This course emphasizes regular participation in various physical activities promoting lifelong healthy active living. Students can explore both team and individual athletics. Beginning with personal fitness appraisals, and learning to design a program, students begin to appreciate and develop a healthy fitness profile. With self-evaluation reports they are encouraged to reflect on their perceptions of personal fitness and set realistic goals for improvement. Many leadership activities take students through outdoor ropes courses, cooperative games and a leadership retreat to reflections on body imaging, nutrition, and interpersonal skills.
Students also examine the role of the official or coach and develop an understanding of team play.
The emphasis of this course is on personal fitness. The students develop cardiovascular endurance through a graduated running program, bike and step machine workouts as well as some aquatic activity. They develop muscular endurance through the use of dumb bells, circuit training and medicine ball training. Base strength is developed using weight machines on which they develop a personal program specific to their needs. A set of practical tests will be taken throughout the year enabling students to determine their improvement.