Today in class we spent our time going over scooping in lacrosse. This is a more advanced skill that not even I learned until close to 3rd or 4th grade. There was a wide variety of skills from a visual stand point. Some were able to scoop every time and some were able to just push the ball along tried with the head of their stick as they tried to scoop. The teacher started off the class with labeling the different parts of the stick. Head, shaft, neck. Showed how to grip it. He compared scooping to shoveling snow as an analogy which actually makes a lot of sense but is hard for kindergarten students to completely relate too. He asked them if they have ever shoveled and most of them said yes. He could have gone over the footing to scooping a little better. Many of the kids understood the arm motions but did not know the proper foot work. They would not approach the ball from the side but from behind making it more difficult. I would try and fix this and emphasize the scoop by saying that it needed to be done quickly in order to get the ball off the floor. I do feel like lacrosse can be incorporated into PE early but maybe not this early. Catching and throwing are important skills too but may be inconsistent but will require good scooping skills in order to get to that stage. It is good to see a new rising sport being incorporated into physical education.
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