Grip & preparation to hit

Types of grips:

1. Forehand: Required for stroke on right side of body and strokes above head. Grip like shaking hands with racket. V formed by thumb and forefingers is at left edge of top bevel.
2. Backhand: Turn so thumb is on side bevel if swinging with elbow up. Or keep same forehand grip if backhanding with elbow down.

Drill: Students practice hitting forehands and backhands over net standing on short service line. Make sure students use proper grip.

Court positioning: Read more »

Rope setup:

• Very important to know rope strengths, knots, and rope management. A certified climbing instructor must supervise the activity.
• Belay the climber by using an anchor above the belayer.
• If the anchor is below the climber, they will fall twice the distance to the anchor. Add additional anchor points while climbing to limit the fall distance.

Holds: Read more »

Safety Rules

1. No one allowed in pool without a certified lifeguard present.
2. No running on pool deck.
3. Glass bottles and containers are not allowed in the pool area.
4. Only one person at a time on the diving board.
5. Diving from the deck is prohibited.
6. All simmers must wear bathing suits.
7. Do not remain in water during thunderstorm.
8. Never dive into water of unknown depth.
9. Do not remain in cold water for excessive periods of time.

Basic skills

Adjusting to water Read more »

Treading water Read more »

Equipment Read more »

Equipment

• Boots: Two types are light touring and stiffer skating boots. Should have maximum heal to toe flexion and minimum side to side movement.
• Skis: Longer, lighter, and thinner than alpine skis. Types include Telemark (downhill), backcountry, touring, and racing. Each has less width than the previous. Sizes are generally 165 – 210 cm. A built in camber, or bow, should allow the ski to lie flat under the weight of the skier. Skis also come in waxable and waxless.
• Poles: Use for both balance and pushing forward. Unique characteristics include a tip that is bent forward, adjustable strap to keep it tight, and they are longer than alpine poles. Generally they should come up to persons upper lip.

Fundamentals Read more »

Basic Equipment Read more »

Components of the base plate compass (most common)

• Base plate: Plexiglas rectangle use for measuring distance and direction of travel.
• Housing: Mounted circle that can be rotated.
• Direction-of-travel arrow: Arrow printed on the base plate that shows the direction of intended travel.
• North arrow line: drawn on the bottom of compass housing.
• Magnetic needle: Arrow that points to magnetic north.

Other navigational tools Read more »

Reasons to bike

• Great exercise: One of best aerobic sports
• It’s easy
• You get to go places, see the world: Running is too slow, driving is too fast.
• You can do it with anybody
• You get to be an outrageous gear-nik.

Types of bikes: Racing, mountain, hybrid (cycle-cross), track, road touring, city bike, BMX, recumbent.

Buying a bike Read more »

Riding and fitting station

□ Seat adjusted to correct height. Leg about 150 degrees when crank arm at 5 o’clock position.

□ Pre ride checklist: Check tires, Inflate tires, Check wheels, Check brakes, Clean and lube chain, Bring water and food, Bring repair gear, Overall check of bike.

□ Travels on right side of road.

□ Signals properly before turn.

□ Successfully shifts up and down with each derailleur.

□ Uphill: Stay in low gear. Remain seated. Dismount if necessary. Read more »

Safety precautions

1. Exercise care when hitting tennis balls
2. Don’t mess with the ball machine
3. Know where others are when you swinging your racket
4. Listen to instructions
5. Be aware of others hitting tennis balls.

Warming up: Stretching before class. Shoulders, wrists, back, calves, hamstring, quadriceps.

Activity: Ball drills

• Hand dribble: Run around perimeter of course dribbling tennis ball alternating hands.
• Throw against wall

Terms: Ground stroke, backhand, forehand, racket bevels

Eastern forehand grip: Shake hands with racket. Put hand flat on racket face and slide down to grip. Palm on bevel 3 and V on bevel 2. Partners should check Read more »

Court: Baseline, service line, alley, backcourt, service court, center service line, doubles sideline, singles sideline.

Types of play: Singles and doubles.

Basics of game play

• Points are won when opponent hits into the net, outside the boundary lines, or does not hit the ball before it bounces twice.
• A ball that hits a line is in. The opponent is responsible to indicate if a ball lands out.
• A player serves an entire game alternating left and right sides.
• Server cannot step on or beyond baseline before striking the ball.
• A server gets 2 chances to serve the ball in.
• Let: Serve that hits the net and lands in. Is done over.

Scoring: Read more »

Safety

• Very important to follow strict safety guidelines.
• Any horseplay or failure to follow the rules will result in a student sitting out the activity.
• Whistle signals
  • 2 blasts = step up to the line
  • 1 blast = shoot arrows
  • 5 blasts = stop shooting, retrieve arrows
  • 3+ blasts = dangerous situation, stop withdraw arrow and point bows down.
• When finished shooting step back 3 paces and wait.
• Shoot at targets only from shooting lines.
• Never point a drawn bow toward anything but the target.
• Make sure all area behind targets are clear of people.

Drawing the arrow from the target Read more »

Safety:

• Careful when swinging and walking around.
• Wait for everyone to finish hitting. Everyone picks up balls at once.
• No goofing around.

Address & Grip

Grip: Types include overlap, interlock, and 10-finger.

• Left hand grip in fingers with thumb down shaft.
• Right hand forms V to eliminate thumb down the shaft.
• Grip more with the fingers like shaking hands with the club. Grip should not rest in the palm.
• Grip at a strength of 5 on a 1-10 scale

Stance and posture Read more »

Number in group: Twosome, single, threesome, foursome.

Parts of the hole: tee box, fairway, green, apron, rough, fringe, flagstick, bunker.

Equipment: Explain difference between woods, long irons, short irons, wedges.

Types of play: Stroke (medal) or match

Order of play: Honor and out.

Definitions Read more »

The following is a listing of important terms to know in golf

golf course

• apron
• fairway bunker
• cup
• out of bounds
• hazard
• tee
• dogleg
• fringe

scores

• ace
• eagle
• birdie
• par
• bogie

play

• up and down
• slice/hook
• push/pull
• fat/thin
• fade/draw
• medal/match play
• mulligan
• pendulum putting
• lag
• address
• best ball/scramble
• handicap
• gimmie
• honors
• approach shot

Rules of fast play

1. After everyone tees off go to your own ball
2. Do preshot preparation while others are hitting.
3. If need extra time to prepare for shot, fell free to waive the order-of-play rule
4. Keep practice swings to a bare minimum
5. Leave bag between the hole and the next tee.
6. Mark down scores on the next tee
7. Don’t get too attached to your golf ball.
8. Don’t run. Walk fast.
9. If score over 10 pick your ball up. No more 4 putts.

Avoid stepping in someone’s line

Other basic rules (according to USGA) Read more »

Handicap: Rating of how hard a hole is or how well you would perform on a good day against a scratch player.

Course rating: What a scratch golfer should shoot at that course on a good day. Lower score easier the course.

Index: Takes most recent scores and throws out the highest ones. A mean is taken of the lowest scores and subtracted from the course rating. Each course has conversion chart for index that lets you know how many strokes above par you are allotted.

Advantages of handicap:

• Give people of different abilities the capability to compete together.
• Give individual player a system to chart progress.

Rules and scoring Read more »

Study and application of pedagogy for individual sports. Fundamental skills, appreciation, knowledge of rules, and instructional strategy are emphasized for badminton, skiing, swimming, rock climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, orienteering, bicycling, tennis, archery, golf, and bowling.