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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Include at least three motor skills and one foundational movement skill every Motor Skill Monday (every day is even better!) Locomotor skills are the fundamental motor skills we most often associate with successful movement, especially in sports. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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The Ultimate Calisthenics Exercises for a Great Chest Workout

The Sporting

These types of workouts can improve strength, balance, flexibility, and agility. The Best Calisthenics Chest Workout Calisthenics exercises involve using all of our larger muscles, so you cannot isolate one specific part of the body while you work out, as the whole body is in motion.

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Free Resource – 11+ Warmup Program Dramatically Reduces Injuries

Physical Education Update

Called the 11+ warm-up program, it involves 15 exercises performed in a specific sequence, involving both dynamic and strength exercises. However, before games only the running exercises should be performed. Warmup Design The 11+ warm-up program involves 15 exercises performed in three specific phases.

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

For those of you not aware of CrossFit, it’s a strength and conditioning program that employs a mix of aerobic, gymnastics, body weight and Olympic lifting exercises. The goal is to improved fitness in 10 different areas: cardiovascular endurance, strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, power, balance, coordination, agility, and accuracy.

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15 Spook-Tacular PE Games

Gopher PE

We’ve brewed up a list of Halloween-themed physical education games and exercises that will have your students howling with excitement. Monster Mash-Up Fitness Exercises Here are a few Halloween themed fitness exercises you can do with your students! Be sure to use a header friendly soccer ball to practice this skill.

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Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.” Gymnasts exercise body and mind. Teaching gymnastics helps children improve in other sports.

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The Mental and Physical Health Benefits of Owning a Dog

The Sporting

Exercise with the dogs Having a dog gives you the perfect reason for getting out in the fresh air to be active. The physical movement of our body aids cardiac health, reduces stress, aids regulation of blood pressure and keeps us fit in body and mind. We love taking our whippets to the dog-friendly Parkrun events.

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