Fundamentals of Sports Classes will be offered throughout the school year covering the basic fundamentals of many different sports for children ages 5 through 18.  These classes will focus on each child learning the basic skills of the sport as an essential part of their education.  These classes are great to prepare students for team play, but that is not their most important role.  EVERY student should learn all of the sports taught as a part of developing motor skills and learning about sports.  The sports taught in this 2 year series of classes are all a part of the state of California's requirement for PE.  More importantly, every child needs to understand the basics in all of these sports.  These classes will give your child the knowledge and drills they need to practice on their own and gain a fuller understanding of the game.  All classes will include some physical conditioning.  It is our goal that your children both learn some skills and leave class tired!

It is important for our home schooled children to learn the basic skills and concepts involved in all of these sports.  Often parents avoid a particular sports class because their child "doesn't like that sport".  That is a good reason to not sign them up for a competitive team in that sport, but they should still learn the basic skills and concepts in all of these sports at a PE level.  This provides a well rounded education for our kids.  If our children didn't like doing subtraction we would not allow them to skip subtraction!  We make those decisions for them because we know better what they will need the long run. We don't force them to be an accountant if they hate math, but they still need a basic knowledge and we make them learn math all throughout their schooling.  We know they need to learn subtraction, so we tell them they must learn it even if they don't like it.  We should apply that same logic to their Physical Education.  They should learn the basic skills even if they think they may not like it because it is a life skill they need to understand.

This winter Todd will teach a Fundamentals of Soccer class for 8 weeks (Jan-Feb), and Todd will teach a Recreational Games class in the spring including dodgeball, kickball, croquet, badminton, and capture the flag!  Information on all p[ast and future classes is on the pages linked on the left side of this page.  Some of the links are for these classes that were taught last year are left up on the website so you can read about those classes.  These links will be updated as the class period approaches.  Next school year (2012-2013) Todd will teach Baseball/Softball in the fall, Volleyball/Football in the winter, and Track & Field in the spring.

During the late spring (May - June 2012) Todd will also offer a series of 1 week FENCING CLINICS.  Todd Nash will teach all of these classes personally.  All students will learn all of the basic concept in fencing and progress to having bouts with other students by the middle of the week.  For details about these 1 week fencing clinics, click on FENCING on the home page.  These Fencing Clinics are being offered before the school year ends so that those with charter school funds can use their charter school funds to pay for the classes.

To register for any of these classes go to the HOME page and click on the link on the left side titled REGISTER.  Classes will only be opened for registration when the previous class is well underway.  So if the class you would like to Register for is not on the registration page, it is not yet open for Registrations.  Check back 8 weeks prior to the start of the class. 

Finally, if you would like to have a class in your area or a class for your group, contact Todd and he may be able to schedule a class specifically for your group or in your area if it is not already covered.  You can email Todd at CalAthletics@sbcglobal.net or call him at 760-458-9753 (Cell).