I just had to take a minute and share an awesome Aha moment that happened yesterday during my 21-participant Achieving Fitness workshop.
We were outside sharing one of the practice fields with the girls' lacrosse team. While we were playing Striker (FYI- we were having so much fun they deflated both my beach balls), the girls' lacrosse team was doing some conditioning (running Indian sprints). As the team ran by us, not a single girl was smiling or having fun, every envious eye was watching us play and you could hear them saying "that game looks so cool," "that game looks like fun". When we finished Striker, naturally a lesson intended to teach taking our heart rate and staying in our zone, I asked the group..."Why does conditioning have to look like what the lacrosse team was doing? Why couldn't it look like Striker? Weren't we working on the same thing, cardiovascular conditioning?" My next question..."If you asked the girls what activity they would prefer for cardiovascular conditioning? Bet I could guess what the girls would say."... You should have seen it! . The conversation that followed was empowering! Words such as self efficacy and intrinsically motivating activities were buzzing!!!!!
I dreamed about it all last night!
Renee Cavaluzzi is a Project Adventure trainer currently leading an Achieving Fitness workshop in NY.
We were outside sharing one of the practice fields with the girls' lacrosse team. While we were playing Striker (FYI- we were having so much fun they deflated both my beach balls), the girls' lacrosse team was doing some conditioning (running Indian sprints). As the team ran by us, not a single girl was smiling or having fun, every envious eye was watching us play and you could hear them saying "that game looks so cool," "that game looks like fun". When we finished Striker, naturally a lesson intended to teach taking our heart rate and staying in our zone, I asked the group..."Why does conditioning have to look like what the lacrosse team was doing? Why couldn't it look like Striker? Weren't we working on the same thing, cardiovascular conditioning?" My next question..."If you asked the girls what activity they would prefer for cardiovascular conditioning? Bet I could guess what the girls would say."... You should have seen it! . The conversation that followed was empowering! Words such as self efficacy and intrinsically motivating activities were buzzing!!!!!
I dreamed about it all last night!
Renee Cavaluzzi is a Project Adventure trainer currently leading an Achieving Fitness workshop in NY.
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