Unit Description/Overview
Adapted physical education prepares students with disabilities to participate in games and sports that their typically developed peers participate in as well. The goal of this unit is to teach students with disabilities the rules of the sport of sitting volleyball, as well as teaching the students how to perform the various motor skills required to play the sport. To achieve this overall goal the students will participate in various modified games and drills.
Time: 5 min | Warm Up: These activities are not only design to prepare the body for the physiological demands of physical activity but also to introduce or practice individual skills (i.e. movement, overhand passing, underhand passing, setting, serving, hitting, blocking, etc). |
Movement, boundaries |
Tag Object: To not become ‘IT!’ Equipment: Gym floor Description: Participants move around the floor while sliding on their buttocks, all the while trying to avoid becoming ‘IT’. Variations: |
Catching, ball control, overhand set, forearm pass, movement |
Ball Slither (Centipede) Object: To send the volleyball to the end of the line and back as many times as possible without dropping Description: |
Catching, ball control, overhand set, forearm pass, movement |
The Harvest Object: To collect all the items on the court and place them in the basket Equipment: |
Catching, ball control, overhand set, forearm pass, movement |
Odd Ball Object: To have as few balls as possible in your team's possession when the whistle is blown. Equipment: Description: |
Time: 5 min (demo) Time: 25 min |
Learning Experiences/Activity(ies) Introduce the game of constant rotation. Set up: Equipment: |
Time: 5 min | Cool down
Stretching Circuit Copycat Circuit Muscle Mix Draw Two |
Time: 5 min Closure |
Class assessment Write questions on a beach ball and throw the ball to whoever wants it. The student who catches the ball answers whichever question is closest to him or her. Here are some questions to consider: • What did you learn today? |