ACADEMIC LEARNING PACKETS

1 ACADEMIC LEARNING PACKETSPHYSICAL EDUCATIONV olume 1 Copyright 1997, 2007 by The Advantage Press, license to photocopy at purchasing school onlyAll other rights reservedFor information, address The Advantage Press, O. Box 3025, Lisle, Illinois USA 60532 Telephone: (630) 960-5305 Physical Education LEARNING PACKETS 2007 The Advantage Press, OF CONTENTSACADEMIC LEARNING PACKETSPHYSICAL EDUCATIONINSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONSL earning Packet #1: VOLLEYBALLS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #2: BADMINTONS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #3: TENNISS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #4: BASKETBALLS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #5: BOWLINGS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #6: SOCCERS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #7.

2 ARCHERYS tudent Response PacketPhysical Education LEARNING PACKETS 2007 The Advantage Press, Packet #8: WRESTLINGS tudent Response Packet LEARNING Packet #9: GOLFS tudent Response Packet LEARNING Packet #10: FIELD HOCKEYS tudent Response PacketLearning Packet #11: BASEBALLS tudent Response PacketPhysical Education LEARNING PACKETS 2007 The Advantage Press, TERMSFORADVANTAGE PRESS LEARNING PACKETSThe following License Terms govern your use of the Advantage Press, Inc. LEARNING Advantage Press, Inc. grants you a license to use the LearningPacket Files contained on the enclosed CD. Use includes using, storing, loading, installing, execut-ing, and displaying the LEARNING Packet Files.

3 You may modify the LEARNING Packet LEARNING Packet Files are owned and copyrighted by The Advan-tage Press, Inc. Your license confers no title to, or ownership in, the LEARNING Packet Files and is nota sale of any rights in the LEARNING Packet Copies and Adaptations. You may only make copies or adaptations of the LEARNING Packet Filesfor archival purposes and for dissemination in the Purchasing School Building. You must reproduceall copyright notices in the original LEARNING Packet Files and on all copies or adaptations. You maynot copy the LEARNING Packet Files onto any public may install and use a copy of the LEARNING Packet Files on yourschool s computer(s) including network server and portable computing devices by adhering to theprovisions in numbers five and six may install and use a copy of the LEARNING Packet Files on yourInternal computer Network for use on computers within the physical purchasing site.

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5 May terminate your license, upon notice, forfailure to comply with any of the above terms. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy theLearning Packet Files, together with all copies, adaptations and merged portions in any Education LEARNING PACKETS 2007 The Advantage Press, EDUCATION PACKET SYSTEMINSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONSP hysical Education LEARNING PACKETS provide constructive LEARNING experiences forstudents who do not, or cannot, meet physical education requirements. This volumecontains 11 LEARNING PACKETS , ranging from volleyball to purpose of these LEARNING PACKETS is to acquaint students with particular sports orother physical activities.

6 There should be a sufficient variety among these PACKETS tointerest almost any student, whether or not he or she is particularly active in some cases, you may want to distribute these PACKETS to students who, for physicalor health reasons, cannot participate in sports and other strenuous activities, but whowould like to know how games are played and scores are kept so that they can feelmore a part of these school activities, and be a more informed spectator. PhysicalEducation LEARNING PACKETS will give these students the rudiments of each sport may also have students who have no apparent interest in physical education, andhabitually present a variety of excuses not to participate (such as forgetting to bringtheir gym shoes or clothes to class, etc.)

7 These PACKETS can be used as a means ofdiscouraging such students from making excuses for not may also be students who would like to know more about different sports andwould welcome an opportunity to read about the history and techniques of a particularsport in addition to being a player. In this case, the PACKETS may be used to provideextra credit for such inspired Education PACKETS also provide instant lesson plans for any substitute that is necessary is access to a photocopier. As many copies of a packet as neededcan be made. PE teachers can also use Physical Education PACKETS to introduce a sportor activity to a class. In addition, you may want to use the PACKETS as a unit lesson, andutilize the questions and puzzles for a unit Education LEARNING PACKETS 2007 The Advantage Press, packet consists of 4 or 5 pages of narrative material for each sport or physicalactivity, including an introduction, history, description of how the game is played, andindividual techniques for the student has read the narrative, there are 10 questions, a crossword puzzle,and a wordsearch to evaluate student mastery of the FOR USING THE extra copies of your LEARNING PACKETS .

8 Don t give students the mastercopies. Save them for making additional each student one of the PACKETS for him or her to read. Also give him orher the corresponding questions, crossword puzzle and wordsearch puzzle. Eachpacket is designed to be a 45-minute teacher answer section is provided with each packet for ease of Physical Education PACKETS can give you an objective assessment toolfor arriving at quarter or semester Education LEARNING PACKETS #1 VolleyballText 2007 The Advantage Press, LEARNING Packet has two parts: (1) text to read and (2) questions to text describes a particular sport or physical activity, and relates its history, rules,playing techniques, scoring, notes and Response Forms (questions and puzzles) check your understanding and apprecia-tion of the sport or physical is a popular sport which can be playedboth indoors and outdoors.

9 It appeals to people ofall ages and skill levels. It is fast-paced, with con-stant jumping and running, and thus provides astrenuous aerobic workout. It also requires men-tal alertness and quick, precise physical associate volleyball with the beaches ofsouthern California and in fact, a number of pro-fessional players get their start by playing beachvolleyball. However, volleyball is popular not onlyon the beaches, but in virtually every country ofthe world. In 1964, it was officially recognized aspart of the Olympic OF THE GAMEV olleyball originated in Massachusetts in 1895 when the director of a local YMCA usedthe bladder of a basketball for a ball and a tennis net as the first volleyball net.

10 The gamewas regulated by the YMCA until 1928 when the united states volleyball Associationwas # 1 VOLLEYBALLP hysical Education LEARNING PACKETS #1 VolleyballText 2007 The Advantage Press, volleyball IS PLAYEDThe name volleyball is not an entirely accurate description of this sport. The object ofthe game is hit the ball over the net in such a way that the opposing team cannot return is played on a court 30 feet wide by 60 feet long. The net is three feet high andspans the width of the playing area. The top of the net is positioned eight feet (in men'svolleyball) from the floor or playing surface. The modern volleyball is about the size ofa soccer game is played by two opposing teams, withsix players on each team.