SOFIT Physical Education and Adapted Dance Coding Training Notes

The purpose of this segment is to provide practice for coding with speed and accuracy.
Trainees are advised to begin by coding only one category at a time.
Once proficiency is attained, trainees should attempt to code all three categories simultaneously.
Data entry must be performed on the prepared form provided for this exercise.
Results of the practice session should be compared with the established answers in the SOFIT (System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time) protocol.

Physical Awareness and Positioning:
- The instructor initiates an exercise focusing on different body parts, specifically the backs of the hands.
- Students are instructed to position themselves on specific floor markers, specifically white circles.
- The instructor emphasizes placing the "other foot forward" during specific tasks.
Bean Bag Activity and Tag Game:
- Students work with bean bags, and the instructor encourages them to keep the "bean bag going."
- A game involving "safe tags" is introduced. Students are reminded to make tagging motions gentle and easy.
- The game utilizes red bean bags for taggers.
- The Ice Cube Rule: Students holding a bean bag are "frozen like an ice cube." Students without a bean bag are permitted to move or "out."
Locomotor Movements:
- Hopping: Explicitly defined as being performed on one foot. Students without bean bags practice hopping while avoiding taggers.
- Jumping: Explicitly defined as being performed on two feet.
- Jogging: Described as a "slow jog." The instructor encourages students to take "big deep breaths" during this activity.
Closing Routine:
- The instructor commands students to return to the white line.
- Students are instructed to retrieve their jackets (specifically mentioning a pink jacket) as the time for the session expires.

Session Parameters:
- This series consists of $32$ intervals recorded during an adapted physical education dance class.
Warm-Up and Aerobic Sequence:
- Students are instructed to lift their heels and jog in place.
- Movements include jumping with hands over the head.
- Spatial Coordination Sequence:
- Run forward for $4$ counts ( $1, 2, 3, 4$ ).
- Jump for $4$ counts.
- Run backward for $4$ counts ( $1, 2, 3, 4$ ).
- Jump for counts $3$ and $4$ .
- Repeat the forward run for $4$ counts and jump sequence.
Flexibility and Coordination:
- Students are directed to bend their knees and touch their toes, holding the position.
- The instructor acknowledges the environment is "a little crowded" but ensures there is enough room for the activities.
- Dance steps include the "Step together step" sequence performed to music.

Dance Introduction:
- The instructor introduces a specific dance called the "Crested Hen," which the students had previously practiced in "three."
Group Assignments and Partnering:
- Group 1: Shannon and Edward.
- Group 2: Lauren and Sean.
- Group 3: James joins Jeff’s group and Adrianne’s group with a planned rotation.
- Partnering: Jethro is instructed to get a partner; Edward is partnered with an unspecified student (referenced as "here is your [partner]").
Choreography and Movement Patterns:
- The Bridge: Patty and Shannon (or other designated partners) drop hands to make a line or form a bridge by raising their joined hands. Students like Edward and Shannon are directed to go "under the bridge."
- Circle Movements: Students join hands to form a circle and skip to the left for a count of $7$ ( $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ ). They then reverse the direction for another count of $7$ .
- Promenade and Elbow Hooks:
- Students skip to the center and bow to their partners.
- Partners "hook elbows" and stand almost "back to back."
- Students are instructed to follow a lead (e.g., Edward following Kevin) to promenade through the bridge.
Tagging Variation:
- A variation involves running around the circle to try to tag someone before returning to one's original place.

Instructor Guidance to Individuals:
- Patty: Told she does not have space and might run into Serena if not careful.
- Edward: Asked who he is going to follow (Answer: Kevin) and reminded of the running path in the circle.
- Sean and Jimmy: Called over to demonstrate the elbow-hooking technique.
- Jimmy: Instructed multiple times to "sit up."
- Jethro: Asked to find his partner and spread out.
- Candy: Encouraged to run during the tag portion.
Closing Remarks:
- The instructor concludes the session by noting they have run out of time for the day, specifically addressing a student named George.
- This marks the conclusion of the third segment of the video.