Throwing Assessment

I have recently been 'gifted' a Flip Video recorder for my Physical Education classes. My curriculum director, Daniel Sutherland, had purchased some of these educational tools for this school year, and I was a fortunate recipient of one of these awesome devices.

My plan for using the recorder is working out well. I am teaching a Flag Football unit and a Tennis unit this marking period with my freshman Physical Education classes. So, I thought I would try to video my students as they were working on developing their basic skills in these units.

Above in the video, you will see a young man who is throwing a football. I am able to analyze all the components of the throwing skill that can help him throw accurately and correctly while using proper form. The video lets me and the student see their own progression and improvement through each skill also. The football unit will end next week, and I hope to video each student again to demonstrate their improvement from the beginning of the unit to the end of the unit.

This piece of technology increases the learning curve in each activity. When a student sees themselves in this video, and has a teacher that can break down the components of the skill, it helps the student learn the skill quicker, and more efficiently.

I have downloaded the videos onto a website, so that I can erase them from the recorder, and have them permanently stored for analyzing.

Overall, this new tool has been fun for me, the students, and it has made me a better teacher.