Pata Pata (Dance): The Pata Pata is a folk dance from South Africa. It was designed to help ease the fear of the children when rain would hit the metal roofs on homes and make loud noise. We will teach all five steps of the Pata Pata including the turn on the last step to teach it is as four-wall dance.
Fitness with Crossfit: This activity involves competition and exercise in a fun way. The episode will be set up in a cross fit style setting. Each station will focus on different muscle groups (legs, abdominals, arms, and shoulders). Cross fit stations are a great way for students to identify aerobic endurance as well as muscular endurance.
Leap To It: DancingWe will show a fun and unique way to teach and create dances.
Tchouckball: Scoring/Short and long shotsThis session will consist of two tchouckball practice tasks. The first is called 500 and focuses on showing students how to determine the force of which students should throw the tchoukball at the tchouck. The second practice task focuses on shot accuracy when throwing short and long shots.
Gaelic Football: Solo Keep AwayGaelic Football is a popular sport in the country of Ireland. It is fun and inclusive for all students because it contains skills from a variety of different sports. The "Solo" is a fun skill to do and is unique to the sport. Gaelic Football is modified into a non-contact game which is fun for students in grades 7-12th and can be implemented into after school or physical education programs.
Build a Healthy Plate: Increase your heart rate while learning about 'sometimes' foods and 'always' foods in a fun, competitive environment. After completing this activity, participants should be equipped to make positive nutritional decisions and influence their family/friends to do the same.
Dance Revolution Dance Revolution: An adaption of the popular video game that can be utilized in the gymnasium. This dance format can be adapted across all levels and is fun for all ages!
