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RUSSDARDEN
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:42 am: |       |
My county administration has recently informed us that all of our schools have to take down all of our climbing ropes. I believe this is due to a liability or pending lawsuit. What can be done about this?
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IHATEPE
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:43 am: | |
NO, It is because the climbing ropes are too difficult for overweight and girls. |
RUSSDARDEN
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:44 am: | |
Hmmmm.....Either you really do hate PE, or you are an overweight female (maybe both). Anyway, I am sorry you feel that way. But we have (or did have) three different kind of ropes. Each had a diffrent level of challenge. One was with big knots (which EVERYONE seemed to enjoy...even the overweight children), another had small knots, and one had no knots. It was a fun challenge for students when we did stations. And, for your info....elementary females have been some of my better climbers. Do you teach high school or middle?? |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:44 am: | |
My school removed our rope because a kid fell off. They were worried about a lawsuit, but the conflict was taken care of. I still do not have a rope and I feel one of the best upper body strength exercises was taken away from my curriculum.
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Jinx Tucker
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:45 am: | |
We use both Knoted and Regular. We use it as a station and have had a lot of "overweight" kids have success. It is not a mandatory thing. |
Marlin F. Collins
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:46 am: | |
I would like to know what the minimum standard for mats are when using climbing ropes, cargo nets, and balance beam (24" high). Also the area away from these pieces of equipment that need mats? Risk Management is trying to take all of these pieces away.
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Scott Wilson
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:46 am: | |
My district is doing the same thing, wanting us to take the ropes down for insurance reasons. I have taught for 8 years and have yet to have anything more serious than a ropeburn happen. I have used the rope with K-6. Is there any research that I can use to support the ropes. I would bet there are more injuries due to recess equipment than there are to the ropes.
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mikespe
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 7:33 am: | |
I am currently using our ropes as part of our gymnastics unit. Students can only climb as high as the basketball rims. Students are fine with this because then they get more turns. Students that have difficulty climbing are encouraged to just "stand" on the bottom knot and hold on for 10 seconds. They eventually get more comfortable.
As for the mats we have doubled our thick floor mats under the ropes. Since they can only go as high as the rims these are more than enough. Plus there is ALWAYS a teacher at the ropes. Ropes are what you make them. I only have a few students who won't try them. But we also have a cargo net and those students will do that. Most of our students are very encouraging to others during gymnastics because they know it is a difficult activity to master. I will even "fall" at times so I can show the skills are not easy.
Michael Rogala
Rochester City School District
www.mikespe.com |
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
Junior Member
Username: Scottt40
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:02 pm: | |
I am currently in the final stages of my Gymnastics Unit. There are many stunts that can be done on ropes other than climbing that can build upper body strength. These low level skills and stunts are a great trade off, and the students hardly notice they only get to climb to head height.
Scott Tomassetti
http://pe1.org |
Michael J. Roskamp (Roskampm)
Junior Member
Username: Roskampm
Post Number: 5
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 7:36 am: | |
For anyone who is interested....following a "falling incident" in our part of the Midwestern USA, I compiled a list of activities to use with climbing ropes from the ideas sent to me by members of NASPE-talk. I tried to organize them in "progression" form, and also included ways to use the ropes besides climbing. If any of you would like it e-mailed to you, simply drop me a quick e-mail request, and I'll gladly send it your way. (roskampm@gvsu.edu) |
william atlas (Billatlas)
Junior Member
Username: Billatlas
Post Number: 8
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:53 am: | |
We use old pole vault mats underneath the ropes. The large knotted ropes, the kids climb half way up. If they want to climb to the top, they must use the rope with no knots. Reason is, we found some kids that climb the knotted rope, don't have the strength to get down. The kids that can get to the top of the rope with no knots, can usually get down. The 2.5-3 ft. pole vault mats make it safe to climb the ropes. |
