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Team Sports & Fitness

Course Description

The Team Sports class is a sports-based course that emphasizes all areas of participation in a variety of sports and sports activities. Students will learn the necessary skills, terminology, and rules of each sport, and will interact in situations that are relative to the origin of the sport. Students will participate in team sports, such as basketball, football, softball, speedball, soccer, mat ball, and other fitness-based activities.

Research shows that participation in physical activity has a direct positive correlation with academic achievement. Team sports and games promote movement, skill development, and opportunities for successful team interaction. Students will participate in a variety of sports and games, teach classmates rules and skills, and have the opportunity to officiate various sports and games.

Grade Level(s): 9th-12th grades

Related Priority Standards (State &/or National):  Missouri Grade-Level Expectations - Physical Education & SHAPE American National Physical Education Standards

Essential Questions

  • What concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics are related to movement and performance?
  • How does the way I move and where I move affect my involvement in the sport, game, or activity?
  • How can we move effectively and efficiently?
  • Why is it important to understand the rules and tactics of a sport, game, and activity?
  • What is the value of physical activity?
  • How does my engagement in class improve my physical fitness?
  • What is the value of responsible personal and social behavior?
  • How can I achieve and maintain responsible personal and social behavior?
  • How can I demonstrate responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others?
  • How can I achieve and maintain health-enhancing levels of physical activity and fitness?

Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas

  • Students will demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
  • Students will understand and apply the rules and tactics of the sports, games, and activities.
  • Students will demonstrate purposeful engagement.
  • Students will incorporate fitness and wellness concepts to maintain a healthy level of physical fitness.
  • Students will understand the benefits of physical activity.
  • Students will engage in sports, games, or activities while demonstrating good sportsmanship.

Course-Level Scope & Sequence (Units &/or Skills)

Unit 1: Motor Skills and Performance

  • Students will learn the rules and safety procedures of a variety of team sports.
  • Students will learn proper skills and techniques to participate in team sports.
  • Students will be prepared for a lifetime of physical activity and enjoyment.
  • Students will learn to build confidence in their physical ability while participating with peers in team sports.
  • Students will demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

Unit 2: Concepts and Strategies

  • Students will learn the rules and safety procedures of a variety of team sports.
  • Students will learn proper skills and techniques to participate in team sports.
  • Students will be prepared for a lifetime of physical activity and enjoyment.
  • Students will learn to build confidence in their physical ability while participating with peers in team sports.
  • Students will understand and apply the rules and tactics of the sports, games, and activities.

Unit 3: Physical Activity and Participation

  • Students will learn the rules and safety procedures of a variety of team sports.
  • Students will learn proper skills and techniques to participate in team sports.
  • Students will be prepared for a lifetime of physical activity and enjoyment.
  • Students will learn to build confidence in their physical ability while participating with peers in team sports.
  • Students will demonstrate purposeful engagement.

Unit 4: Responsible Personal and Social Behavior

  • Students will learn the rules and safety procedures of a variety of team sports.
  • Students will learn proper skills and techniques to participate in team sports.
  • Students will be prepared for a lifetime of physical activity and enjoyment.
  • Students will learn to build confidence in their physical ability while participating with peers in team sports.
  • Students will incorporate responsible personal and social behavior to maintain a healthy level of physical fitness.

Unit 5: Benefits of Physical Acitivity and Community Building

  • Students will learn the rules and safety procedures of a variety of team sports.
  • Students will learn proper skills and techniques to participate in team sports.
  • Students will be prepared for a lifetime of physical activity and enjoyment.
  • Students will learn to build confidence in their physical ability while participating with peers in team sports.
  • Students will understand the benefits of physical activity. Students will engage in sports, games, or activities while demonstrating good sportsmanship.

Date Last Revised/Approved:  2022