PE Individual and Dual Sports 1,2 (5755, 5756)

In this elective course, students will understand, participate in, and teach the advanced principles of training and competition for individual and dual sports.

These sports may include but are not limited to the following:

Movement Focus

• Identify and apply characteristics and critical elements of individual/ dual sports.
• Apply previously learned movement concepts for successful participation.
• Identify and apply biomechanical principals.
• List, describe and demonstrate use of safety equipment.
• Demonstrate independent learning.

Participate in individual/dual activities to improve health-related fitness; analyze the effect of these activities on personal fitness; improve or maintain physical fitness levels to meet the principles of exercise; explain the relationship between participation in individual/dual activities and health.

• Self-responsibility: Independently engage in individual/dual activities; compare and contrast effective leadership skills used in individual/dual activities and those in other physical activities used in course-related physical activities; develop personal goals for improvement; identify and analyze activities that enhance personal enjoyment; evaluate the risks and safety factors in individual/dual activities throughout a lifetime.
• Social interaction: Modify an activity for a child, an elderly person or an individual with disabilities; analyze the role of social interaction in the successful participation in and enjoyment of individual/dual activities.
• Group dynamics: Accept and perform planned and spontaneous leadership assignments and roles; analyze the role that cooperation and leadership play; engage in individual/dual activities both in school and outside school.