Teaching Individual Sports

What is Teaching Individual Sports?

The Teaching Individual Sports course teaches educators the best practices for building quality individual sports units that encourage participation in regular physical activity for life-long fitness. Teachers completing the course earn professional development credit while exploring the history of sports, practice routines, strategies, rules, sport-specific physical conditioning exercises and selecting proper attire and equipment. It’s the perfect course for educators who want to improve their skills and engage students while teaching individual sports.

What Will You Learn?

Educators in the Teaching Individual Sports course learn methods and techniques that meet specific national standards for physical education. These methods and techniques may be applied to meet your SHAPE requirements for endorsement and recertification for physical education. Educators may use three of the following sports for course study: aquatics, aerobics, badminton, weight training, bowling, running, track, kickboxing, golf, archery, wrestling, tennis or another individual sport approved by the instructor.

Teachers develop the knowledge and skills to teach a variety of individual sports activities, integrate national standards into their teaching, and understand the rules and strategies for playing selected sports. They finish the course with the ability to analyze and compare the health and fitness benefits of various sports.

What Are the Assignments and Projects?

The professional development Teachig Individual Sports course is self-paced. Fresno Pacific University allows students to enroll at any time and take up to one year from the registration date to complete all assignments. Modules within the course include:

• Sport Knowledge
• Develop, teach and evaluate a series of lessons to adapt to classroom practice
• Observation, Drills, and Practice
• Planning and Teaching
• Ancillaries
• Personal Sport Participation

Who Should Enroll in the Teaching Individual Sports Course?

Teaching Individual Sports is designed for K-12 grade teachers and is aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

What Educators Who Took the Teaching Individual Sports

Love it! Thank you so much for giving me the flexibility to complete the assignments on my time as well as choose the selected topics. Awesome!”
- Educator, Pennsylvania

“Really enjoyed the class. It was fun and very informative.”
– Educator, Illinois

NOTE: You are required to purchase any textbook that covers teaching/playing individual sports.

This course is applicable towards the Physical Education Teaching Certificate.