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<\/p>\nAs physical education teachers, one of our biggest goals is to instill a passion for lifelong learning in our students through physical activity. With this in mind, I try to incorporate plenty of variety into my Unit lessons in order to reach as many of my students\u2019 interests as possible.<\/p>\n
Some of my students\u2019 favorite activities include Team Handball, Pickleball, Fitness, Rock Climbing, and many more. Among my students\u2019 preferred activities are those that incorporate Outdoor Yard games. Outdoor yard games such as Kan Jam and Spikeball have become extremely popular in recent years.\u00a0 Outdoor yard games not only teach students the fundamental skills needed for physical activity but also instill a drive for lifelong learning that can motivate students to be active outside of school.<\/p>\n
The following Unit on Outdoor Yard games is great for grades 6 through 12. It requires multiple Kan Jam sets, Spikeball sets, ladder ball sets, and a few cone-hole sets (2 hula hoops, 2 cones, and 8 bean bags per set) depending on your class size. I typically devote one day of instruction for each yard game in order to teach the rules, strategies and skills involved before implementing game play. To start, I set up stations throughout the gym. \u00a0The students will have approximately 10 minutes at each station before they rotate to the next one. This is how my setup looks:<\/p>\n
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Check out the video I created for visuals of this activity, and a description of each activity below.<\/p>\n