ACTIVITIES

CREATIVITY

BEING CREATIVE
In most activities you require creativity in order to devise solutions to different problems.
There are many ways to be creative. For example, A footballer completing a Cruyff turn A round off, back flip within a gymnastics sequence Fake and drive in basketball

BEING CREATIVE
Creativity can be used in most of the activities in your standard grade course.
For example, in gymnastics if you are asked to create a short floor sequence, you need to be creative to ensure your sequence has flair, fluency, effective use of space and variety (simple and complex skills).

BEING CREATIVE
In hockey you require creativity in order to devise a short corner sequence. How are you going to use deception to throw the defense off the ball? In this case you have to make use of space and timing. Players will work together using a using a variety of passes to create space for their shot on target. They require creativity to devise an effective sequence that has a high chance of success.

BEING CREATIVE
All movements can be analysed in terms of weight, time, flow or space. Some examples are given below. WEIGHT Soft Strong Light Firm Delicate TIME Fast Held Quick Slow FLOW SPACE Smooth High Jerky Sideways Fluent Low Stopping Wide Continuous Narrow

BEING CREATIVE
In some activities such as dance, being creative plays an important part in expressing ideas and emotions. There can often be a stimulus found in creative activities. For example;

Music is one stimulus found in creative dance. A painting A word A sound A poem A story An emotion

TASK 1
Describe how you have been creative in an activity that is scored subjectively.

TASK 2
Describe how you have been creative in an activity that is scored objectively.

TACTICS
Players are often creative by devising tactics in order to beat their opponents. For example making use of disguise in badminton or dummies in football or rugby

TACTICS
TACTIC A plan/discussion used to decide the way a game is to be played. Movements used to achieve an aim or task STRATEGY Making a plan beforehand large scale a method of play involving the movement or positioning of players

A TACTIC is a specific way of carrying out a particular STRATEGY that you are using

DECIDING TACTICS
Tactics are decided on your teams strengths and attempt to exploit your opponents weaknesses. Tactics can be adapted within a strategy when necessary and will often depend on the time left in the game or the score within the game. For example a football team will defend more if they are winning 3-0 rather than attacking.

TACTICS
For example: In basketball you may decide to play zone defence because the opposition have inaccurate 3 point shots. By playing zone defence you are forcing them to shoot from outside the key.

In softball/baseball you would put your teams best catchers at the bases to ensure the ball would always be caught at crucial moments of the game. In cycling an opponent may tuck in behind the leader in order to reduce the wind resistance acting upon him (slip-streaming). This would mean he would need to apply such physical effort and therefore be less tired.

TASK 3
Describe a tactic you have chosen in a team game in order to exploit your opponents weaknesses in order to increase you chances of winning?

TASK 4
Describe a tactic you have chosen in an individual activity that uses your own strengths to increase your chances of winning?