Course Overview:
Time to take it to the extreme! Up your fitness game by exploring a variety of individual, dual, and extreme sports and learning about different intensity levels of physical activity. Dive deep into the principles of biomechanics and elevate your game by evaluating and making necessary corrections to your skill performance. Gear up to develop offensive and defensive strategies and explore sports from other cultures. You’ll also score big when you learn about sportsmanship and show respect for individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. Are you ready to get in the game?!
Major Topics and Concepts:
- Fitness Activity Selection
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Fitness Safety
- Monitoring the Heart
- Analyzing Fitness Results
- Target Heart Rate Zone
- Principles of Fitness
- Body Composition
- Nutrition
- Health and Skill Related Fitness
- Cardiovascular Fitness
- Muscular and Skeletal Fitness
- Flexibility
- Rules of Sports
- Aquatics and Outdoor Pursuits
- Alternative and Extreme Sports
- Team Sports
- Winning Strategies
- Peer Pressure and Choices
- Sportsmanship
- Diversity in Sports
- Culture and Sports
Prerequisites:
Middle School Physical Education I (Recommended)
Required Materials:
You will need the following items to complete this course:
- Printer
- Microsoft Word or another word processing program
Syllabus:
Module 01: Tone It Up
- 00.01 Welcome to Tone It Up
- 01.01 On Your Best Behavior
- 01.02 Ready ... Action!
- 01.03 Give Disease the Dis'
- 01.04 Planning For Your Health
- 01.05 Tone It Up Project
Module 02: Get Skilled
- 02.00 Welcome to Get Skilled
- 02.01 Making Movement
- 02.02 Sports Skills
- 02.03 Sharpening Skill Concepts
Module 03: In It to Win It
- 03.00 Welcome to In It to Win It
- 03.01 Playing Both Sides
- 03.02 Let the Games Begin
- 03.03 Sports Opportunities
Module 04: Play Responsibly
- 04.00 Welcome to Play Responsibly
- 04.01 Play It Fair
- 04.02 Play It Cool
- 04.03 Play It Nice
