1. UNIT 1: PERSONAL FITNESS AND IMPROVEMENT
V. WILSON

2. MINISTRY OBJECTIVES
Demonstrate personal competence in applying complex movement skills and principles
Develop personal health-related physical fitness
Use decision-making and goal-setting skills to enhance daily lives
Participate regularly in a balanced instructional program that includes a wide variety of physical activities that encourage lifelong participation

3. UNIT CONCEPTS Fitness terminology Benefits of fitness
Systems that make our body work
How to assess fitness
Setting realistic goals
Self advocacy, self starter, self monitor and self motivator

4. Sports and Activity Focus
Tennis
Lacrosse
Softball
Ultimate
Circuit Training
GLO’s

5. Assessment for Unit
FORMATIVE PRACTICE: designing a fitness warm-up activity (that falls within the guidelines of the fitness terminology), prepare the necessary equipment and lead it.
Starting next week you will be in charge of your own warm-ups. (15 minutes in length)
Participation
Self-Assessment
SUMMATIVE: Assignment today that will also be the first piece of your portfolio

6. FITNESS TERMINOLOGY GAME
To get started we need to be aware of some key terms when discussing fitness
In groups assigned take an envelope and try to match up the definition with its term
Go over def and complete handout

7. Benefits to Fitness
Physical
Emotional
Social

8. Biological Systems
Our body is made up of 10 major systems that we need to keep operating smoothly in order to ensure health and so we can stay fit.
The skeletal system
The Muscular system
The Respiratory system
The Circulatory system
The Nervous system
The Digestive system
The Reproductive system
The Immune system
The Endocrine system
The Urinary system

9. Before you begin a fitness program
Questionnaires
Complete
Place in Portfolio

10. Self
Self advocacy – the ability to speak and act on behalf of one’s self – involves self determination which is taking control and making decisions that affect one’s life
Self starter – one who works on one’s own initiative without bringing others down or being influenced negatively by others
Self monitor – being conscious of what one is doing and saying; recognizes behaviour of self ad checks that against others and social norms and standards and rules
Self motivator – ability to satisfy a desire or goal without being influenced by another person
Self assessor – gathering info about self, reflecting on it in order to understand why you are where you are or to make necessary changes to where you want to be.

11. Goals Any fitness program requires goals
Complete goal sheet and place in portfolio

12. Assignment You are going to begin summative assignment today.
See handout