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Get Your Green On! 12 Lucky St. Patrick's Day Games for a Shamrockin' PE Class!

Physical Education Ideas

Imagine the gym transformed into a vibrant sea of green and gold, with leprechaun hats bobbing and shamrock smiles all around. The Games: Leprechaun Gold Rush (Kindergarten to Grade 2 - Run and Collect Game): Description: Scatter gold-colored balls (Leprechaun gold) around the gym. Divide the gym into two sides.

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

The goal is to improved fitness in 10 different areas: cardiovascular endurance, strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, power, balance, coordination, agility, and accuracy. It’s also a commercial enterprise, with over 10,000 affiliated gyms now using it in their exercise offering.

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Raffles! We all love raffles!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

FitRadio is offering a Gym Pro subscription again this year as well. Agility ladder and a set of kickball bases courtesy of our own Toni Chilton. How about a coupon for one hour open play, paddle + ball rental + 2 appetizers at Chicken Pickle? Once again we have AccuSplit donating 4 class sets of stopwatches.

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10 Halloween Tag Games to THRILL your Students!

Gopher PE

Spider Web Scooter Tag: Create an intricate “spider web” with black ropes or yarn, intricately weaving a web throughout your gym area. Haunted House Tag: Designate certain areas as haunted houses by standing up tumbling mats throughout the gym. Play for a designated amount of time and switch taggers each round.

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15 Spook-Tacular PE Games

Gopher PE

As we approach the spookiest time of the year, bring some Halloween magic to your gym class! Witch’s Broomstick Scooter Relay Set up a relay race where students ride scooters around the gym, while pretending to be witches riding on their broomsticks. Pumpkin Patch Pick-Up Scatter orange beanbags (pumpkins) around the play area.

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Sports for Fitness: The 8 Best Sports for Improving Your Physical Fitness

The Sporting

The Top 8 Sports for Fitness: Your Full Guide to The Best Sports To Improve Fitness While some people thrive in the structured environment of a gym, not everyone feels like they are cut out for the gym grind. Gym or sports, as long as you’re engaged, you will feel better for exercising - and your body will thank you for it.

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Circuit Training Example in High School PE

Gopher PE

In and Outs: This simple agility drill is a great way to work on quickness and footwork. Jogging: Once students finish with box jumps, they’ll run around the gym for the next station and start back at toe touches to repeat the circuit. Students jump in and out of the small ring as fast as they can. Repeat until the music stops.