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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Health and Physical Education
the court. I can also use a lob shot to give me or my doubles partner time to get back into a recovery position on defence.” “By applying a side spin to the ball, I can make it bounce off the wall at an angle, so that it will be difficult for my opponent to return.”
B2.3 explain how developing personal competence in physical activities can increase confidence and encourage lifelong participation in physical activities [PS, CT]
Teacher prompt: “Name some physical activities or sports in which you have improved your skills. How has this improvement affected your enjoyment of these activities? Does being good at one activity encourage you to try other activities? Do you want to continue being involved with the activities that you are good at after you leave school? How can you do this?”
Students: “Learning how to use free weights has really helped me improve my fitness and strength. Now I want to do more strength training, so I have started using the free weights at the local fitness centre on weekends, and when I can’t get to the fitness centre, I do other forms of resistance workouts, such as exercises that use my own body weight for resistance or exercises with the resistance bands and tubing we have at home.” “Knowing how to take what I’ve learned from one activity and use it in another helps me participate in other recreational activities and gives me more choices. I started playing beach volleyball last summer because I was already good at tennis, and knew that I could use a lot of the same skills and strategies. In both of them, for example, you try to direct the ball to an open space on the opponent’s side and then move into the position that gives you the best coverage of your side of the court.” “Because I’ve become pretty good at ultimate disc,
I have a lot of fun playing and I want to continue after I leave high school. The college
I want to go to has a good recreation program and good facilities, so that shouldn’t be a problem. Our community centre has an adult recreational league that I could play in as well. I’m also thinking of trying some other activities. If I’m good at ultimate, I can be good at these too.”
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