Dodging

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Dodging

• By Ashley Wanner

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Dodging

• What does it mean?
• Quick movement in a different direction.
• Occur during fleeing or standing still.
• Quick fakes, twisting, turning.
• Football
• Dodging defensive players
• Walking through a crowd

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Is it important to learn?

• Tag/dodging games common among children.
• Generally at precontrol/control levels
• Successful play dodging skills
• Avoid making unintentional contact
• People
• Objects

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Dodging Everyday Life
Driving
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Walking in crowds
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Sports
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Nature
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PE Hall of Shame
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Progression of Dodging

• Precontrol
• At control level of travel
• Large amount of space awareness practice
• Dodging while traveling
• General space
• Randomly placed objects
• cones, hoops, etc.
• Traveling avoiding classmates objects.

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Progression of Dodging

• Control
• Objects of varying height
• Travel faster
• 30 seconds with no touches
• Skill level increase
• Minimize space
• Include more obstacles

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Progression of Dodging

• Utilization
• Partners
• 1 tagger
• 1 dodger
• Taggers in middle of field
• Dodgers line up on boundary
• Dodgers run across, try not to get caught

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Progression of Dodging

• Proficiency
• Invasion game-like situation
• Two teams
• 2 flags per student
• Get other teams flags
• Try not to lose your own

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Refernces

• Graham, G., Holt/Hale, S. A., Parker, M. (2007).
  Children Moving A reflective approach to
  teaching physical education. New York McGraw
  Hill.
• Google images