Welcome back from Fall Break! We hope that everyone had a restful break from school and the students enjoyed the great weather. We are very excited to get back to school and teach some new sports in P.E.!
Before the break we were learning to play volleyball. We wanted the students to understand the basics of the game: rotating positions, bumping, passing, serving and returning. Each new skill was taught on a different day, but each skill built on the previous one to create an orderly game. By the end of the two weeks the students were able to play against each other by rallying through a series of serves, volleys and returned passes. It was really impressive to see them learn so much so quickly and play organized volleyball games!
Now we will move onto Team Handball. This is a wonderful game to introduce to young athletes as it is very similar to basketball and incorporates some hockey elements. It will prepare them to handle a basketball by dribbling, passing and defending as well as making them move to get open and find unoccupied space. We will begin with the basics of dribbling and passing and move into defending against those skills. The goal is to play 5-on-5 games in which each team is trying to score a goal on their opponent. More details (and hopefully pictures) are to come!
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