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Standard
1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns
needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
- Locomotor
movements:
- Traverse
climbing and stepping.
- Non-locomotor
movements:
- Bending
- Twisting
- Reaching
- Stretching
- Turning
- Combination
of fundamental movement skills
- Locomotor
and non-locomotor
- Body
control
- Rhythmatic
sequences
- Weight
bearing activity on feet and fingers
- Shift
of weight to one foot while reaching for hand holds
- Balance
activities on a variety of body parts
- One
foot
- One
hand and one foot
- Hands,
knees
- Control
in travel activities
- Change
of direction; traveling backward, forward, upward and downward
Standard 2: Demonstrates an understanding of movement
concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply
to learning and performance of physical activities
- Uses
information from self and others to improve climbing experiences
(student journal, self-assessment, peer and teacher review).
- Understands
principles of practice (training) and conditioning that improve
climbing.
- Understands
importance of stretching, warm-up and cool down.
- Understands
techniques and reasons for using motor skills
Standard 3: Participates regularly in physical activity.
- Enhances
cardiovascular health, muscular strength and endurance, coordination
and flexibility through climbing.
- Finds
success in other physical activities through the enhanced fitness
levels gained through
climbing.
- Promotes
emotional wellbeing by reducing stress through climbing.
- Learns
skills of healthy self reliance and self regulation through
climbing.
- Improves
visual acuity, lateral movement and spatial perception through
climbing.
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Standard
4: Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical
fitness.
- Engages
in longer endurance climbs to develop/maintain cardiovascular
endurance.
- Engages
in climbing and related activities that develop and maintain
muscular strength, i.e., pushups, pull-ups, curl ups, step-ups,
etc.
- Engages
in climbing activities that develop and maintain flexibility
of the joints.
- Knows
how to monitor intensity of climbing activity by checking breathing
and heart rates.
Understands
that over training can cause muscle soreness, over-use injuries
to the tendons, muscles, or connective tissue and can affect
performance
Standard 5: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior
that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
- Follows
and understands the importance of Climbing Wall Expectations,
Rules & Procedures.
- Understands
potential dangerous consequences and outcomes of unsupervised
climbing activity.
- Works
cooperatively in a group to help group achieve a common goal.
- Understands
how proper attitudes toward winning and losing impact the atmosphere
of a group
Standard 6: Values physical activity for health, enjoyment,
challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction)
• Participates
in climbing for enjoyment, challenging and fun.
• Develops self confidence and positive self-image through increased climbing
competency.
• Recognizes that climbing can provide opportunities for positive risk-taking
and adventure.
• Understands long-term physiological benefits to include: improved cardiovascular
and muscular strength, improved coordination, flexibility and body composition. |
