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Examine and apply the principles of training (i.e., overload, progression, specificity, adaptation, use/disuse) to personal action plans that incorporate daily moderate to vigorous movement activity and focus on the improvement and/or maintenance of self-selected components of health-related fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility).
Determine safe and credible publicly promoted options for managing body composition and weight (i.e., decrease body fat, increase muscle content) and analyze the influence of mass media on body image.
Investigate and apply safe and effective strategies for developing the strength of core muscles and joint muscles.
Implement personal plans for improvement of a self-selected skill-related component of fitness (power, agility, speed, reaction time, balance, and coordination) as it applies to complex movement skills used in a sport or activity of interest (e.g., power in the legs to increase vertical jump for volleyball spike, agility for avoiding a pin in wrestling, balance used in ballet, coordination used in juggling or cup stacking).
Build skills towards proficiency in four self-selected complex movement skills including one from four of the following categories:
  • target games (e.g., bowling, curling, golf, archery)
  • striking/fielding games (e.g., long ball, softball, slo-pitch, cricket)
  • net/wall games (e.g., badminton, tennis, table tennis, volleyball)
  • invasion/territorial games (e.g., basketball, soccer, touch football, soft lacrosse, floor hockey, rugby, ultimate frisbee, double ball, team handball)
  • alternate environment activities (e.g., orienteering, skating, cross-country skiing, canoeing, roping, downhill skiing, dog sledding, wall climbing, in-line skating, skate boarding, cycling)
  • body management activities (e.g., dance, wrestling, track and field, pilates, martial arts, yoga, aerobics, gymnastics).
Design and implement, collaboratively, plans to use effective tactics and strategies (while considering rules and skills when participating in a variety of movement activity situations) to enhance performance and enjoyment of self and others in each of the following:
  • target games (e.g., bowling, curling, golf, archery, bocce ball)
  • striking/fielding games (e.g., long ball, softball, slo-pitch)
  • net/wall games (e.g., badminton, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, pickleball)
  • invasion/territorial games (e.g., basketball, soccer, touch football, soft lacrosse, floor hockey, rugby, ultimate frisbee, double ball, team handball)
  • low-organizational, inventive, and cooperative games (e.g., capture the flag, prisoner's base, speedball, kick the can, bombardment, dodgeball).
Design and implement, collaboratively, plans to use effective tactics and strategies to enhance performance and enjoyment of self and others, while showing respect for the environment, when participating in a variety of alternate environment activities (e.g., orienteering, skating, cross-country skiing, canoeing, roping, downhill skiing, dog sledding, wall climbing, in-line skating, skate boarding, cycling, completing a challenge course, Quincy building).
Express insights on the experience of participating in body management activities, including dance and gymnastics, as well as others (e.g., pilates, yoga, aquatics, karate, cross country running, aerobics, weight training, tai chi) as a means to support participation in recreational and leisure time activities for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Plan, participate in, and lead, with others, a movement activity event (e.g., a tournament, a fitness-athon, an outdoor orienteering challenge, a winter carnival, Arctic Games, a team scavenger hunt) to engage others (e.g., peers, classmates, younger students, community members) in movement activity.
Analyze the influences of mass media, advertising strategies, and other sources to determine their impact on promoting active living (e.g., commercials, sport and special events coverage, physical activity promotions such as fund-raising walkathons/runs).
Apply an understanding of how to prevent (e.g., using proper technique) and care for a variety of movement activity-related injuries (e.g., sprains, breaks, contusions, skin irritations, concussions).
Demonstrate an understanding of and incorporate positive social behaviours into all aspects of personal involvement in movement activities, in the context of both a participant and a spectator, after examining the positive and negative influences of organized sports, movement competitions (e.g., dance competition), and mass media on the social behaviour of self and others.
Identify and analyze personal perspectives on how to manage the contemporary opportunities and challenges that influence one's ability to develop as a skillful mover, to live a balanced, active lifestyle, and to develop and maintain safe and respectful relationships.
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