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SwimmingThe children learn and work on:
Games Skills (Including Tennis)Pupils are taught to understand and play small-sided games and simplified versions of recognized competitive team games covering the following types:
Emphasis is placed on the development of motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination to improve individual skills in sending, receiving, striking and traveling with a ball and in understanding the strategies linked to playing games. GymnasticsPupils are taught to perform a variety of skills from the following skills categories:
Emphasis is placed on the aesthetic qualities including body tension and extension, changes in body shape, level, speed and direction of movement. Pupils practice, refine and repeat increasingly complex movement sequences on the floor and on the apparatus. They work both individually or with a partner and are encouraged to perform to a limited audience. AthleticsChildren learn to develop and refine basic techniques in:
Pupils are encouraged to improve their own individual performances. © 2006-12 Clifton College | |||||||||||||||||||