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 lesson and assessing...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Zoo Parade Days
Students able to throw and catch, and who are able to shoot and pass a basketball are ready to play "Zoo Parade Day." This activity requires students to work in different "centers" or stations throughout the gym and to demonstrate...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Soccer Tennis
Play a game of "Tennis," with a soccer ball! This website provides detailed guidelines for "soccer tennis" which can be varied depending on the skill-level of the students. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Football Bingo
This is a fun activity through which students not only practice football skills like passing, hiking, catching, dodging, and carrying, but also get an aerobic workout. "Football Bingo" combines football, bingo, and capture-the-flag in a...
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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: Shooting Basketball Stars
Middle schoolers learn and practice lay-ups, mid-range shots, and long-range shots as they earn points. "Shooting Basketball Stars" is a simple lesson, which can be part of a larger basketball unit, and requires students to work together...
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Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Staying Alive
Learn and teach a simple line dance created for the Bee Gees' song, "Stayin' Alive." Recommended for elementary students, the dance steps provided here could easily be simplified (or made more difficult) for students of different ages...