Handball - Activities - New York City Department of Education

To encourage sustained physical activity among our students, the Department of Fitness & Health Education developed the C.H.A.M.P.S. Middle School Sports & Fitness League as an outgrowth of our physical education curriculum. In approximately 1,000 programs in 200 middle schools, the C.H.A.M.P.S. programs offer additional opportunities for students, regardless of athletic ability, to engage in a wide variety of physical activities, and to encourage these students to find activities that they enjoy and can participate in for life.

The program promotes health-related fitness and sports skills that can be maintained long after school days are over. Additional goals include improving student self esteem, increasing students’ sense of school-connectedness (a protective factor for discouraging
health-risk behaviors), and affording further opportunities for parental involvement.

One-Wall Handball is truly a New York City activity. C.H.A.M.P.S. and with support from the Inner City Handball Association would like develop this game at the middle school level. Each program will be given the opportunity for teachers to attend coaching trainings, basic equipment for beginner programs and invitations to participate in several city-wide ICHA events. The program will embrace the basic skills with a focus on fun and fitness, and ultimately give our student/athletes the opportunity to participate in C.H.A.M.P.S. endorsed and ICHA sponsored city-wide events.

Check It Out	To encourage sustained physical activity among our students, the Department of Fitness & Health Education developed the C.H.A.M.P.S. Middle School Sports & Fitness League as an outgrowth of our physical education curriculum. In approximately 1,000 programs in 200 middle schools, the C.H.A.M.P.S. programs offer additional opportunities for students, regardless of athletic ability, to engage in a wide variety of physical activities, and to encourage these students to find activities that they enjoy and can participate in for life. The program promotes health-related fitness and sports skills that can be maintained long after school days are over. Additional goals include improving student self esteem, increasing students’ sense of school-connectedness (a protective factor for discouraging health-risk behaviors), and affording further opportunities for parental involvement. One-Wall Handball is truly a New York City activity. C.H.A.M.P.S. and with support from the Inner City Handball Association would like develop this game at the middle school level. Each program will be given the opportunity for teachers to attend coaching trainings, basic equipment for beginner programs and invitations to participate in several city-wide ICHA events. The program will embrace the basic skills with a focus on fun and fitness, and ultimately give our student/athletes the opportunity to participate in C.H.A.M.P.S. endorsed and ICHA sponsored city-wide events.