The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teacher the perceptions
of appropriate activities in elementary physical education. The subjects were 120
preservice teachers who took \'Teaching Physical Education I\', taught by the
investigator of this study in 2002. The perceptions of preservice teachers about
\'Hall of Shame in Physical Education\' (Williams, 1992, 1994) were examined in
detail. Overall, the preservice teachers agreed with Williams in 53.6%(193/360) of
the citations in \'PEHOS I\'. The most controversial activities were Dodgeball,
Kickball, and Relay Races. In \'PEHOS II\', Tag was the most controversial
activity, with 44 out 68 preservice teachers disagreing with Williams, and followed
by \'Simon Says\' and \'Messy Back Yard\'. Most preservice teachers believed that
these activities are inappropriate for elementary physical education curricula
without any modifications. Overall, they found that those taken for granted
activities frequently used without consciousness nor critique during physical
education were eligible for the Hall of Shame inductees. This led them to
reconsider how physical education might be taught.