Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

By thoughtfully integrating a variety of skills and activities, we ensure that every studentespecially those who identify as non-PE or non-athletehas the opportunity to achieve success, develop confidence, and ultimately discover their unique movement niche.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Some districts lower graduation requirements, citing sports or outside activities as enough. The Bigger Picture Low activity isn’t just a health concern—it impacts academic achievement, mental health, and overall student well-being. Despite this, more schools are allowing students to opt out of PE. From the 2024 U.S

High School

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

No program can achieve all that is possible or ambitioned for physical education as physical education programs have limited time (see for more discussion the last blog). Sport Education. The Sport Education model (SEM: Siedentop, 1995) defines the content of physical education as representation of authentic sport experiences.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

All that I believe that can claim to be uniquely the remit of physical education is the use of movement as the primary means for teaching and learning. Movement learning should therefore feature as the primary goal of all physical education programs. Criteria 4.

Physical Education

The Sporting

JUNE 9, 2025

These themes not only illustrate architectural trends, but also reflect significant shifts in the sport's regulation, commercialisation and social impact. The prevalence of Leitch's work underscores a critical period in football's professionalisation, and its burgeoning status as a mass spectator sport.

Endurance

First Beat

JUNE 5, 2025

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta , a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball Champions League (BCL). And even if we tried, would it be realistically achievable?

Conditioning

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 4, 2025

Helpful to the preservation of the sport were the French soldiers from WWII, who learned the game from Māori soldiers of the 28th Māori battalion. Too much protection limits growth, and in the story, the parents had to be literally separated to achieve room to flourish.

Dance

Aspire-Ed

MARCH 27, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that following an extensive quality assurance check by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) — Aspire Training Solutions and Aspire:ED has been awarded “ Enhancing ” status—the highest level of quality ratings that an education provider can achieve.

Achievement

The Sporting

MAY 4, 2023

Your Guide to Tai Chi: 24 Life-Changing Movements Tai Chi is a famous Chinese martial art - and its origins can be traced back to the ancient world. It is a great discipline for your physical and mental health - and there are many life-changing Tai Chi movements to try out at any age.

Movement

The Sporting

MAY 16, 2023

The World’s Top 6 Toughest Sports Some sports are just tougher than others. But what makes one sport more challenging than another? And what is the appeal of these intense sports? Read on to find out about the toughest sports in the world! Well, the thing is, boxing is not just about brute force and aggression.

Sports

First Beat

JUNE 26, 2024

Four-time Swedish basketball champions Norrköping Dolphins have entered into a new three-year partnership agreement with Firstbeat Sports, giving them access to the most comprehensive physiological analytics in team sports. Before we decided to go with Firstbeat Sports we did our own research.

Physiology

First Beat

AUGUST 4, 2023

Firstbeat is delighted to announce its recent API integration partnership with Stretch On Sense who provide active intelligence to elite sports teams via their innovative product, Hat-TriQ. About Firstbeat: Firstbeat provides advanced performance analytics for more than 1,000 sports teams around the world.

Sports

The Sporting

APRIL 10, 2023

Real Tennis & Rackets: Howard Angus MBE talks us through how he became a World Champion in two sports in this exclusive interview UPDATED April 2023 Howard Angus MBE was the Rackets World Champion from 1973-1975 and the Real Tennis World Champion from 1976-1981.

Sports

First Beat

JANUARY 10, 2023

We recently spoke with Vechta’s Performance Coach , Domenik Theodorou , to learn more about Firstbeat Sports’ role in decision-making in coaching, live monitoring, load management, and athlete buy-in. Firstbeat Sports Dashboard. Besides that, I also keep track of the highest/lowest TRIMP and Movement Load for each player.

Sports

The Sporting

JULY 18, 2023

Marketing Performance: Rolex and Their Journey in Sport Most people likely know of Rolex as nothing more than a status symbol. It certainly is that, but prestige is earned, and the Rolex brand has earned its reputation through flawless performance, which is something it has replicated in its marketing and association with elite sports.

Sports

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al.,

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

Teaching

The Sporting

MARCH 8, 2023

Sumo wrestling is an ancient sport in Japan with immense historical and cultural significance. This sport is an intense physical competition, but the Japanese consider it an integral part of their culture. This article will discuss the biggest sumo wrestlers of all-time based on their weight, height and important achievements.

Achievement

Skillastics

MAY 10, 2022

Here are five easy ways to increase student engagement and movement in your students by 50%. On the contrary, kids can master skills and techniques, set achievable goals right off the bat–and reach them–encouraging them to keep going. The post Five Ways to Increase Student Movement and Engagement appeared first on Skillastics.

Movement

The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

But there is no such thing as ‘too late’ in this sport! Gymnastics has a number of health advantages and it may be the best sport to do if you want to get fit and active, even in your advancing years. If that’s not convinced you to try out this wonderful sport, let's continue by discussing all the benefits of gymnastics for adults.

Flexibility

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

Engaging in this contested space, I did my doctoral study on curriculum and pedagogical innovation for sport teaching, which I termed sport literacy as I theorised sport teaching in PE using multi-literacy theory (Drummond & Pill, 2011; Pill, 2009, 2010). Sport is an applied, practised and situated set of skills; 2.Sport

Sports

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. If you’re looking for a sport that covers just about all of the physical skills that children need to develop, gymnastics is your answer. Teaching gymnastics helps children improve in other sports.

Primary School

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. We are so excited to have partnered with physical education leaders, bringing joy and fun back to movement for two decades!

Movement

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The debate surrounding sport specific training has persisted for decades. For a long time, it was thought that training had to be specific to sport and position. Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports.

Sports

Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through movement and physical activity. Today’s environment and increasingly sedentary lifestyles mean many children are missing out on learning fundamental movement skills, like how to run, throw, kick, catch or jump.

Physical Education

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Fast forward to 2020 and the racial and social injustice issues currently taking place in society, Kareem’s statement in 1968 is influencing the statements of black athletes in ALL professional sports, all over the world. Kareem won everywhere he went and influenced both the Civil Rights’ Movement and the empowerment of black athletes today.

High School

The Sporting

JANUARY 24, 2023

Malaysia’s Most Popular Sports Sport is very popular in Malaysia. From participation to spectating, sports are an important part of Malaysian culture, including traditional and Western games. We’ll take a look at the popularity of traditional sports, western sports and then popular sports by participation.

Sports

First Beat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However soccer, along with most team sports, is intermittent in nature with periods of increased and decreased intensity, so mimicking that TRIMP/min of 2.77 However, in practical terms this has been difficult to achieve until now. The highest value achieved in any measurement is ~3.9, from their current season.

Sports

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Option to modify the movement by bringing your feet further apart.

PE Teacher

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 24, 2023

She is co-director of The Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness (IMSVI)( See www.brockport.edu/IMSVI ). She is the founder and director of Camp Abilities: An educational sports camp for children with visual impairments.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. This is because quality physical education doesn’t just help students achieve regular physical activity in the moment. Physical education classes are crucial in achieving the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity.

Physical Education

First Beat

MAY 29, 2023

Coaching a sports team requires careful management of training, player performance, and recovery. Making informed decisions is crucial to maximize your team’s potential and achieving success on the field. One powerful tool that coaches can rely on is Firstbeat Sports.

Coaching

The Sporting

APRIL 25, 2023

As a matter of fact, the sport was depicted in cave drawings in France that date back over 15,000 years. In the US specifically, the sport was popularised during the 20th century, with the first official World Arm Wrestling Championship held in 1962 in Petaluma, California. This helped to increase the popularity of arm wrestling.

Endurance

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

That framework is made up of achieving objectives in the class. Running is an essential objective for every student because so many other skills, games, and sports rely on the ability to run. It doesn't have to be running; many different movement modalities exist. We are still practicing gross and fine motor movements.

PE

The Sporting

AUGUST 14, 2023

John Beck: The Football Tactician Who Was About More Than Just ‘Route One’ Football Historian Peter Kenny Jones returns to The Sporting Blog with the story of John Beck, a man known for his pragmatic tactics, and supposedly uncultured style of management. Yet there was success with Cambridge Utd and lots of it.

Achievement

First Beat

MARCH 28, 2024

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Ideally, we seek ML increments of 25-50 in each training session until the desired goal is achieved.

Movement

Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 6, 2020

As our children grow into physically active, upright beings and we introduce them to sports, we pass the coaching baton to others, hopeful that while playing sports with their peers, our kids will be taught new skills, make friends, and develop a passion for exercise. Whole Child Sports encourages parents to introduce children ages !ve

Coaching