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Standard 2: Skill-Based and Fitness-Based Competence

Physical education teacher candidates are physically educated
individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate
competent movement performance and health-enhancing fitness as
delineated in the NASPE K-12 Standards.

As a physical educators, we must be able to demonstrate our personal

competence in fundamental motor patterns as well as a combination of movement
procedures. I will use my experience and knowledge of sports to demonstrate and
teach the necessary skills to performthe movement patterns necessary to live a healthy
lifestyle. Sports-specific skills as well as basic motor skills, are the foundation of healthy
living. Knowledge in these skills will allow students to learn how to participate in lifelong
sports, such as softball, volleyball, and basketball. Having the basic understanding of
these sports will allow for them to keep living a healthy lifestyle. We as educators are
responsible for the learning process for said skills. Our knowledge of the skills must be
at a higher level than just the basic knowledge. We must be knowledgeable in different
strategies as well as advanced techniques that require more than just the basic
movements. We must also maintain the necessary level of fitness needed to perform
these skills. In todays world, we must be able to run an inclusive classroom, this being
said, we must be able to make accommodations for students at different skill levels
(stage not age), as well as for students with disabilities that we may run into in our
classrooms.