Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5D Grade 12 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: D -  Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will analyze the role, responsibilities, and preparation of players, officials, trainers, and other participants and recommend strategies to improve their performance and behavior.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       GETTING YOUR ACT TOGETHER - Ask: “What words do you use to describe the best athletes in the world?” Discuss the student responses and focus on one’s ability to be mentally tough. Explain that to become successful in any-thing— sports, writing, musical performance—an individual must possess both physical talent and mental skills. Students conduct interviews with at least five successful performers. In the interview, students focus on the ways the person prepares for a major event (e.g., a play, a big game). Questions should focus on rituals, good luck charms, dietary habits, and mental images that performers use prior to each activity. Students share the results of their interviews and discuss mental vs. physical preparation.
 

·       SEEING IS BELIEVING - Explain that visualization is the ability to create an experience in your mind. Show students video-tapes of athletes in the process of using visualization before a performance. Through visualization, the ski jumper “sees” and “feels” the perfect jump; the diver, the perfect dive. Brainstorm opportunities for visualization, and then provide several experiences that require students to visualize before performing a simple task. Discuss these activities and the merits of visualization prior to performance.