1. Year 9 Games For Life

2. Course Description
Year 9 Games For Life is aimed at students who enjoy recreational activities more than competitive team games. The unit will cover games that:
Can be played competitively or recreationally
Can be played by males and females
Can be played throughout your life at all ages
Eg. tennis, golf, archery, table tennis, badminton, croquet, lawn bowls

3. Why Study this? Work Tasks Assessment tasks
Organise and run suitable warm up & cool down activities
Participate in skill development drills
Participate in modified games to develop understanding of rules and strategies
Active participation
Demonstrate understanding of basic rules and strategies in games played
Undertake various roles eg. coach, umpire, scorer etc

4. Subject pathway….
Year 9 Games For Life can lead to:
Yr 10 Physical Education (Human Movement)
VCE Units in Physical Education
Increasing student knowledge of careers that have a Health, Physical Education, Sport and Fitness Industry focus

5. Extra activities
Some lessons may involve an excursion to use local community sporting facilities eg. tennis courts, squash/racquetball centre.

6. More information….
Staff contacts
Mr Nigel Carr