SHAPE America

MAY 19, 2022

After high school, I went to Penn State University to major in health and physical education. Here I am with the ball (circa 1981), playing on Penn State’s club team under poor field conditions. While the university had a varsity men’s soccer team, women’s soccer still only had a club team, which I participated on.

Government

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

What is the right workout app for high school strength and conditioning? We break down the 5 keys for a high school strength and conditioning app. In addition, we highlight schools across the country using a strength and conditioning app for PE and athletics.

High School

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 26, 2022

A French exchange student who runs with our club (I coach at Laurentian University and with Sudbury’s Track North Athletic Club), received a true Canadian experience during the drive. For most, the worse the conditions, the more fun they have. For example, Kendra Schaaf, who won the Junior Girls race, is still in high school.

Conditioning

PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured strength and conditioning program can enhance strength, power, speed, agility, capacity, and endurance while reducing the risk of injury. This is where strength and conditioning templates come into play. For years, coaches managed their program design with Excel templates. Here are some advantages: 1.

Strength

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Female athlete training at the middle and high school level deserves our attention. First, we discuss the importance of strength and conditioning for all student-athletes, regardless of gender. Next, we break down 5 keys to success when creating more opportunities for female athlete training at your school.

High School

PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. 7 Keys To Successful Strength and Conditioning Classes Every school is different.

Strength

Better Coaching

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In the world of high school athletics, varsity sports often serve as the culmination of years of training, sacrifice, and dedication. We'll also look at the important roles coaches, parents, and players have in this process and why a long-term vision is key to athletic success. Earlier and more is not better at this level.

High School

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2024

From high school basketball players all the way up to the best players in the NBA, success starts in the weight room. Here lies a golden opportunity for strength and conditioning to support the total athletic development of young athletes through safe and effective training programs! jumping mechanics on each leg.

High School

Better Coaching

JANUARY 22, 2017

Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. Most of these volunteers are former players, some from the high school or even college level. Really, coach? Likely, that coach played around 10-20 years ago. Wasting Time.

Coaching

Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Her coach and her mother ran beside her. A shining high school track career Medha ran varsity cross-country and track at Dublin High School all four years. My soccer coaches called me ‘slow bug.’ They suggested I join cross-country the summer before my freshman year to become better conditioned.

High School

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As coaches, we all want to win. While in-season, your athletes will adapt to the rigors of practices and games, often reaching peak physical conditioning for that sport. While in-season, your athletes will adapt to the rigors of practices and games, often reaching peak physical conditioning for that sport. This is dangerous.

Strength

I Love to Watch You Play

MAY 25, 2021

Coaching, Parenting, & Empowering Female Athletes Alison Foley shares how to coach, parent, and guide female athletes on their athletic journey. She is a college recruiting expert and currently helps high school athletes with the recruiting process. 18:50: Main differences between coaching girls and boys.

Coaching

Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Check out the heart rate graph, that displays the heart rate of two different high school students throughout her training protocols, which included strength training using a variety of unusual resistance devices, while also providing interval aerobic conditioning. Imagine having the heart rate data for every student, every day.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 15, 2023

In many cases, a parent/guardian and athletic director/coach have to sign off on the waiver (example below). At many high schools, students have to take as little as one-half unit credit of physical education to fulfill graduation requirements. Example of Physical Education Waiver Form.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 5, 2023

Bigger Faster Stronger was one of the first-ever programs for high school weight rooms. 45 years later, the world of high school strength and conditioning has grown and evolved. But most high school coaches had little experience or knowledge in the weight room.

High School

PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

What started as a passion project for our two co-founders while they were teaching and coaching has since grown into a nationwide fitness and health movement. Thank you to all of the teachers and coaches who share our mission of empowering students with the love and skills for lifelong fitness. It was made for coaches, by coaches.

Physical Education

MSU

APRIL 12, 2019

Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sport Coaching and Leadership Online Programs. Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. Let’s say you’re a lacrosse coach teaching a player to shoot the ball on goal. How do you get the player to extend their arms more?

Coaching

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2023

Five years ago, when Paul Russick took over as head football coach at Honesdale High School in Pennsylvania, he had aspirations for success on and off the football field. And like many football coaches, he looked at the weight room as an opportunity to help build the program.

Middle School

Whole Child Sports

MARCH 26, 2020

To wit, check out Bound Brook’s killa Coach Jen. And know this: Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. Which is not, in any way, shape or form, to suggest or insinuate that co-ed and boys teams (at the recreational and travel levels) do not sorely need more female coaches too: THEY DO. ¡Que viva la diferencia!

Wellness

Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive sports environment, parents, coaches, and young athletes are increasingly pressured to focus on one sport from an early age. The Physical and Mental Costs of Early Specialization Overuse Injuries One of the most prominent concerns surrounding early specialization is the high risk of overuse injuries.

Sports

PLT4M

DECEMBER 28, 2022

School districts are investing and prioritizing athletic PE, especially at the high school level. Check out the rising tide of athletic PE, examples from schools across the country, and how your school can take steps to add more athletic physical education classes! A recent survey found that more than 7.6

PE

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

While many athletes, coaches, and teams typically look for stronger muscles and improved athletic performance in the weight room, injury prevention is one of the most significant benefits of strength training. We explore the what, why, and how of strength training for injury prevention and how it relates to the high school weight room.

Strength

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

He has taught physical education at preschool, elementary, and high school levels and courses related to exercise science, coaching, health, and wellness at the university level. Physical activity is an important factor in the prevention of secondary conditions.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports. By labeling and advertising something as a sport-specific training program, many coaches and companies believe they can gain the competitive edge.

Sports

MSU

MAY 31, 2024

Her roles include coaching soccer teams, overseeing age groups, mentoring coaches, and empowering young girls in sport through workshops, camps, and role model collaboration with older teams. I really thought I wanted to be an Athletic Director but was at fork in the road: coaching or sports administration.

Academics

Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. The sport requires constant running, cutting, and kicking, which can lead to stress fractures, shin splints, and chronic conditions like patellar tendinitis (commonly known as "jumper's knee").

Sports

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Ison (2021) provides an example of a high school PE program in Illinois that was built with student interests in mind, creating courses that were more relevant to students’ lives than traditional course offerings. Canton High School Wellness, Health & PE National Spotlight 16 Jun 2022 Read more. Martino, M.,

Assessment

PLT4M

JUNE 8, 2023

Kevin is a high school football coach planning the summer training schedule for his entire group of high school athletes. Kevin knows that he needs to prepare his athletes for the various demands of the high school football season. Let’s look at another example. Bonus Content!

Physical Education

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2024

In this interview, Chris Köller , Athletic Strength and Conditioning Coach at BC Pharmaserv Marburg , a women’s first-division basketball team in Germany, talks to us about how he got started with Firstbeat and how he uses it with his athletes. During games, it’s a different story.

Coaching

PLT4M

MARCH 21, 2023

The hang clean is a popular movement in strength and conditioning programs. It must be acknowledged that there is some discrepancy amongst coaches, teachers, and trainers as to what catch constitutes a standard clean rep, regardless of starting position. Many coaches claim that a full clean requires a full squat.

Movement

PLT4M

MAY 5, 2023

A common fault in middle and high school strength training is jumping right to the barbell. Instead, high school strength and conditioning curriculum should start with bodyweight movement patterns. A precursor to barbell bench press form is our foundational human movement of the push-up.

Strength

AKA Sports

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Thanks to athletes/coaches, their sound souls and perspectives, leaders like Jeff Schmidt, Nicole Hoffman, and Kyle Ramsey, we raise greater awareness to mental health, closer to home and to your kids. This means 1 in 5 children will discover some interaction of some form of mental health condition/stressor before they turn 20.

Health

Better Coaching

JUNE 5, 2025

All Posts Getting Started Your Community Sport Psychology Attitude Coaching Parents Athletes Hockey Concussions Baseball Softball Search Blinded by Love: The Truth About Playing Time and Parental Bias in Sports Coach Sullivan 13 hours ago 4 min read We’ve all heard it—or maybe we’ve even said it: "My kid should be playing more.

Sports

PLT4M

MARCH 7, 2024

While some spin and cycling enthusiasts might cringe at the thought of lumping all stationary bike workouts into one category, let’s not make things too complicated for our middle and high school students. Spin bike workouts can be achieved with really any type of stationary bike option that allows for indoor cycling.

Cardio

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He became captain of his high school tennis team and won tournaments. During high school, he had college coaches offering him a place on their teams. On top of that, he was a good student and graduated with high marks. Krista coaches the local high school tennis team, and this past season Traejen helped.

Immune system

PLT4M

APRIL 25, 2023

A common fault in middle and high school strength training is jumping right to the barbell. Instead, high school strength and conditioning curriculum should start with bodyweight movement patterns. This can be a great next step to introducing resistance and preparing students for barbell front squat form.

Movement

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Some drugs can cause heart disease, cancer, lung problems, and mental health conditions, like depression. If you think a friend or family member has a problem with drugs, talk to an adult you trust – like a parent, coach, or teacher – right away. What if someone I know needs help?

Education