My walking shoes

Believe it or not, I have decided to use this as an artifact for PE. This being a picture of my navy blue keds which I refer to as "walking shoes" are considered an artifact because they demonstrate the amount that they are used for walking. I wore these to the Stanley Cup Final last night downtown, and when I got home that night, my toes were practically poking out of the ends of them. We did a fair bit of walking last night as the transit systems were completely jammed with masses of hockey civilians either making a troublesome ruckus or desperately trying to get home. 

These blue keds have been through alot as you can quite clearly see, as they have touched the streets of many places treking for many miles in total. They probably have a little more life to see yet, as that dreaded hill up to Windsor House won't walk up itself.

Wilderness Survival Trip to Gambier Island

Gambier, a small quiet island located in Howe sound, a short 20 minute boat ride from horseshoe bay terminal. Inhabited by many deer, a few humans, and other woodland creatures, this island is very quiet and peaceful compared to it's close neighbour bowen island, which is a popular island for residents and campers. With windsor house, we went on an overnight survival trip to gambier island. This trip can technically be counted as a PE artifact because of the hiking we did on this trip. Little may it be, we did hike up, with large camping packs, from the water up into the forest where we scouted out ideal locations to set up camp.

All in all it was a successful expedition, and we survived!

Gambier Island's Silhouette

Rhythmic Movement PE Project Part 4

Flexibility
In the top photo I am touching my toes, a skill that I have just recently aquired and am still constantly practicing. With stretches like these, it's important to frequently practice in order to keep up flexibility.

In the bottom photo I am performing a torso twist,

an exercise that targets the core muscles and abs. It also pulls the muscles along my back, increasing my flexibility.

Rhythmic Movement PE Project Part 3

First part of the sit up

Second part of the sit up

First part of the push up

Second part of the push up

Strength

These two exercises require me to hold up my body weight, strengthening my core and my muscles. In the first two photos I am doing a sit up, a personal favourite because it targets the ab muscles, making them look much more toned. In the second two photos I am doing a push up, one of my least favourite exercises because of the strain on the back that it causes. 

Rhythmic Movement PE Project Part 2

Setting up for a front roll

Following through with the front roll

Setting up for the backwards roll.

Part two
Agility
Agility is the power of moving quickly and easily, which are two skills I am demonstrating in the three pictures. In the first two I am doing a full front roll, whereas in the last picture I'm performing a backwards roll. The art of floor rolls  is a very complex one because of putting the full body pressure over your head and neck. The trick to backwards roll is pushing with the arms more than allowing yourself to roll over one side of the head, a common error. When doing a forward roll should you have to tuck your head down while pushing with your legs. It is also noted that you should keep some weight supported with the arms, as to not put too much pressure on the head/neck.

Rhythmic Movement PE Project Part 1

Lowering myself

In full push up position

Leaping with arms overhead

Part one

Rhythm

In these three photos I am demonstrating a burpee to the beat of a song. A burpee consists of five parts:

-Begin in a standing position.

-Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground.

-Kick your feet back while lowering yourself without a pushup.

-Return your feet to the squat position while straightening your arms.

-Leap up as high as possible from the squat position with your arms overhead (you may not clap your hands above your head at the peak of your jump).

The burpee is a full body exercise that is used in strength and stamina training. I utilized this exercise to the timing of music since their are 5 continous steps that can be synced to the beat of a song. 

Badminton

Since the beginning of March I have played on the Seycove Secondary Badminton Team. After playing three years in a row only to find myself at a different school this year, the school's badminton coach called me to ask if I could play seniors doubles on their team.

Badminton being a very high endurance demanding sport, I began my training twice a week, with two games a week. Practices are 3 hours long, and games consist of two sets, each set has two or three games.

This picture is me in defense mode. Notice how I am on the balls of my feet for speed, and my arm is raised to be ready for the birdie.

PE Artifact

This is my lovely mt. seymour season pass.

I go up snowboarding about once or twice every 2 weeks, and so far the conditions have been awesome.

All in all, a good season!

PE Artifact

My luck soccer cleats.
Let me tell you, these lucky shoes almost always win the game.

PE Artifact

I went snowboarding a couple of nights ago and the sunset was amazing. Their was so much fresh powder on the ground, the conditions were crazy!

Setting PE Goals

Active Living, Goal Setting Reflection

1. Fitness wise, I would love to set a goal that will improve my physical abilities. After putting some thought into ti, I have decided that I want to be able to ACTUALLY touch my toes and do 20 pushups in a row. Naturally I have a pretty bad back, sso being able to touch my toes will be a hard one, but I will keep trying until I can do it. Being able to do this will require me to try at least once every two days to hold myself steady as far down as I can go for about 2/3 weeks. Being able to do pushups consecutively will require arm strength, which I don’t have. I will have to just keep trying again and again for a month or so until I have worked up the muscle to do it.

2. Personal development goals of mine are things like my improving my cooperative skills in two people sports, such as badminton. Badminton requires a lot of concentration and communication because you have to be entirely in tune with your partner. Calling the birdie is one of the most important aspects that I’d love to improve on, because you never want to both go for the birdie or leave it to each other resulting in no one hitting it.

3. In order to be a better teammate, on my soccer team let’s say, I have to be able to communicate and cooperate. I believe that in soccer communication is key and smart playing with team members (knowing if a teammate is fast enough to run up when you’re making a pass, or if they are reliable for you to pass back to so they can kick it up) are key components.

4. In future I am thinking about guiding hiking tours which would feinitely be a challenge. I love nature, being around people and hiking in new environments so that is definitely a goal I’d love to set and acheive in the future. In order to this, I would have to keep up my stamina and physical abilities, learn more about nature and direction and take chances by exploring on my own or with a group of friends.

PE Activation

Active Living:

As an adolescent girl, I find exercise to be a very important part of my life. Personally, I enjoy team sports. They keep me engaged and concentrated, with the combination of excersising with my friends keeps me more than entertained. I especially enjoy soccer and badminton. Both sports incorporate all of the main muscles in my body. Soccer targets the calf's and hamstrings, generally the legs. Badminton targets the upper arms and shoulders, while both sports pull on the abs. From kicking the ball, to spiking the birdie with a wrist motion, the abs are definitely being pulled on. I train by being aware of my physical abilities. I have adapted a good sense of understanding and awareness of my physical stature and to keep up my stamina.

Movement:

I have been building movement skills by working on my hand eye coordination. For example, I play ping pong as much as I can as to improve on my movement skills. I also snowboard as a hobby. I am right at the point, where I can successfully board down and hill at a high speed, but I feel like there is still room for improvement. Snow boarding really requires balance and concentration which I don’t exactly have, but I’m trying and improving.

Leadership:

Fair play and leadership in exercising means you have to follow a general sports code of conduct. For example, I love riding my bike which requires the knowledge of urban road rules. If there is a path, you always stay on the right side of the path. If you don’t stay on the right side of the path, turning corners can become very dangerous with other approaching bikers or pedestrians. My whole family are very active, and when I began biking at a young age in places like whistler, my older brother showed leadership by teaching me the rules of urban bike riding. Nowadays, I am trying riding my bike on the road with other cars. I had never known there was so many rules, just like driving rules. To demonstrate safety and fair play, I had to be taught these clearly set out rules before going onto the road.