Soccer Champs!

The guys have been working to develop their understanding of the sport of soccer as well as improving their skills for the last couple of weeks. Today they will play in the finals of the PE soccer tournament. All of the students have done a great job and put for solid effort during this unit. Check back throughout the day to see the championship team for each hour.

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2nd Hour

4th Hour

5th Hour

6th Hour

Football Unit

For the past two weeks the my classes have been doing a great job learning the essential skills related to football. The students have made a great deal of progress in their ability to preform the motor skills and techniques related to flag football and are also having a lot of fun. Today we are playing the championship games. The winning teams will be posted here each hour.

1st Hour

4th Hour

5th Hour

6th Hour

7th Hour

Welcome Back for 2014 and Heat Information

I hope everyone is settling in well with the new school year. Coach and I are very excited to get back into the swing of things with the guys. We recently completed fitness testing and will be posting some information about that soon. We wanted to let you know what kind of precautions we are taking regarding heat. We have a cooling station with a tent shelter and ice water towels to cool off with in addition to ice water and allowing the students to go into the locker room to get a drink. We use the following chart to determine what activities we can do outside when there is excessive heat: 

Heat index of 80-90 degrees:  Classes may occur with scheduled water breaks.

Heat index of 90-100 degrees:  Classes will continue with increased water breaks, limited conditioning, and time in shaded areas with cool down stations.

Heat index of 100-105 degrees:  Classes moved to cooler time of the day (morning or evening hours if possible), very limited to no conditioning, with frequent water breaks and time in shaded areas with cool down stations.

Heat index of 105 degrees or above:  Classes will be moved inside with regular water breaks.  (If in a non-air conditioned facility, there will be an increased frequency of water breaks.)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. 

Roller Skating Fun

Coach Hilton's classes will be roller skating today and tomorrow. Just another reminder that we will swim next week and I suggest that the guys bring in their swim gear tomorrow. 

March Madness in February?

Today Coach Hilton's classes will be playing a Sperreng version of March Madness...in February. The tournament is the culmination of our PE unit which needed to be spread out due to snow days. I will post the top three team's photos on the blog feel free to check back during the day to see the to three teams in each class. 

On a side note Coach Hilton's classes will swim the week of March 10th and I am encouraging the guys to bring in their swim gear next week. As always feel free to let me know if you have any questions and have a great weekend. 

1st Hour Top Three Teams

 3rd Hour Top Three Teams

4th Hour Top Three Teams 

 5th Hour Top Three Teams

 6th Hour Top Three Teams

Thank You J Robinson

J Robinson is the head coach of the University of Minnesota wrestling team which is one of the best in the nation year in and year out. In PE, before we get into our activity most days we will do some kind of work out. These workouts are targeted at improving the guys fitness testing scores.  One of the workouts we do are called JRobs named for coach Robinson, the workout is quick, intense and does a great job of improving shuttle times as well as helping with overall body strength. The guys continue to do a great job and as always feel free to let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns.

Weight Room Update

The guys went into the weight room yesterday and for the first time did a full work out. We are emphasizing light weight and solid technique along with positive weight room etiquette. The guys did a great job and it is fun to watch their lifting technique develop. As we get into the weight room more we will be sure to balance lifting with stretching and proper maintenance, for example we are following up our first day of lifting with Yoga. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.