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Special
Activities
Tennis | Street
Hockey Program | Inline Skating
Heart
Adventure Challenge Course |
Professional
Golf Association
Other Contact Personnel |
Bowling
TENNIS
Tennis is one of the most popular
participation and spectator sports in the United States.
It demands and helps maintain a high level of fitness,.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) Schools Program introduces
tennis to large numbers of students. The
USTA program is designed to teach to large groups of students in gymnasiums and
hardtops. The challenge of teaching
tennis in a school setting is to maximize the opportunities for practice, at
high rates of success, while also providing enough information to help the
students enjoy learning, without making the lessons so complex and technical
that the students become bored or
disinterested. Tennis
encourages lifetime sports, thinking skills, math and communication
skills, and social and emotional development.
USTA Tough Tennis
Dallas Tennis Association
Ted Hargett, USPTA
P: 214-342-9597
P: 817-337-2615
F: 214-342-9599
F: 817-337-2706
tuff10spro@hotmail.com
NIKE/NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
(NHL) STREET PROGRAM
The NIKE/National Hockey League
(NHL) Street Program introduces students to hockey, a team sport that combines
speed, athletic ability and sportsmanship, which is also a thrilling sport to
play and to watch. The NHL and the
Dallas Stars are committed to their fans. NIKE/NHL
Street is an ideal vehicle for the League to reach a broad base of young people
and provide them with a fun, educational and recreational program. NIKE and the Dallas Stars' goal is to build a better future for today's
youth.
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INLINE SKATING
Inline
Skating has quickly become a very popular way for America to stay physically
active for a lifetime. And what a
fun and challenging way for students and adults to get exercise.
Through this program students are taught the basic skills needed to enjoy
and be successful at inline skating, including proper safety gear and proper
safety procedures and etiquette. Students
quickly experience the need for coordination, balance and endurance to develop
this exciting skill.
Inline Skating 101
Leslie
PO BOX 472334
Garland, TX 75047-2334
P: 972-276-3895
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HEART
ADVENTURE CHALLENGE COURSE
The heart adventure challenge
course is designed so that the students can move through the four chambers of
the heart in a larger-then-life setting. The heart course encompasses more
than physical education and physical activity. It is a comprehensive 1-2
week unit of study which incorporates a general understanding of the heart and
its function as well as the importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy
lifestyle. Students are kinesthetically involved in understanding how
their heart works, with integrated activities taught before and throughout this
unit.
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Professional
Golf Association
The NTPGA has been involved with our
elementary schools. They have given golf equipment to all schools who have
requested the equipment. The NTPGA also is providing a curriculum for teacher
use. Harold Geyer, the representative for this group, has been very helpful and
is willing for other schools to get started in this program as they see the
need. Harold Geyer has not only provided curriculum and equipment, but has come
to train and answer questions on proper teaching hints for elementary students
in a large class setting.
PGA
Harold J. Geyer
NTPGA Community Golf Manager
PGA Member
P: 972.429.1111 x110
F: 972.429.5555
hgeyer@ntpga.com
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BOWLING
Thanks to the efforts of four IISD physical education teachers our K-12 physical
education programs are enjoying 12 new carpeted bowling lanes, 24 new bowling
balls, and adpated bowling equipment for students w/ disabilities. The
equipment was purchased with money awarded to the 4 teachers through the IISD
Grants to Teacher program. The bowling equipment rotates to a different school
each week and has been thoroughly enjoyed by IISD students and physical
education teachers.
Skatetime School
Programs
Gordon Young
PO BOX 210322
Bedford, TX 76095-7322
1-800-557-5283
Yo-Yo Fun and Basics
Comes to classes and teaches lessons
Dennis Cramer
PO BOX 940047
Plano, TX 75094-0047
214-424-3705
972-424-3705
USA YoYo Extravaganza
School Assemblies
PO BOX 1707
Bothell, WA 98041-9907
1-800-367-9696
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