• 6th Grade Pre-Athletics 

    Grade Level: 6th Grade 

    Course Description: The Pre-Athletics class is designed to equip and prepare any student that wishes to participate in UIL sports when they enter the 7th grade. Through the curriculum in the Pre-Athletic class, students will have an enjoyable experience learning the fundamentals of strength & conditioning, dynamic stretching, health/nutrition, and specific sport skills. Every aspect of our athletic program will be introduced in a beginner’s fashion. Students who take this course will already know how to meet athletic demands when they begin their 7th grade competition classes as allowed by the UIL. Students choosing to participate in Pre-Athletics should anticipate daily workouts during the class period that are significantly more physically and mentally demanding than what they may experience in a regular P.E. class. 

    Criteria for Enrollment: 

    ● Have a strong interest in participating in sports when they enter the 7th grade. 

    ● Must be coachable and willing to participate in all skills and drills. 

    ● Open to any 6th grade student interested in participating in an athletic team sport when they enter the 7th grade. 

    ● Your student does not have to be enrolled in pre-athletics to take athletics in 7th grade.

    ● This course will fulfill all state requirements for a 6th grade physical education course. 

    Course Specific Details: 

    ● complete a dynamic warm-up with little to no coach facilitation (leadership roles)

    ● complete a moderate to hard endurance workout that includes but is not limited to a running or agility work out; we use these to teach them how to regulate their breathing and to understand how their bodies move within different environments and sports 

    ● have an introductory understanding of the weight room and a few of the core lifts that are important for injury prevention through the use of PVC pipes, body weight and low DB/BB weight exercises

    (ie: bench press, squats, and hang clean progression) 

    ● have an introductory to moderate understanding (depending on what students participate in outside of school) of the skills and drills we use in MOST of our MS sports offered: Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Track and Cross Country. 

    ● No physical is needed for Pre-Athletics. 

    ● Equipment needed: athletic shoes, athletic clothing, and water bottle. 

    ● **Dressing out is recommended: students will need to make sure their clothes and shoes will allow them to complete the workout, drills and or game play for that day. For example, if a student is wearing a dress and nice shoes, we expect that they wear shorts underneath the dress or change into pants for class and have a change of shoes for the class period as well. 

    ● Students will have a moderate to heavy work out or skills drill(s) daily. Please expect to be physically and mentally challenged daily.

    Students will select the Pre-Athletics 6th grade PE class when choosing their courses.