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| 1. Description - |
| Designed for average group exercise participant, the class uses sports fitness drills and functional training to develop footwork, anaerobic and aerobic conditioning, muscular strength and power.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Cross Training Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- understand the benefits of group exercise training techniques to develop anaerobic and aerobic conditioning.
- understand the difference between training muscles and training movements
- develop and achieve six and twelve week fitness goals.
- execute drills with proper biomechanics
- demonstrate the progressions and modifications for group fitness drills
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Athletic shoes and gym.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Understand benefits of group exercise training
- warm-up
- footwork and reaction
- partner drills
- relay drills
- Training muscles and training movements
- balance
- core body
- speed ladder
- Fitness goals
- long term vs short term goals
- commitment to lifestyle changes
- measurement of goals
- support team
- Biomechanics
- motor skill development
- technique
- Progressions and modifications
- measuring intensity
- integration of nervous and muscular systems
- group dynamics
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Individual and team verbal critiques
- Improved cardiovascular and muscle endurance as measured by intensity and time
- Individual improvement by participation
- Written evaluation of student goals and achievement
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Current National Soccer Association rule book
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| - writing assignments
- skill demonstration
- Journal entries
- Quizzes
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| - Understand benefits of group exercise training
- Training muscles and training movements
- Fitness goals
- Biomechanics
- measuring intensity
- integration of nervous and muscular systems
- group dynamics
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| Optional reading and writting assignments as recopmmended by instructor
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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