Academic standards list
Grades 9 - 12 — Tennessee Physical Education Standards
Introduction
Academic standards define the expectations for knowledge and skills that students are to learn in a subject by a certain age or at the end of a school grade level. This page contains a list of standards for a specific content area, grade level, and/or course. The list of standards may be structured using categories and sub-categories.
Motor Skills
TSS.PE.9-12
Games, Sports, & Lifetime Activities
Demonstrate competency in activity specific manipulative skills (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, striking, etc.) or sport specific skills (e.g. serve,…
Demonstrate game specific strategies by combining skills (e.g., softball throw to base, volleyball set to hitter, soccer pass to teammate, etc.).
Execute sport skills or strategies in response to the opponent (e.g., running routes, player positioning, guarding).
Component extension: Student-designed games, officiating, biomechanical principles, coaching tactics.
Fitness & Lifetime Activities
Engage in specialized skills in health-related fitness activities (e.g., yoga, resistance training, fitness walking).
Apply the principles of training to enhance an individual's current level of fitness (e.g., F.I.T.T.,overload, specificity, progression).
Dance, Rhythms, & Lifetime Activities
Demonstrate rhythmical or choreographed steps (i.e., jumping rope, aerobic dance, line dance, educational gymnastics routine).
Demonstrate a continuous dance sequence while synchronized with group or continuous jump pattern to music/verse.
Aquatics & Lifetime Activities (Optional)
Outdoor Pursuits & Lifetime Activities (Optional)
Apply specialized skills (e.g., hiking, orienteering, rock climbing, mountain biking, fishing, kayaking).
Component extension: Plan an outdoor activity, Implement planned activity (e.g., camping, hiking, paddle boarding).
Cognitive Components
TSS.PE.9-12
Movement Concepts & Principles
Analyze movement concepts and principles to improve performance (e.g., pathways, force, center of gravity).
Skill Analysis
Justify the importance of each critical element in regards to skill performance (e.g., why, when, how).
Game Rules
Tactics and Strategies
Explain appropriate tactical decisions in a game situation. (e.g., use of a lob versus a drop; use of a chest pass versus a bounce pass).
Assess strategies needed to achieve specific effects/outcomes. (e.g., offensive strategies in order to score, defensive strategies to obtain possession,…
Component extension: Recognize strategies & tactics during game play (e.g., professional/collegiate athletics, opposing team).
Fitness & Physical Activity
TSS.PE.9-12
Health-Related Components
Explain how health-related components of fitness impact overall health status (i.e., body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance,…
Participate in health-related fitness activities (e.g., weight training, stretching, cardio workouts).
Skill-Related Components
Explain how skill related components impact sports and fitness (i.e., balance, agility, power, speed, coordination, and reaction time).
Physical Activity & Knowledge
Apply fitness terminology in appropriate settings (e.g., aerobic/anaerobic, target heart rate, FITT principle, isometric, warmup/cool-down).
Identify activities that improve each component of fitness (i.e., health-related, skill-related).
Calculate and apply resting, maximum, and target heart rate during various activities (e.g., cardiorespiratory activities, game play).
Discuss current trends in fitness technology (e.g., apps, heart rate monitors, electronic activity tracker).
Exercise Perscription
Design a personal fitness plan based on the FITT principle i.e., Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type.
Assessment
Component extension: Use results of fitness assessments to guide changes in a personal fitness plan. Investigate fitness applications, i.e., MapMy Walk, FitBit.
Personal & Social Responsibility
TSS.PE.9-12
Personal Behavior
Rules, Etiquette, & Sportsmanship
Explain the importance of following rules, procedures, etiquette and sportsmanship in the physical activity setting.
Display acceptance of decisions of judgement in socially responsible ways (e.g., teachers, sport officials, peer leaders).
Component extension: Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate responses related to sports etiquette.
Cooperation
Provide support and encouragement for classmates (e.g., acknowledge good play, accept success/performance limitations).
Display acceptance of individual differences (e.g., ability level, cultural background, gender, interest, age).
Safety
Apply best practices for participating safely in physical activity (e.g., equipment/facility use, peer awareness, environment, personal medical needs).
Values Physical Activity
TSS.PE.9-12
Appreciation
Determine the value of physical activity to meet an individual's personal needs (e.g., social interaction, self expression, stress management).
Challenge
Component extension: Engage in an activity that challenges oneself to the next level (e.g., Couch to 5K, substitute player to starter, weight management).
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