3.1 Assessing your mobility

Life orientation

Grade 9

Fitness level and mobility

Module 18

Assessing your mobility

Activity:

To assess yourself in terms of your mobility

[lo 4.3]

• As part of this activity your teacher will give you the opportunity to participate in a number of activities. Assess yourself all the time by indicating how you think you have coped. You can also ask the other members of the group to help you in your assessment.

• Here are some activities that are suitable for this purpose. Enjoy yourself!

1.activities using small apparatus

• Skipping

• First skip alone with a short rope and then in a group with a long rope.

• Hoop

• Balance the hoop on one finger (test balance).
• Rotate hoop around the waist (test rhythm).
• Use the hoop as if it were a skipping-rope (test coordination).

• Ball skills: Use balls of different sizes and weights.

• Roll
• Throw
• Catch
• Kick
• Bounce

ASSESSMENT: Give yourself a score out of 4 (4 is excellent).

2.athletics activities

High jump (tests elevation)

Long jump (tests elevation)

Hop, skip and jump (tests elevation)

Sprinting

Relay sprinting

ASSESSMENT:

3.team games

Volleyball (footwork, agility, hitting a ball, timing)

Netball or corfball (placing of feet, moving into spaces, goal shooting)

Cricket (bowling, batting and fielding)

Soccer (ball control, agility, shooting goals)

Rugby (ball control, power, agility, kicking)

Tennis (footwork, agility, hitting a ball, timing)

ASSESSMENT

[LO 4.3]

Assessment

Learning outcomes (LOs)

LO 4

Physical development and movement

The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and participate in, activities that promote movement and physical development.

Assessment standards (ASs)

We know this when the learner :

4.2 refines and evaluates own and peer move

ment performance including rotation, balance and elevation;

4.3 assesses own physical wellness level and sets personal goals for improvement;

4.4 critically evaluates and executes a game plan for individual or team sport;

4.5 reports on and discusses sport ethics.