If you didn't like playing dodge ball - well, you're probably not alone in that thought. But physical education class offers many valuable lessons for students that last their entire lifetimes. Physical education class is more than just gym class. It teaches physical coordination . Students learn about balance and grace. Elementary school children can develop large and fine motor skills in PE or recess. Adolescents going through puberty go through a typically awkward stage of development. Physical education class often offers them the ability to learn how to walk with their bodies truly in balance. They learn excellent posture and how to keep themselves in good condition. Physical Education class teaches how to stay physically fit . Do you remember those warm-up exercises we all did, and those cool-down exercises? The laps around the gym or the field we all ran? Those all taught us that the body does not go from zero to sixty in one straight motion. Every exercise works mu