Gamifying High School Fitness Through Sport: PSI/Sport Education Hybrid Model

This session introduces a hybrid physical education model that merges the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) with Sport Education to enhance motivation, skill acquisition, and fitness outcomes. Growth tracking involves comparing baseline and final skill and fitness assessments, monitoring progress at checkpoints, and using tools like heart rate monitors, performance analysis, and personal charts to visualize improvement. Students earn points across growth categories -- such as skill, fitness, tactical, engagement, and consistency -- so even incremental gains contribute to team success. This approach fosters accountability, motivates continuous improvement, and gamifies learning through recognition and rewards. Participants will explore implementation strategies across sports units including soccer, pickleball, volleyball, and basketball, and leave with practical tools to replicate the model in their own programs.