Physical Education

Question 1

What is proprioception?

Answer 1

How the body senses the parts of itself (e.g. hands, feet, legs)

Question 2

Why is it important for teachers to help strengthen body awareness?

Answer 2

Helps children maintain a sense of personal boundaries, develop patterns of movement through space, understand the concept of shape, and sustain a sense of balance.

Question 3

What are some exercises that help encourage children to become aware of their physical body?

Answer 3

Shape (“stand like a pole”), Balance (“balance on one foot”), Quality (“How fast or slow can you move?”), Space (“Run in a zigzag pattern without bumping into each other”), Exploring “make a bridge with a partner and then have a third person go under the bridge”)

Question 4

Basic movement skills that are performed in different directions and at different speeds; dynamic movements that propel the body upward, forward, or backwards

Answer 4

Locomotor skills

Question 5

What are some benefits of learning Jumping?

Answer 5

Muscle strength and agility; helps balance in landing; helps children create patterns (jumping like a kangaroo, a frog, and a rabbit); upper level grades can be used in combination with sports

Question 6

A series of step-hops completed with alternate feet

Answer 6

Skipping

Question 7

A forward directional movement. As the lead foot steps forward, the back foot steps up to meet the lead foot.

Answer 7

Galloping

Question 8

How can galloping be taught?

Answer 8

Have the class hold hands and slide in a circle to a rhythmic beat. Shift this movement into having the children face the direction of the movement while continuing to slide.

Question 9

Accompanied by movement on one side of the body. It is a one-count movement, as the leading foot steps to the side, the other foot quickly follows.

Answer 9

Sliding

Question 10

Also referred to as ‘static movements’, they are passive movements performed while standing in place

Answer 10

Nonlocomotor skills

Question 11

Examples of nonlocomotor skills

Answer 11

twisting, turning in place, bending, swaying, raising or lowering parts of the body, stretching in place.

Question 12

Importance of nonlocomotor skills

Answer 12

Lead to effective body management such as body control, flexibility, and balance

Question 13

Perhaps the most valuable of all nonlocomotor movements; all physical education activities should begin with this; it is necessary for maintaining and increasing flexibility

Answer 13

Stretching

Question 14

The rotation of a body part around its own long axis, such as turning the head on its neck or wrapping the arms around the body; the focal point is on the space in which the body is moving

Answer 14

Twisting

Question 15

A controlled, forceful action performed against an object; moves the body away from the object while applying force

Answer 15

Pushing

Question 16

Complex motor patterns that are basic to specialized sports and are performed with some kind of object (e.g. a ball or bat)

Answer 16

Object manipulation skills

Question 17

If children do not learn manipulation skills, they sometimes have difficulty developing ______________, (e.g. throwing or catching)

Answer 17

Mature patterns of movement

Question 18

What are some object manipulation skills?

Answer 18

Throwing, catching, kicking, striking

Question 19

Requires an object to be propelled into space.

Answer 19

Throwing

Question 20

Primary school children need to proceed through preliminary stages of _______ (beanbags, etc), before entering the stages of throwing a ball with accuracy.

Answer 20

Tossing

Question 21

Most children will develop a throwing skill pattern during grades _________.

Answer 21

Three to five.

Question 22

Involves using the hands to stop and control a moving object.

Answer 22

Catching

Question 23

Why is it more difficult for children to learn to catch than throw?

Answer 23

Tracking the object requires mature hand-eye coordination.

Question 24

Early instruction for catching

Answer 24

Children are often afraid of getting hit; use beach balls, balloons, and fleece balls. As gross and fine motor skills develop, reduce the size of the ball. Use balls that bounce to teach rebound angles.

Question 25

A striking action performed by the feet

Answer 25

Kicking

Question 26

Types of kicking

Answer 26

Punt kicking, Place kicking, Soccer kicking

Question 27

When an object is hit with an implement such as a bat, a racket, or the hand

Answer 27

Striking

Question 28

Instruction for striking

Answer 28

Practice on stationary objects such as a t-ball