The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

The Many Benefits of Gymnastics for Adults Many of you might think that gymnastics is only for children. Incredible 86-year-old gymnast, Johanna Quass Now, there are no more excuses to stop you from challenging yourself by learning a cartwheel or handstand and surprising yourself with your own abilities!

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The Sporting

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ninety minutes later I had learned about the art and science of catching, what it was like to catch Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, and the frustration of a black man trying to break into baseball management in the 1970s and ‘80s. I wasn’t a very good catcher, so they sent me down to Class B Cedar Rapids to learn catching. Norman L.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Padel Power: Sandy Farquharson From The Padel School Talks to The Sporting Blog Padel continues to grow at breakneck speed, with people taking up the game every day, as clubs add Padel courts to their facilities. And what are some of the techniques or learned mechanics that are actually of benefit? This will take time and repetition.

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MSU

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We asked Andy to tell us how he got started in coaching, then moved into a faculty role. A friend told me that if I was willing to move, I could find an assistantship, so I moved halfway across the country. I studied biochemistry in college, but working in the pharmaceutical industry was not what I wanted to do.

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Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

I got a request from the last blog to incorporate a specific lesson into the description of open-ended games. Therefore, for this blog, I will use my lesson on Sustainability to help describe some of the benefits of open-ended games. Open-ended Games elicit lots of emotion, which influences memory and learning. Tyng, Hafeez U.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A good starting point for pedagogical thinking in sport and physical education is Judith Rink's (2006) criteria for a learning experience in Teaching Physical Education : 1. The learning experience must have the potential to improve the motor performance skills of students 2. Image from [link]

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Our needs for self-preservation and social acceptance often get in the way of our desire to move and express ourselves as freely as possible. This post was built around the following learning targets: I know the difference between beats and rhythms. unit-level learning targets): I can move my body to the rhythm of the music.

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PLT4M

APRIL 11, 2023

Read on to learn more about how to perform the strict press correctly. You could start with a DB or MB strict press with beginner students and athletes if you wanted!) To set up appropriately, the individual should hoist a med ball to the “Front Rack” position that we learned in our MB Squat.

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The Sporting

MARCH 30, 2023

Learning from Legends He had to cover a lot of ground between me and Ted Williams. I learned a lot talking baseball on the train rides. I learned a lot from Dom, not just about fielding. I learned he kept a book on every pitcher in the league – what he threw, when he threw it, and on the catchers, too.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 16, 2024

Former professional jump jockey Jacob Webb discusses his big move to France, taking a look at French racecourses, jockeys, prize money and more. I never knew that a two-month working holiday to France in 2018 would end up in a move there a year later to embark on a career as a professional jump jockey. what could be better?

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The Sporting

MAY 9, 2023

From the electrifying energy on the field to the roaring crowds in the stands, football keeps everyone on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating the next move. You have to be creative, think outside the box, and always be one step ahead of your opponent." - Ronaldinho, reported by The Independent. Talent isn’t everything.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 25, 2023

Physical Education teachers and sport coaches have in common the development of a curriculum (program of learning) and the method (pedagogy) to teach the content of the curriculum. What to teach Physical education programs package the content, pacing, spacing and progression of learning into a design called a curriculum.

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Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

You may be wondering why the blog title picture is a bear. The show got me thinking about everything I have learned working the line that applies to being an athletic director. In general, I have come to realize that there are many life lessons and skills I learned working in a bar. Maybe you are already familiar with it.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

understanding sport requires a learning process (Pill, 2009). I have blogged before on how Arnold's (1979) framework of PE as education in, through and about movement also informed my thinking about sport teaching in PE as education towards sport literacy. (if Sport is an applied, practised and situated set of skills; 2.Sport

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The Physical Educator

MARCH 3, 2022

Before we dive in here, I wanted to share something with you: As you’re about to find out, this blog post is pretty extensive. As you’re about to learn, Mac played a pivotal role in helping me make growth mindset thinking a core part of my teaching. Hey everyone! He was a mentor and a friend, and I miss him.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Concept based learning and thematic curriculum for physical education have been suggested for reconceptualisation of PE curricula that is more educatively focused and strengths-based. I looked at how this might 'work' in a 2018 blog here Figure 3. to address specified focus areas (Figure 3). sport clubs) and terms or semesters (e.g.

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The Physical Educator

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This is part one of my three-part blog post mini-series on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model. As I dove deeper into the world of Social and Emotional Learning this past summer, I realized just how powerful and important TPSR can be in this moment we’re all living together.

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School Yard

JUNE 29, 2020

Instead, we want our students to invoke the spirit of the game with teammates, develop personal relationships, and learn to have an enjoyment to move and stay active with others for a lifetime. Social distancing in physical education is exactly the opposite of what educators try to teach. Mike Smith.

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The Physical Educator

JANUARY 31, 2022

This short blog post started off as a Twitter thread that I wrote in the summer. Don’t even think about putting a “maybe” column in the middle! Think of things that come up all of the time at school: an extra team meeting, covering a duty, that kind of stuff. Welcome to today's Twitter Thread workshop.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

As I read the article and did a bit of research to learn more, I started thinking about what physical education could learn from Norway’s approach to supporting and celebrating youth in sport. Ultimately, it all boiled down to the following six takeaways: Create A Positive Learning Environment. Foster Connectedness.

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School Yard

JANUARY 12, 2022

There are a myriad of ways you can incorporate social emotional learning (SEL), throughout Physical Education class and at recess and enable students to practice the five core competencies of SEL as defined by CASEL: self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, social awareness, and self-awareness.

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The Sporting

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Everyone, regardless of age, experience or fitness level, has the opportunity to learn and practice Muay Thai at UMF. They weren't thinking about climbing the corporate ladder or honing their craft on the side. There is a strong correlation between participation in a grading system and a desire for lifelong learning and improvement.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It robs students of their natural love for learning and the feelings of joy, enthusiasm, and interest that once came with it. Self-determination theory looks at human motivation and tries to understand the factors that push or prevent people from wanting to learn and grow. There is more than one way to reach a learning target.

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School Yard

JANUARY 7, 2022

The fitness and running club that was born out of that mission proved to be a success and provided an opportunity for students to benefit from extended learning outside regular school hours. For the group warmup, have students all find their own space and perform different activities to get them moving. – 8:20 a.m. Mike Smith.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

MARCH 19, 2021

Leaders, coaches and practitioners who aspire to excellence typically recognise the imperative for life-long learning. They then proceed to make sense of things and this is based not just on what answers they were given but also their own experiences and ongoing explorations as they move through the world.

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The Sporting

AUGUST 4, 2023

Top tips for starting kids off in Cricket Of course, there is no set path for introducing a child to cricket, but here are a few tips from us at The Sporting Blog Kids , and hopefully they will help help your son or daughter enjoy this great sport, which offers so much outside of the playing arena as well.

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Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 16, 2022

From the last blog: “This question gets to the source of the conflict in a way that does not make anyone good or bad. Is there a way to promote sportsmanship past the definition they learned half a lifetime ago (be fun to play with, be fun to play against)? When students ask us, “Why do I have to learn this, I am never going to use it?”

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Mindful PE

JULY 23, 2021

One of the biggest changes I experienced moving from a classroom teacher position to the PE teacher position was figuring out what to teach and when for all grades, K-5, for the entire year. Leave me a comment with any recommendations and I look forward to learning about your favorites! It felt so overwhelming! Stay well,

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TinCan Physed

JANUARY 18, 2020

If you haven’t been following along, we have packed up our lil family and moved to Macao to become part of The International School of Macao (TIS) family. Address and support student needs, question traditional institutional thinking and develop programs that would set the school apart from the other international schools in the region.

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TinCan Physed

JANUARY 18, 2020

If you haven’t been following along, we have packed up our lil family and moved to Macao to become part of The International School of Macao (TIS) family. Address and support student needs, question traditional institutional thinking and develop programs that would set the school apart from the other international schools in the region.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason). But as a result, students spend too much time sitting and learning in passive ways (e.g. Often students move through core subjects, eagerly awaiting their specials or electives. HPE teachers already have it figured out!

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Montessori Physical Education

MAY 28, 2022

Last week’s blog focused on the benefits of mini-games over playing one large game. At the end of the blog post, I said I would post a series of lesson plans I used for lacrosse. The passer must remain behind the cone at all times, but the catcher can move after their partner throws the ball. ·

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Montessori Physical Education

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The students will also debate where they think the game's origin came from. Aims: Direct : To play the game Om El Mahog and learn about the cultural diffusion of the sport. Frank and Earthy Blog. The students will enjoy the initial simplicity of the game and lots of fun when the retaliation (dodgeball-like) component happens.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

JULY 13, 2021

So let us consider the possibility that perhaps the performers (and those in their circle) might themselves have something to learn from those who came before. It is also naive to think that this will not be weaponised and there is more than a hint of performance among some of those raising grievances and claiming distress.

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Reinventing the Game

JANUARY 29, 2022

I don’t think I like so much all these descriptors with the word linear (or non-linear ) pegged to it. The challenge now is to fill up the flexible spaces in between the structures with realities of how learners learn. Definitely, the longest I have taken to write an article for my blog. and the task. and the task.

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The Sporting

MAY 4, 2023

He gave me a foundation of being tough, enjoying winning, thinking about winning all the time. When I’m getting ready to play a hunch, I think about Earl. Learning from All Managers So the first part of my foundation was built around Earl. I learned that. I expected it, but I didn’t think it was going to be every day.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this blog, we will explore 5 exercise modification examples that are an excellent addition to any physical education class or workout. ” Flipping your language puts students in place to think of what they CAN do rather than what they CAN’T do. Ready to Learn More? . Find a Time.

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