Rules of Sports

(Web Dropin #5)

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This web dropin in is an activity for middle school physical education students in the process of learning the rules of team sports. Students will learn to find information on specific websites, compile a list of rules and including diagrams and graphics.

1. Choose a sport from the following list:

· Soccer

· Baseball

· Basketball

· Football

· Softball

· Tennis (doubles)

· Lacrosse

· Field Hockey

2. Visit the following sites to review the rules of your chosen sport:

· http://www.sportsknowhow.com/

· http://www.sportsknowhow.com/rules/index.html

· http://www.hickoksports.com/rules.shtml

3. Using the information from the website, compile your own list of rules for the sport in a word document(include the specific site you found your information on).

4. Include a diagram of the playing field or court where the sport is played. Include dimensions in your diagram (diagrams can be found online, by copy and pasting from the provided websites)

*Example of a field diagram for cricket:

5. Include a list of equipment needed to play the sport.

6. Find a graphic of an athlete playing that sport. Copy and paste it into a word document below your list of rules and court dimensions. Use this website to search for an appropriate graphic: http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

*Example of a graphic for cricket:

7. Be prepared to share your list of rules in class.