--- title: Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A fish is covered in a thin layer of slime that protects it from germs, like a coat. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Catch and release, practising well and… # Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear Lesson 305 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/0/) — A fish is covered in a thin layer of slime that protects it from germs, like a coat. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/1/) — Dry hands rub this slime off, so people who release fish wet their hands first. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/2/) — Getting better at anything takes practice, and practice can be frustrating. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/3/) — Breaking a hard skill into small steps makes each step possible, and the small steps add up. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/4/) — Example: a boy in Ontario who cannot do a full cartwheel practises just putting his hands down, then kicking one leg up, then both. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/5/) — In two weeks he does the whole cartwheel. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/6/) — Being on a team means others count on you: if you will miss practice, tell the coach in advance so they can plan. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/7/) — Shared helmets and gloves can pass on germs and head lice, so clean them between users. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/8/) — Before touching a fish you will release, wet your hands so you do not rub off its protective slime coat. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/9/) — The slime coat protects a fish from germs; damage to it can make the fish ill. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/10/) — Return a released fish gently to the water, holding it until it swims away by itself. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/11/) — A fish hook is sharp, so let an adult help take it out while you hold the fish gently. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/12/) — When practice is frustrating, break the skill into small steps and practise one at a time. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/13/) — Small steps practised often lead to big improvement over time. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/14/) — If you will miss practice, tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around who comes. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/15/) — Shared helmets, gloves and pads should be cleaned between users. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/16/) — Shared helmets and hats can spread head lice (tiny insects that live in hair; their eggs are called nits) and germs from one person to another. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/17/) — A boy in Canada wore a helmet at practice that another child with head lice had used; a week later the whole family had lice. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/18/) — A girl in Ireland gave up the piano after one hard week; a year later she wished she had kept going, because her friend who practised a little every day now played well. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/19/) — Head lice and germs can spread through shared helmets, hats and hairbrushes. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/20/) — Most people improve slowly, and giving up at the hardest point means losing what they have already learned. - ← previous: [Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/) - next →: [Breakfast, the school day and honest homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)