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PE Warm Up Routines

PLT4M

A warm-up routine can go past just ‘warming’ students up but provide skill and technique development in a wide range of movements. It helps to introduce students to different movements and exercises while solidifying the importance of technique and form. In each of these examples, the goal is slow, purposeful movement.

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California State Standards For PE

PLT4M

Not only does a weight training and fitness focused course help to teach essential skills and movement concepts, it is becoming one of the most popular courses for California students. For example, “1.6 – Identify and apply the principles of biomechanics necessary for the safe and successful performance of weight training.”

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5 Components Of Physical Fitness

PLT4M

Muscular Endurance: Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to perform repeated movements or hold a position for an extended period without fatigue. Strength is expressed by slower, controlled movements. Flexibility: Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint.

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Resolving Running-Related Injury

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Moreover, this learning and refining of movement skills and capabilities continues over the life span. A micro-industry has sprung up within the sports shoe retail sector to provide appropriate ‘assessment’ and guidance to assist the customer in purchasing the particular running shoe that will meet their individual biomechanical requirements.

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6 Popular Types of Pilates and How to Do Them

The Sporting

Contemporary Pilates Contemporary Pilates, as the name suggests, combines "modern" knowledge about the body, taken from disciplines such as biomechanics and physiotherapy, with the classical model of Pilates. This is so that the original principles of Pilates fit with modern research to bring about maximised safety and functional benefits.

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Strength Training For Injury Prevention

PLT4M

Chronic Injuries: Otherwise known as overuse injuries, these typically result from repetitive stress or prolonged exposure to specific movements or activities. These common injuries can be avoided through strength training for injury prevention.

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How to Use Performance Analysis In Youth Soccer

Player Development Project

Performance analysis has become a big part of professional soccer, in both the senior game and at academy level. But, with a relatively modest setup, we can also utilize the benefits of analysis and analytics in grassroots environments.