SUNY Cortland Physical Education
Activity Progression
Instructions:
One of the characteristics of effective teachers is their content knowledge. They are able to develop interesting progressions that help students learn the skills they are teaching. Use this template to create a logical progression sequence for a skill, task or activity for students of varying abilities.
The instructor will determine most complex step (or end point) for you. Devise as many steps leading to that end point as you can. These steps should be in order of complexity with the simplest element in the progression at the bottom of the page.
Once you have completed this progression, you should be able to select one or more components from it to use in developing a lesson plan
Skill(s):
MOST COMPLEX SKILL | |||
Tasks (Extensions) The activities for the whole class | Cues (Refinements) Secrets to improve performance | Challenges (Applications) More chances to practice the same tasks | |
1 | Flip ball back and forth between hands. | Soft hands | Can you spread your hands further apart keeping control of the ball? |
2 | Flip ball back and forth letting the ball hit the water. | Soft hands | Can you spread your hands further apart keeping control of the ball? |
3 | Spin ball in dominate hand | Soft hands and control | How many seconds can you keep the ball spinning for? |
4 | Spin ball in non dominate hand | Soft hands and control | How many seconds can you keep the ball spinning for? |
5 | Flip ball from foot and catch with dominate hand | Soft hands and control | Can you perform 3 out of 5 flips successfully? |
6 | Flip ball from foot and catch with non- dominate hand. | Soft hands and control | Can you perform 3 out of 5 flips successfully? |
7 | Flutter kick (out of water) | Opposition legs, kick hard | Flutter kick for 30 seconds, 45 seconds, and 1 minute. |
8 | Flutter kick on stomach (in water, on ledge) | Opposition legs, kick hard | Flutter kick for 30 seconds, 45 seconds, and 1 minute. |
9 | Flutter kick on back (in water, on ledge) | Opposition legs, kick hard | Flutter kick for 30 seconds, 45 seconds, and 1 minute. |
10 | Flutter kick on stomach the width of pool using boards | Opposition legs, kick hard, breath | Have students race from one side to the other. |
11 | Flutter kick on back the width of pool using boards | Opposition legs, kick hard, breath | Have students race from one side to the other. |
12 | Flutter kick on stomach the width of pool | Opposition legs, kick hard, breath | Have students race from one side to the other. |
13 | Flutter kick on back the width of pool | Opposition legs, kick hard, breath | Have students race from one side to the other. |
14 | Freestyle progression- right arm only using board | Back, up, over, in | Can students go a width of the pool doing this progression? |
15 | Free style progression- left arm only using board | Back, up, over, in | Can students go a width of the pool doing this progression? |
16 | Freestyle width of pool | Flutter kick, rotate arms | Time the students, who can get the fastest time? |
17 | Freestyle length of pool | Flutter kick, rotate arms | Can the students make it to one length side of the pool to the other length side without stopping |
18 | Head up freestyle | Flutter kick, rotate arms, head up | Have partner throw ball in front of swimmer, can swimmer see the ball to get to it |
19 | Tread Water | Flutter kick, small arm circles | Can the class tread water for 30 seconds, 45 seconds, and one minute? |
20 | Pass and catch with partner (outside of water) | Elbow higher than shoulder, Wrist flick | Can you and a partner make a proper throw 5 out of 10 times? |
21 | Pass and catch with partner (outside of water) | Soft hands, diamond | Can you and a partner make a proper catch 5 out of 10 times? |
22 | Pass and catch with partner (in water) | Elbow higher than shoulder, wrist flick | Can you and a partner make a proper throw 5 out of 10 times? |
23 | Pass and catch with partner (in water) | Soft hands, diamond | Can you and a partner make a proper catch 5 out of 10 times? |
24 | Pass and catch dropping ball in water first | Elbow higher than shoulder, wrist flick | Can the students perform this skill in the deep end while treading water? |
25 | Pass and catch dropping ball in water first | Soft hands, diamond | Can the students perform the skill in the deep end while treading water? |
26 | Flutter kick to a pass and catch | Flutter kick, elbow higher than shoulder, wrist flick | Can the students make 3 out of 5 throws successfully? |
27 | Flutter kick to a pass and catch | Flutter kick, soft hands, diamond | Can the students make 3 out of 5 catches successfully? |
28 | Pass and catch with one defender | Fake, move, throw | How many times can you make a successful pass with a defender trying to block you? |
29 | Pass and catch with two defenders | Fake, move, throw | How many times can you make a successful pass out of 5 times? |
30 | Shooting to a open net | Elbow higher than shoulder, wrist flick, follow through | How many times can your group hit the target, given 3 minutes? |
LEAST COMPLEX SKILL |
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