Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Her coach and her mother ran beside her. The lab team found that Medha may benefit from increasing her cadence (taking more steps per minute) to reduce the impact force when her feet hit the ground as well as improve her performance. My soccer coaches called me ‘slow bug.’ Instead of tapping out as 99.9%

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 26, 2022

Well it was an interesting weekend. 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. Wasn’t there snow?”

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. Statistics about the current state of child wellness.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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PLT4M

JULY 22, 2022

Over the last 10 years, PLT4M has set out to change the game of physical education, athletics, and wellness for school districts all across the country. 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.

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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?

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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.

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PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Adapted physical education and adapted physical activity programs play a critical role in promoting physical activity and overall well-being for individuals with disabilities. That means we must see this, as well as other research, as a direct call for inclusion for students with disabilities. In this article Alex X.

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Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Not only did Traejen play tennis; he played it well. 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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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. Being involved in sport teaches discipline, respect, and physical well-being, but we cannot neglect the mental aspect of it all.

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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.

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The Sporting

OCTOBER 18, 2022

He then moved with other relatives to Pittsburg, California, where he played two years of high school football. When his coach, Tony Knapp, joined Utah State University as an assistant to head coach John Ralston, Aldridge went with him. Of the school’s 5,500 students, five were black – all boys.

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