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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

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Skillastics® Speed Stacking: The Physical Activity Your Program is Missing

Skillastics

As an educator, Bob was able to speak to PE teachers on a peer level. By definition , “sports” are “activities involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” But is Speed Stacking a sport? National Standards.

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In Season Strength Training

PLT4M

First, an “Active Recovery” session which focuses on lightweight or bodyweight training performed at low intensity. A “Pre or Post-Game Mobility” session that contains super light, low-impact, monostructural aerobic activity with dynamic and passive mobility, SMR, and static stretching. How do you choose?

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