Making Up Games and Rules

This week we made up our own games, and our own rules for those games. We then played some of them in P.E. class. I did enjoy the experience of making up a new game, and then the whole class trying it out together. It's something I have never done before, and it was fun!
The games worked well, I thought. They were very creative and a lot of fun to do. I liked it as we listened to each other, set it up ourselves and expalined it to each other, as well as playing them together. The rules did make sense and I thought a lot of the games were great. We played the games around the basis of rounders. There was obstacle rounders using different obstacles in between bases, kick rounders kicking a football and hock ball using hockey sticks.
The game we made was rounders, but instead of hitting a ball with a bat, you throw a tennis ball as far as you can and run to the bases.
I enjoyed seeing what other people came up with, and it flowed well.
Rules are a key part to any game. It definitely allows for a fairer game, and when rules are broken, you can't get much out of it, and i see it as an unfair advantage.

That's it for this week!!

Competition

On the basis of bating about competition, I don't think there has to be a reward or prize to make it worth while. I think you can still have a good time. Competition is whenever two or more parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared, so either one or the other gets it, be it a trophy or winning. However, not all sport has to involve competition. It can be fun and light hearted without getting overly competitive and serious, although most sports do involve competition. And competition is a good thing. I do think there can be enjoyment and fun without competition, as a friendly game in sport.
At the tag rugby blitz last week, i definitely enjoyed the emphasis being placed on participation and fun rather than competition. It gave it a lighter, more fun edge, and there was no main pressure on us. It was a great day and we all took part and really enjoyed. :)

Tag Rugby Games!

Yesterday in P.E., we split up into four teams and played games against each other. Because the weather was good, we got to play outside and split the field in half so there were two games going at the same time! I really enjoyed playing full games like this! We got to work together with friends as a team and learning a lot as we go.
After yesterday, I definitely feel I understand all the rules of the game now, more so than I did when just practicing. It's great to put it in a game situation like that.
We are now going to a tag rugby blitz on the 7th of April, and I'm really looking forward to it! I think it will be a great experience and great fun!
Many do say that rugby is seen as a game mainly for males, but I disagree. I think it's a great team sport, quite competitive, a lot of fun, and I think that females can play too! :)

Tag Rugby

Over the past three weeks, we have had P.E. classes with Simon from the IRFU. This has been really good, and I think I've learned a lot about tag rugby. It's also been a lot of fun. We have done a lot of passing drills and I think i have improved my passing.
I am really enjoying the experience. I think without this experience, I would not get the chance to try tag rugby and learn so much. I think it should be interesting playing full games of tag rugby next week, but I think we will find it very good. For me, passing backwards, as it is the opposite of most sports, is the most difficult part!
I am looking forward to playing the games next week as I think it will be great to finally use and put all of our drills and training with passing etc. to work and to the test! :)

Tag Rugby

This week in P.E. we did tag rugby again. We had a class with a man from the IRFU, Simon. This was good, as he highlighted the basic and important things about rugby.
We went through the importance of core stability and the importance of dynamic stretching, doing numerous stretches and exercises. 
In the dynamic stretching, we did three main stretches: 
1. A balancing exercise called the superman
2. Lunges 
3. Squats

I personally thought this was a really good class, as we had a lot of fun, but really learned a lot and learned about the essentials of rugby. :)

New Year's Resolution!

For 2011, I’ve decided to try to pick a new year’s resolution that will be sustainable!! Because I’m on a basketball team, it is very important to keep fit, or get fit as was my goal over Christmas! I’ve started training every day, jogging, using rowing machines and cross trainers. My resolution is to stick to this and continue throughout the whole year.

Over Christmas, I started jogging about 5 kilometres a day, for about half an hour, sometimes more. My plan is to gradually increase this.

I’m going to try to focus on aerobic exercise, using the fitness machines mentioned above. I’m taking what I’ve learned in P.E. such as the muscle strength and endurance, and aerobics exercise and fitness overall. Plus, cardiovascular endurance! To apply these things outside of P.E., would be good.

Fitness is not my only aim. It will help me, but to keep sharp I need to shoot around. The basketball ring outside comes in handy! I want to improve my game, and endurance.

So, I’m going to try to do some amount of exercise every day, for roughly 30 minutes, be it a jog, or using the cross trainer, or shooting around outside. So far so good!! J

Laura

Tag Rugby

This week in P.E. we did tag rugby. In tag rugby,teams are usually made up of 7 players. For mixed games the rule is usually that each team contains 3 or 4 females. Games are made up of two halves of 7 minutes each with a break of 1 minute for half time. A try is worth one point. To score a try a player must carry the ball over the opponents' goal line and press the ball down on the ground. In tag rugby, you are only allowed to pass behind you, a forward pass is not allowed and will force a turnover, whereas the other team get possession of the ball.
Our main focus was on passing and doing drills to do with tag rugby.
It was good fun, and doing something different was enjoyable. We all enjoyed working as a team.