Tennis Unit with Tennis Pros!

Grades 3-6 just wrapped up their two week Tennis unit. They had a blast learning all about the game of tennis. The forehand, backhand, bouncing versus swinging, working in doubles, and playing fun games like relay races, champions and challengers, and king/queen of the court. We were fortunate enough to have Ferris State University students in the Tennis Program help coach each day for the two week unit. There were usually 2 different coaches for each class. The students had a great time learning from different Ferris students as well as having a role model to look up to. Maybe someday these CCA students will also be in the Ferris Tennis program!

Many of the students were recognized for ending in the Champion Court at the end of each class period. They recieved a Certificate for their achievement as well as a fun candy treat. :) All the students did great! The game of tennis really tested our ability to work together and remain honest- since in the game of tennis, many times you are responsible for making important boundary calls.

Grades K-2 have ended their throwing unit and are moving on to hand dribbling. It is very important to teach these grade levels the basics, so that once they reach 3rd grade they feel confident in their basic motor skills and can learn to work in cooperative team settings, where we learn the rules to new and fun games. They've also been participating in fun aerobic activities like Turtle Tag and Shipwreck. Ask your child about Shipwreck and see if they can teach you the game- it was definitely a class favorite!

And of course, we have continued the SWEAT FRIDAY event, a tradition for classes that are doing well throughout the week. This is an activity where there are 8-10 stations set up around the gym that may include: Tumbling, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Stretching, Tennis, Hula Hoops, Jump Rope, Scooper Catch, Frisbee, Bean Bag Toss, etc. Students in groups of 3-4 start at one station and spend 3 minutes at each activity. We all rotate together until each station is hit. The point is to SWEAT, so students know the expectation is to work hard!!

This week marks the beginning of Flag Football for grades 3-6. I'm excited to see how much we can improve as a whole, and am very excited to see some students who are exceptionally good at the game of football become a positive "coach" to their classmates, helping each and every student improve so that they can gain confidence in this fun game!