Course outline

Course Outline

Instructor: Nate Phillips
Central Washington University
E-mail: phillipn@cwu.edu

Class Introduction and Overview:
This class was designed to give students the opportunity to experience a new game, Tchoukball. The game is unique in that it involves no contact of any kind. The skills that will be taught in this unit are throwing for accuracy, throwing both over and underhand, passing and catching and most importantly team work.

Equipment:

A ball of some sort. Traditionally a handball is used but any ball that gets a good rebound can be used.
One or two rebound screens/frames (1m x 1m) or use what ever can be found.
A large open playing surface indoors or outdoors.

Methods of Presentation:

Lecture Demonstrations
Discovery Learning
Peer Evaluations
Hands on experience.

Student Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate basic throwing and catching techniques.
Demonstrate basic passing techniques for Tchoukball.
Demonstrate knowledge of how to score points.
Understands the basic concepts of the game.
Works well with peers

Attendance:

Attendance is vital in this class all the time, but even more so during this unit since the sport is relatively unknown in the united states.

Assessment:
The assessment for this unit will be determined by the following:

Active Participation (60%)
Tests over skills and basic rules of the game (20%)
Attendance (20%)

Grading:
100%-90% = A
89% - 80% = B
79% - 70% = C
69% - 60% = D
59% below = F