ATHLETIC CONDITIONING (10-12) .5 PHE214-215
Length: 1 Semester Class may be repeated for credit
Prerequisite: Passing grade in Physical Education 9, Freshman Fitness, or Weight Training 9 and instructor’s permission. Permission slips are available in the counseling office.
This class is designed for the serious athlete willing to “think outside the box” when it comes to general sports training. Functional training uses many concepts developed to enhance speed, strength, and power to improve sport performance and reduce injury. It offers exercises, which teach athletes how to handle their own body weight and maintain stability. This class integrates basic strength exercises with exercises relevant to sports. Conditioning in this class will mimic the energy systems used in game and match situations. Grading is based on participation, conditioning, skill evaluation, effort, nutritional awareness and written work.

A typical weekly schedule for the course would be:

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Athletic Conditioning is a class that caters to a variety of athletes in a variety of different sports. Therefore, the training for each sport varies a great deal. The class will be divided up into 2 training groups. You will remain in that training group for one entire quarter. Upon the completion of the quarter, you may change groups depending on what sport you are currently participating in or the type of training you would like to do. You will work conditioning days with your group. The groups will be divided as following:

Training Groups:

BLUE GROUP- This group will be primarily training for speed, quickness, increased muscle mass, and training fast twitch muscle fibers. Conditioning days will focus on anaerobic training. Sports include: Football, Baseball, Track (sprinters),Basketball,Volleyball, Tennis, and Soccer.

GOLD GROUP- This group will be primarily training for cardiovascular endurance, decreasing body fat and training slow twitch muscle fibers. Conditioning days will focus on aerobic training. Sports include: Cross Country, Swimming, Wrestling, and Track (distance).

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Student Behavior Expectations:

Gymnasium Policy:
Absolutely no food or drink will be allowed in the gym (water bottles are O.K.) Students who enter the gym with food or pop will be asked to dispose of it. It is strongly advised that all jewelry i.e. dangle earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and watches be locked in your locker before coming to class. The teacher will not be responsible for holding any of these items during class.

Locks/Locker Room Policy:
Each student will be assigned their own lock and locker for the year. You must stay in this locker for the entire year. If you change lockers without notifying a teacher, you will receive a $5.00 fine. Do not give your combination to any other student. NO student under any circumstances will be given another student's locker combination. It is your responsibility to make sure that your locker is locked and secured before leaving the locker room. Do not store money or items of great value in your locker as you are responsible for your own items. Do not leave any clothes or valuable items lying on the floor during class. The locker room will be locked the entire class period so no student will be allowed to re-enter the locker room for any reason after it has been locked. There will be no entering the locker room during lunch and no eating of food or drink in the locker room area. If a lock is lost, please report it immediately to the instructor. The cost to replace a lock is $7.50. Only school issued locks will be allowed on the lockers. Non-school issued locks will be cut off the locker.

Suiting Policy:
Each student is expected to suit up for class each day. * This includes all athletic competition days. Each day that a student does not suit, 5 points will be added to his/her grade. If a student accumulates 3 unexcused non-suits, they will receive a failing grade for the quarter. If they receive a total of 5 unexcused non-suits, they will receive an F for the semester and receive no credit for the course. This is an all department policy.

P.E. Clothing:
Appropriate clothing consists of: shorts, T-shirt and sweats for bad weather days. Also, each student is required to have socks as well as appropriate shoes (running shoes, x-trainers,). Any student who does not have appropriate clothing will receive no credit for that day. All school rules apply regarding appropriate clothing i.e. No T-shirts advertising drugs, alcohol, etc. No halter- tops or tank tops exposing the midriff will be allowed. Shorts must be of appropriate length (no shorts that fall off during activity) and shoes must be appropriate size so that they do not come off during activity. Layers must be all worn on the same level (no shorts lower than underwear). Sunglasses may be worn OUTSIDE only.

Doctor's Excuses/Written Notes:
If a student is injured, a non-suit will only be excused with a written note from home. If a note is not brought from home the day after the non-suit, the non-suit will be considered unexcused. Each student will be responsible for making up the days missed. (see makeup policy below) Attendance:
Each student is expected to be to class on time. You are allowed 5 minutes after the tardy bell rings to change. You must be dressed and ready to participate at this time. Tardiness will not be tolerated in this class! Tardies will be marked and counted 1 point daily against your participation grade. If any student is more than 5 minutes late for class, they will be counted as absent on the roll sheet and that day must be made up in order to receive credit. 0-3 Tardies will be handled by the teacher, 3+ will result in an office referral. Students in 1st period must be changed and ready to go at 7:50. (No 5 minute change time)

Makeup Policy:
Each student will be allowed the opportunity to make up any excused absence. Excused absences are only those that have been cleared by the office or non-suits that have been excused with a written note from home. Also included are those days that are missed because of school related activities. Make-ups will be every other week (2 weeks a month) at 2:40 p.m on the track. (see makeup sheet below)You must report to either Mrs. Brewer , Mrs. Doucet, Mr. Lehman or Mrs. Peterson and they will put your name on the makeup sheet. Please do not be late. If you are later than 2:40 it will not be counted. Each student is to run 6 laps on the track for makeup. It will not be counted if you do not run the entire 6 laps. * If you are participating in a sport and are unable to do makeups, please make arrangements with your teacher and coach.

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Course Content:

The following is a list in chronological order of what we will be covering in this course:

1. Weight room safety
2. Proper lifting technique for:

• Squats
• Bench Press
• Incline Bench
• Dumbbell lifts
• Overhead Lifts

3. Plyometric Technique/Exercises
4. Core –stability ball technique: proper stabilization
5. Medicine Ball exercises
6. Muscle Anatomy
7. Anaerobic Vs. Aerobic Exercise

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Grading Policy:

Daily Participation Points (100%)- This class will be graded solely on participation. Participation includes weight room, plyometric and conditioning day as well as fitness testing and written tests. With this type of grading system, you start out each quarter with 100 points. At the end of each quarter, the number of points you have collected will be subtracted from the total. Your final grade for the semester will be an average of the two quarters, and then subtracted from the 100 point total. If you accumulate points, this will negatively affect your grade. Look at the chart below to determine the grade you would like to earn and then make an effort to only gain that number of points over the entire quarter.

0-6 points=A
7-10 points=A-
11-13 points=B+
14-17 points=B
18-20 points=B-
21-23 points=C+
24-26 points=C
27-30 points=C-
31-33 points=D+
34-40 points=D
>40 = F

Points can be accumulated for the following:

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