The Effectiveness of Teaching PE Skills

This term the school has been doing Volley Ball I started this by writing a unit to cover the skills my kids would need. I have booked the MLT stadium for all the classes to use. On the first session I thought about giving all my students a rubric so they could highlight what they couldn't do, and set goals around the skills for Volley Ball. After chatting to my class, I realised that most of them had never played Volley Ball so giving them the rubric without first trying the skills would be a fruitless waste of time. Thus we headed over to the Stadium without any pre teaching.

Once we got to the stadium I showed the Students the Four basic skills needed to play Volley Ball. These being the Under Arm Serve, the set, the forearm pass and the spike. I demonstrated each skill to the class and then let them loose to have a go. I then brought the class back and explained a modified version of the rules, then got them into four teams to have a game. When we got back to school, students were then able to identify the skills they needed to work on. I feel like doing it this way worked better as students were able to experience the skills required.

The next session we looked at under arm serving, I am using a kiwi sports manual aimed at Year 5&6. Whilst it is aimed at younger students, I have found it beneficial in being able to break down the skills into easier teaching sequences. Most of my students are beginning to have success with underarm serving. I am enjoying being able to float around the class and help with any that are struggling.

Overall my students are really enjoying Volleyball. They are slowly improving in their skills and having fun doing it. All are joining in.

My next steps with these PE lessons are: Ensure ALL students are arriving at school with the correct PE gear, as some are not. So far I am trialing using Banqer and "Fining" them if they haven't brought their gear. I am also going to put something in regards to having correct gear in the class "Licensing system" I have introduced to the class.