I think that the biggest problem in PE at school is that there’s too little of it for it to really have a positive influence on anyone’s health. An hour per week won’t make you fitter, especially when in PE classes half of the time is spent learning the rules of some game instead of actually playing it.
So my solution to this problem would be to spend much less time on the theory and just try to get the game going as quickly as possible. Of course some time must be spent on the basic techniques to prevent any possible injuries, but this depends completely on the sport. We all know how to run, but playing volleyball without spraining our wrists might prove a bit harder. With a small, compact theory session in the beginning, the rest of the time could be spent on the actual exercising and the benefits of the PE lessons could be multiplied.
Another way to make PE lessons more useful for the students could be that all of the traditional sports would be put aside and the lessons would be spent doing different kinds of relaxation exercises. These exercises could be anything from yoga to walking in the fresh air, as long as they would have a stress and tension releasing effect. Especially here in Finland where during winter almost all of our free time is spent in the dark, it wouldn’t do any harm to re-energize ourselves during the school day. This would most likely improve concentration on the lessons, so the teachers of other subjects would be happy as well.
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