Beginning Racquetball

Last Date to Withdraw October 16, 2009

 

Course Number:                      PHED 1120             Link to Syllabus http://iws.ccccd.edu/syllabus

Course Title:                         Beginning Racquetball Course Credit Hours:         Lecture Hours:         Lab Hours:  3

Course Delivery Method:              Lecture/Lab

Instructor’s Website Information:       iws2.ccccd.edu/tairhart,   www.tonydairhart.com

Instructor’s Name:                    Tony Airhart       

Office Number:                        E-122

Office Hours:                          MWF: 9:00 am - 10:00 am,  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

                                     TR:   9:00 am - 11:30 am

Contact Information:                  Office Telephone: 972-548-6506

                                     E-mail: tairhart@ccccd.edu

Class Meeting Times:                   Sec. C01 TR 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm

Class Meeting Location:                CPC Fitness Center

Textbook:                   

Supplies:                    Proper workout attire: t-shirt, shorts or warm ups, gym shoes and socks. Cell phones are to be off during class.

                     Racquetball racquets, balls and goggles are provided.

                                    Last Day to Withdraw October 16, 2009

 

Measurable Student Learning Outcomes:

1. To demonstrate proper knowledge of court terms and playing terms.

2. To enable students to recognize basic game strategies and rules.

3. To demonstrate fundamental skills, shots and serves necessary to play at a beginning level.

4. To enable students to interpret racquetball role as a lifetime activity.

5. To demonstrate sport and fitness-related skills and apply the use of the skills in lifetime activity in the

promotion of health and wellness.

6. To demonstrate knowledge of nutrition and its implications for sport performance, physical fitness,

and wellness.

7. To recognize the importance of the relationship between lifetime activity and the quality of life.

8. To demonstrate the biomechanics of fundamental movements and skills.

9. To develop the kinesthetic sense in the process of acquiring movement skills.

 

 

Attendance Policy:

Tardiness – Arriving 5 minutes or more after the start of class or leaving early, more than 5 minutes before the end of class, will result in a 1 point deduction from the final grade each time it occurs.  Arriving 10 minutes or more after the start of class will be considered an absence.

Once you miss MORE THAN,

6 classes in a class that meets 3 times per week or

4 classes in a class that meets 2 times per week.

With any combination of authorized and/or unauthorized absences you will no longer be eligible to receive credit for the course. If you do not drop the course in accordance with the CCCC Academic Calendar official drop date, a grade of "F" will be assigned.

 

Method of Evaluation:   

                                    Labs (4)                     100 pts.                      

                                    Skill Demonstration            50 pts.

                                    Skill Evaluation                50 pts.

                                    Exam (Final)                  100 pts.        

                                                    Total        300 pts.

 

                                       300 - 270 = A

                                       269 - 240 = B

                                       239 - 210 = C

                                       209 - 180 = D

                                       179 - 0   = F

 

 

 

Religious Holy Days: please refer to the current Collin Student Handbook

ADA Statement: It is the policy of Collin County Community College to provide reasonable

accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. This College

will adhere to all applicable federal, State and local laws, regulations and guidelines with

respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational

opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the ACCESS office, SCC-G200 or

972.881.5898 (V/TTD: 972.881.5950) in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate

accommodations.

Academic Ethics: The College District may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of

scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements,

acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or

the submission as one’s own work material that is not one’s own. Scholastic dishonesty

may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism,

collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, and/or falsifying academic

records.

Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own without

giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct

quotation.

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner

during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying

computer or Internet files, using someone else’s work for the assignments as if it were

one’s own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a

course.

Collusion is intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic

dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to another student;

providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate

during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a

classmate to copy answers.

Tentative Course Calendar:

NOTE: A copy of the generic/departmental syllabus is available on the college website at: http://iws.ccccd.edu/syllabus