Wood said so many students hated it that he asked himself when in their lives would they ever again run a timed mile, and he began incorporating alternate and fun ways to get heart-healthy. He steers students toward community involvement tennis clubs, ski trips, parks and recreation teams. Smith said even though high school P.E. still is mainly sports focused, Palisade High School also offers a popular lifetime activities class that includes fly-fishing and mountain biking. Other high schools offer bowling, badminton and golf. Wood and Bryant include table tennis, Frisbee, climbing and biking in their lesson plans, along with traditional sports and stretching.
Some schools even offer yoga, and the dreaded dodgeball is now called agility ball.
The emphasis is on health, Wood said, so students also learn about nutrition and how their bodies work. We usually try and offer things we think kids would be interested in. And for some kids, that doesn t include pull-ups. J. Foster Co.