Friday, January 28, 2011

homework one.

Fundamental skill development is such an important part of my profession, this is because it provides a base for other skills to develop from. If a child never learns how to properly kick a soccer ball how can they be expected to perform a perfect corner kick. There is no way to expect that from someone, there are certain skills that must be learned in order to learn skills that are more complicated. An assessment is needed to insure that the child can perform the simpler tasks before trying to perform a harder one, this helps to make sure that the child will not be injured. In gymnastics before a child can attempt to perform a front handspring a handstand must first be mastered to insure that the child will not be injured.

The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) provides excellent reasons why Physical Education is such an important part of schools and why it helps children.
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/publications/teachingTools/QualityPE.cfm

This website provides many good statistics and data for Physical Education.
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/pdf/quality_pe.pdf

Here is an image from www.google.com showing one way to spot a handstand.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.rockbrookcamp.com/files/2009/12/gymnastics-handstand-girl.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rockbrookcamp.com/blog/gymnastics&usg=__maoDNzhyZmVFSOAZZv6EoS2u2k8=&h=729&w=432&sz=120&hl=en&start=38&sig2=ryZqqyZDBsBq96D-pC3kBw&zoom=1&tbnid=iIHTeD6t8jiWbM:&tbnh=153&tbnw=79&ei=xidDTeDYGMOqlAfgqPTlDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhandstand%2Bspotting%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D643%26tbs%3Disch:10,1100&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=926&oei=pSdDTdmWBoK88ga_jpnCAQ&esq=3&page=3&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:38&tx=64&ty=86&biw=1366&bih=643

This is a young girl who performs the front handspring and she stresses the straight arms and the handstand before doing the rest of the handspring. The video is from www.youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaX-ynEiFqc&feature=related

Monday, January 24, 2011

Went to Saint Mary's today and went around to meet the kids and see what we will be doing for the semester. I am very excited!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

I am completely new to blogging and I have absolutely no idea what I am doing so I have a lot to learn.