Tuesday, August 06, 2002

GAME of the MONTH : BACKYARD TAG
* Give every team one water ballon between two partners
* Stand about 3 feet apart and toss the balloon underhand style
* On a given signal , the person with the balloon must run away
* The pperson without the balloon chases
* Make two contact lines about 30 eet from the start on each side
* Repeat the process with new partners
* Score one point for a tag or escape
MAKING P.E. MORE PHYSICAL: Post-Gazette Article :
* Changing P.E. so students spend more time in motion
* The study appears in The Journal of Adolescent Youth(August)
* Students will become more fit after 8 weeks of a new exercise regimen
* An earlier study showed early stages of high blood pressure
* Researchers found four experimental schools used 6-10 minutes of aerobic exercise*
* Classes were then modified by tripling ampount of time of activity
* After 8 weeks - lower blood pressure and lower levels of body fat
NOTE: From New York Times