In addition to advancing the basic skills, the lob and the overhead smash are also added to the students' repertoire. Emphasis is placed on court positioning, play, and strategy. This is a course using scientific principles to develop muscular and circulorespiratory fitness. A circuit training approach is used, alternating weightlifting with aerobic conditioning using exercise bicycles, rope jumping, rowing machines, Nordic Trak and jogging in place. This course is designed for students who possess basic cross-country skiing skills and who desire to further refine their skills.
Emphasis is placed on more skillful poling, diagonal striding, turning, and climbing techniques.
This is an instructional swimming course for strong and somewhat skilled swimmers and for people wanting to gain advanced swimming skills. This is an excellent supplemental course for people headed for WPE 109 or a W.S.I. class. Skills taught in WPE 203S are advanced freestyle, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, overarm sidestroke, breaststroke, inverted breaststroke, trudgen, trudgen crawl, backstroke, and the butterfly. It includes directed observation of children learning motor skills, as well as practical application of teaching methods. This course deals with the psychology of coaching sports.