Lifetime Activities
Recommended Prerequisite: None
Grades Offered: 9-12
Credit ½
SDE Course Code: 3399
MNPS Course Code: PER3509
Course Description
This course is designed to offer a variety of activities that can be pursued throughout a lifetime.
Course of Study
The course provides students the opportunity to participate in lifelong fitness activities, and individual and dual sports. The course should provide information relative to the health related components of fitness. The variety of activities allows for each student the opportunity to develop appreciation, enjoyment, and success of physical fitness. Activities could include but are not limited to the following:
· Aerobic dance
o History
o Terminology
§ Aerobic dance
§ Circuit training
§ Combination
§ Cuing
§ Duration of exercise
§ Flexibility
§ Frequency of exercise
§ High impact aerobics
§ Intensity of exercise
§ Low impact aerobics
§ Maximum heart rate
§ Moderate impact aerobics
§ Muscular strength
§ Resting heart rate
§ Target heart rate
§ Tempo
o Benefits
o Safety concerns
o Calculate Target Heart Rate
o Equipment/Facility
§ Music (with sound system would be ideal)
§ Audiotapes and/or CDs
§ Wireless microphone for instructor (if available)
§ Rubber tubes or bands, hand weights, stability balls, mats, jump ropes (if available)
§ Well ventilated room with a temperature between 60 and 70 degrees
§ Room with enough space for all participants to spread out without touching
§ Acoustics that allow for the instructor’s voice to be heard
§ Proper footwear and apparel
o Skills and Techniques
§ Warm-up and pre-stretch (10 minutes)
§ Aerobic activity (20-30 minutes)
§ Cool-down (2-5 minutes)
§ Strength exercises (5-10 minutes)
§ Final stretch (5-10 minutes)
§ Times vary depending on class time
o Aerobic Activities
§ Calculate target heart rate zone before participating
§ Calculate exercise heart rate immediately following aerobic routine (count heart rate for 10 seconds and multiply by 6 to get exercise heart rate) (compare to target heart rate)
§ Basic steps
· Jogs
· Marches
· Hops
· Jumps
· Knee lifts
· Kicks
· Twists
· Step touches
· Jumping jacks
· Lunges
§ Directions
· Forward
· Backward
· Sideways
· Diagonally
· Circles
§ Movements
· Basic step (up, up, down, down)
· V-step
· Travel step with alternating leg
· Over the top
· Lift step
· Lunge
· L step
· Repeater
· Turn step
· Combinations of any of the steps, directions, or movements
o Design group aerobic routines
· Badminton
o History
o Rules
o Equipment
§ Badminton racquet
§ Shuttlecock
§ Badminton nets
§ Standards
§ Badminton court
o Parts of Racquet
§ Head
§ Neck
§ Handle
o Terminology
§ Ace
§ Clear
§ Drop Shot
§ Fault
§ Let
§ Match
§ Serve
§ Shuttlecock
§ Smash
o Scoring
o Types of Play
§ Singles
§ Doubles
o Skills
§ Grip
§ Forehand
§ Backhand
§ Ready Position
§ Serving
· Underhand
§ Strokes
· Clear
· Drives
· Drop shot
· Smash
o Game strategy
o Drills
o Game play
o Tournament play
· Bicycling
o History
o Terminology
§ Bicycle clothing
§ Brake hoods
§ Braking
§ Clincher tires
§ Double crank
§ Drafting
§ Gear shifting
§ Helmet
§ Presta valve
§ Rear sprocket
§ RPM
§ Rules of the road
§ Rules of the trail
§ Saddle
§ Safety check
§ Steering
§ Tools for the trail
§ Tools for the road
§ Triple crank
o Equipment
§ Properly fitted bicycle
§ Helmet
§ Gloves (optional, but recommended)
§ Biking shorts (optional, but recommended)
§ Cleat shoes (optional, but recommended)
§ Proper clothing for climate
o Posture
§ Bicycle size
§ Saddle height
§ Tilt
§ Fore-aft positioning
§ Handlebar height
§ Stem length
o Bike size and saddle positioning
o Pedaling technique
o Care of equipment
o Basic maneuvers
§ Starting
§ Stopping
§ Steering
§ Gear shifting
§ Braking
o Safety
§ Always wear a helmet
§ Know how to ride your bicycle
§ Be observant
§ Recognize potential dangers
§ Rules of the road
· Where to ride on the roadway
· Right turns
· Left turns
§ Rules of the trail
· Always yield to hikers and horses
· Stay on the trail
· Bowling
o History
o Rules
o Equipment
§ Bowling balls
§ Bowling pins
§ Bowling lanes
o Terminology
§ approach
§ double
§ foul
§ frame
§ gutterball
§ handicap
§ hook
§ open frame
§ spare
§ strike
§ triple or turkey
o Scoring
o Skills
§ types of grips
§ ready position and starting position
§ approach, release and follow through
§ the four types of delivery style; straight, hook, curve,
§ and backup
§ Differentiate between aiming techniques
§ strategy
§ etiquette
§ Apply correct scoring during bowling
§ Safely when practicing and competing in bowling
o Game strategy
o Game play
o Tournament play
· Golf
o History
o Rules
o Etiquette
o Equipment
§ Golf clubs
§ Golf balls
§ Golf course
§ Nets (if inside facility)
§ Putting green (if inside facility)
o Terminology
§ Ace
§ Address
§ Approach shot
§ Birdie
§ Bogey
§ Bunker
§ Clubs
§ Divot
§ Driver
§ Eagle
§ Fairway
§ Flagstick
§ Fore
§ Green
§ Hazard
§ Hole
§ Iron
§ Par
§ Rough
§ Slice
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