Dodgeball Pro:Con Questions PDF

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The professor gives you some question that you need to do some research in order to answer it. In this document, you will find my answer to those question about the Dodgeball...

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Ana V. Torres HLP 3722 Assignment: Dodgeball Pro/Con Questions 1. Is Dodgeball appropriate for K-5, Middle School, and /or High School PE classes? Yes, the game even though considered rough, the kids can start with softer balls to begin with for their safety. There are rules set in place for the safety of the players, kids are divided by size and age, so smaller and younger children don’t get hurt in the process by bigger and more skilled kids. The idea of the game is so kids can have fun and stay active while learning about group work. For this to happen there needs to be careful consideration of the physical capabilities of the kids at their proportions and age. There are also extra safety rules like: aiming for the body, not the head and aggressive players are taken out if they’re hurting other kids after a couple of warnings. 2. Why is it appropriate or not appropriate? For the kids to play, what it is considered appropriate is to follow the rules they’re given and playing accordingly in harmony with the other kids. They should learn teamwork and agility while exercising and enjoying themselves with others. What is not considered to be appropriate is kids using dodgeball to exhaust their energy in a negative way that might hurt others. Kids that don’t follow the rules are quickly taken out of the game by teachers for the safety of others. It is not allowed to be used as a mechanism for hurting and bullying since it is supposed to create the opposite. 3. Are there alternatives? If so, what are they? Alternatives to dodgeball are other variations of the game but these ones are not intended to have the kids be the targets. There are two common variations one of them is called Star Wars Ball. The objective of this game is to throw balls at the large "Death Star" ball in the middle of

the gym (PshysEdReview, 1). The other variation is called Castle Ball, this one uses hula hoops. The object of this game is to throw balls to knock down hula hoop castles (PshysEdReview, 1). 4. What are the risks: legal, physical, psychological? If the game is done right, there should be no consequences when playing it. However, in the case of the game not being properly played or supervised it could have awful consequences on the kids. These could get physically harmed if paired with more skilled or bigger kids by straining themselves more to achieve the other players intensity or receiving bad injuries from this, most common being lower back pain, this being since kids need to do fast agile movements they might strain a back muscle. Although most episodes of low back pain will resolve within a few days or weeks with little more than symptomatic treatment, up to 10% of individuals develop a chronic pain condition (Hoy; Brooks; Blyth; Buchbinder, 769). Other risks could be psychological damage due to kids feeling hurt, mistreated or bullied if no rules are taken into consideration; this could make parents angry wanting to take legal action against the school for lack of supervision and responsibility towards their children since it was part of their job to make sure the kids were safe. 5. Can Dodgeball be modified to be made more appropriate? There are certain rules for how dodgeball should be played, modifying it to be more “appropriate” could be difficult since the game is already perfectly balanced on how aggressive it should be to not hurt the kids playing it. Safety is taken into consideration when it comes to teams and equipment used. If the game were to still be found difficult for students to play or these feel uncomfortable, the teachers could use other variations instead. The term “appropriate” can be used to describe things life safer, inclusive, more to the terms of the ones making the question, still they could all be answered the same way it just was.

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