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DOCOBEIT MOON AID 175 1135 SP 014 608 .TITIM Sports Skills and Conditionings Grades R-6. IIISTITOTION Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Rd. POO DATE 79 NOTE 150p. EMS PRICE 11,01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Athletics: Basketballs *Elementary Educatiot: Exercise (Physiology): *Motor Development: *Physical Education: Physical Fitness: Psychomotor Skills: *Skill Development: Soccer; Softball: Track and Field: Volleyball ABSTRACT The activities and terminology used in this course of study are intended to establish a more uniform and seaningful approach to the teaching of sports skills to elementary school children in the Montgomery County Public Schools. Areas of activity concentration specifically relate to soccer, volleyball, softball, and track and field. A sequential presentation of actual exercises and drills for each different type of skill is given. 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Copyright 1979 by the Board of Education of Montgomery County Rockville, Maryland Table of Contents Page Foreword Overview Acknowledgments Evaluative Techniques vii Conditioning Objectives and Overview 1 Safety 2 Conditioning Terms 2 Content Prwession Chart 3 Activities 5 Waticrup Exercises 5 Conditioning Stunts 6 AAHPER Youth Fitness Test 8 Organization for Drills 11 Soccer Objectives and Overview 15 Safety 15 History and Background . 16 Soccer Terms 16 Soccer Skills 17 Content Progression Chart 19 Activities 20 Basketball .... Objectives and Overview 37 Safety 37 History and Background 38 Basketball Terms 38 Basketball Skills 40 Content Progression Chart 43 Activities 46 Volleyball Objectives and Overview 73 Safety 73 History and Background 74 Volleyball Terms 74 Volleyball Skills 75 Content Progression Chart 77 Activities 78 Summary of Important Volleyball Rules 89 iii page Track and Field . Objectives and Overview 91 Safety 91 History and Background 92 Track and Field Terns 92 Content Progression Chart 94 Activities 95 Softball Objectives and Overview 107 Safety 107 HAstorY end Background 108 Softball Terms 108 Softball Skills 110 Player Positioning . 113 Content Progression Chart 114 Activities 116 Instructional Materials 131 Bibliography 131 iw FOREWORD The objective of the instructional program of physical education in the Montgomery County Public Schools is to provide for sequential development of those skills, attitudes, and knowledges wbich contribute to an individual's physical efficiency and social effectiveness at each stage of life. The elementary physical education program attempts to meet this objective by providing instruction in stch activi- ties as gamcs, rhythm and dance, gymnastics and tumbling, and sports skills and conditioning. It is the intention of this course of study to improve instruction in that area of the elementary physical education curriculum described as Sports Skills and Conditioning Activities. OVERV/EW The recent emphasis placed on the need to provide an improved program of physical education for elementary school children hos prompted the profession to search for new and improved methods of implementing the physical education program. Improved teaching techniques have in turn created a need for revision and improve- ment in curriculum material. It was with these needs in mind that the materials in this course of study were prepared. It is hoped that the activities and terminology used in this course of study will establish a more uniform and meaningful approach to ehe teaching of sports skills to elementary school children in the Montgomery County Publ12 Schools. This course of study, when used in conjunction with the other physical education bul- letins prepared by the Montgomery County Public Schools, should provide a very complete and comprehensive plan for developing the skills and understandings necessary for the child's total development in physical education. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This document was prepared during summer workshops by the following persons: John Clark Harold Gaither Janes Mann Marvin Mermelstein Robert Merrell John Miller Madge Nuce Arthur Somervell James Walker Don Williams EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES As mentioned in the Foreword, the objectives of the instructioral program in physical education are to provide a sequential development of skills as well as attitudes and knowledge which will contribute to an individual's physical effi- ciency and social effectiveness at each stage of life. The evaluation of a student should, therefore, be a measure of the progress that the student makes toward these overall objectives. The outcomes which might be expected from effective evalnation are as follows: 1. An increasd in pupil motivation 2. An increase in pupil understanding of self of subject matter of the prebent and projected values of a continuing personal program of physical activity 3. A measurement of pupil ability and achievement 4. An improvement in the content of the instructional program 5. An assessment of the effectiveness of various teaching techniques 6. An indication of the influence of various patterns of group organization upon learning In determining the nature and amount of pupil progress, teachers should make use of appropriate objective and subjective tools of evaluation. The following are objective tools and techniques which teachers may employ. SKILLS TESTS: The degree to which a student has mastered a given skill may he evaluated by means of skill tests. The instructor must determine the skills 0..lch have been taught and the degree to which a child has mastered the skill. The progression charts included in each sports unit kill indicate the suggp-ted grade level for introduction of specific skills. The number of experiences that a student has in activities which promote the development of the skill must be considered in determining the degree to which a child may be expected to master the skill. The skills drills described in each section of this bulletin may be modified to become objective skills testa simply by measuring the degree of success the par- ticipant has in reaching the objective of the drill.Evaluation can range from an informal satisfactory or needs improvement to an elaborate recording of scores in distance, time accuracy, or other units of measure that are applicable to a specific skill. Comparison of skills test scores among class members may help the instructor to isolate difficulties demonstrated by certain students. The instructor can then plan activities to help the students improve their perform- ance. Skills test scores will certainly have a bearing on the tetal evaluatiot of a student; however, many other important factors must be considered if the objectives of a good physical education program are to be attained.Those factors are well defined in the six outcomes of effective evaluation mentioned in the beginning of this section. KNOWLEDGE TESTS: Effective participation in au activity requires certain knowl- edge about the activity. Knowledge about basic rules, terminology, and team strategy are necessary for most game activities. By carefully observing the participation of a student, the instructor can determine the degree of understand- ing that a student has acquired about an activity. The more formal method of determining the understanding a participant has about an activity is a written knowledge teat. This type of test must be written specifically for the group being tested by a person knowing the group, and know- ing the amount of information about the activity that the group has had a reason- able opportunity to learn. Knowledge about rules, terms, playing strategy, and general history are some of the topics on which the participant may be tested. Written tests require time to give and time to score. Valuable activity time should not be used for written knowledge testing unless the instructor feels such an evaluation is absolutely necessary for the development of the physical educe- tion program. Verbal interaction during ard immediately after the activity can usually produce better results than written tests since it provides information pertinent to the immediate situation, and it provides a situation in which the student has to clarify his ideas through an interchange with the instructor and other students.