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zach mcdaniel
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I was thinking maybe i could convince my hym teacher to do a couple lessons on parkour in class what do ya think guys?
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Sean Au
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2009, 03:28:16 PM » |
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i wish we had a parkour unit as well but the problem is that i think most PE teachers dont know parkour.
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zach mcdaniel
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2009, 03:46:22 PM » |
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well i was thinking give them a couple weeks after showing them this website...
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Rebecca Myers
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2009, 03:58:37 PM » |
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Gym teachers go to college to become such. In college, they are taught what they need to know about the sports they will be teaching, ex: rules, regulations, boundaries, techniques. They are not taught parkour, for obvious reasons; they don't know about it. Giving them "a few weeks" is NOT enough time for them to become proficient enough in teaching parkour to teach in in school. We must also bring into play liability. If the teacher is not proficient enough at a certain skill due to lack of training, and a kid gets hurt, what happens? The school can get sued. Gym teachers may also have a specific curriculum that they need to get through and may not have time for parkour.
I don't mean to sound negative. If you are successful in getting parkour into the curriculum and it works out well, congrats!
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I have this image of a tidal wave appearance from like 50 Traceurs and Traceuses doing PK from one end of a mall to the other. t'would be epic
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 01:41:21 PM » |
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ooo dang.. idk about this whole idea.. i mean i LOVE the idea of parkour being taught in schools.. just not by some random dude that has no idea what he is talking about... you need at LEAST 2 years under your belt of training and conditioning to be able to know what your talking about and to be able to teach is Properly.. but thats just me
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Rebecca Myers
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2009, 12:05:10 PM » |
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ooo dang.. idk about this whole idea.. i mean i LOVE the idea of parkour being taught in schools.. just not by some random dude that has no idea what he is talking about... you need at LEAST 2 years under your belt of training and conditioning to be able to know what your talking about and to be able to teach is Properly.. but thats just me
Really? That long? So Hannah and I, who only have a few months experience, should not be teaching anything to others? Sorry if that sounded rude, it wasn't meant to. |
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I have this image of a tidal wave appearance from like 50 Traceurs and Traceuses doing PK from one end of a mall to the other. t'would be epic
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niko b.
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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2009, 12:11:07 PM » |
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Really? That long? So Hannah and I, who only have a few months experience, should not be teaching anything to others?
Sorry if that sounded rude, it wasn't meant to.
There is a difference between teaching a formal class, and sharing knowledge with peers/other individuals. I believe that Justin may be referring to teaching a formal class. I'd have to agree with the general vibe of the thread though, great idea, but may not be the best idea unless the gym teacher is very proficient. |
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Andrew Stockton
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2009, 12:14:46 PM » |
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I guess it depends on what you're teaching. If you have mastered a technique, doesn't it follow that you could conceivably teach the technique to others?
Then again, is it possible to master a technique at all?
I think that having at least a couple of years of experience would be optimal.
Also, gym teachers shouldn't teach parkour unless they have experience. There is nothing about a gym teacher that makes him/her magically able to teach something as soon as he/she sees it. OP, you could offer to teach the class, but a few complications arise. Do you have enough experience to teach? Also, how would it fit into your own school schedule?
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The body thrives when the heart has a mission. i dont work ever really ever, i just train parkour and stuff.
Welp im just gona ignore it cause i thinking im going on the right path
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Jeremy Osborn
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2009, 12:21:28 PM » |
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APK will be releasing Certificates to teach Parkour in the U.S early next year am i the only one that reads the front page?   |
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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2009, 01:00:19 PM » |
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Really? That long? So Hannah and I, who only have a few months experience, should not be teaching anything to others?
Sorry if that sounded rude, it wasn't meant to.
yeah you took that the wrong way..like alita said.. there is a huge differance from teaching little kids in a school then just teaching friends out on the street.. |
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Alex B
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 08:38:33 PM » |
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I wish parkour was taught in my PE class. It's called "Unique PE" and parkour is the most unique sport/art I can think of!
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2009, 07:07:20 AM » |
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Gym teachers go to college to become such. In college, they are taught what they need to know about the sports they will be teaching, ex: rules, regulations, boundaries, techniques. They are not taught parkour, for obvious reasons; they don't know about it. Giving them "a few weeks" is NOT enough time for them to become proficient enough in teaching parkour to teach in in school. We must also bring into play liability. If the teacher is not proficient enough at a certain skill due to lack of training, and a kid gets hurt, what happens? The school can get sued. Gym teachers may also have a specific curriculum that they need to get through and may not have time for parkour.
I don't mean to sound negative. If you are successful in getting parkour into the curriculum and it works out well, congrats!
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2009, 06:10:52 PM » |
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It's a great idea and has been done in the UK. Your best bet is to show your gym teachers and get them exposed to it. My suggestion would be to show them Jump Westminster which features a segment on the parkour gym class in the UK. They would likely not be able to teach it because they are likely beholden to an already established curriculum. But if you have a teacher that is always looking for ideas, exposing him/her to parkour is a good idea to at least get them excited about incorporating it somehow in the future. Some teachers are content to just teach the same old curriculum year after year, though; so you would have to pick a teacher that you know is energetic and would be energized by new ideas. Understand that it will probably take at least a year, if the teacher is amenable, to get a parkour unit in your gym class.
APK is working on a teaching certification, as has been mentioned. It gets a little dicey with gym teachers since they theoretically are qualified to teach physical education in a general sense. In other words they don't have separate certifications for every different unit they do in gym class. So I'm not sure how a gym teacher would need to approach the APK cert. I do agree, though, that it's a different thing teaching peers/fellow traceurs at a jam vs. a licensed public school teacher teaching a gym class in a formal/structured school setting; and likely they would need quite a bit of time/experience to be able to teach it effectively.
Many gym teachers are qualified to do things like ropes courses, challenge courses, etc. though, so that may be a mitigating factor. It would be worth it to expose your gym teacher to parkour, and to APK, and maybe see from there what the possibilities might be. He/she may have better information about how to include it. If nothing else, starting a school club is an alternative also.
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Cheshire Parkour
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2009, 07:55:46 PM » |
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okay i just watched Jump Westminster... best parkour related video i've ever seen. period.
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Andrew Granite Wilson
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2009, 08:09:30 PM » |
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okay i just watched Jump Westminster... best parkour related video i've ever seen. period.
ORLY?! Point B Mind = Blown |
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