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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. Implement games into warmups and lessons that foster and complement the development of motor skills.

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PLT4M and Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Partnership

PLT4M

The purpose of this collaboration is to support physical education teachers and coaches to provide better access and inclusion for students with disabilities. . PLT4M, Lakeshore Foundation, & NCHPAD Working Together Every student deserves a chance to explore fitness, health, and wellness. Learn MORE.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

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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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

PLT4M

In many cases, a parent/guardian and athletic director/coach have to sign off on the waiver (example below). Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness. Statistics about the current state of child wellness.

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World Mental Health Day Revisited : A take from the AKA Staff

AKA Sports

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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Special Post: Choosing the Right Programme

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Parents are naturally highly motivated to find the programme that provides most optimal conditions to allow their child’s talents to flourish. This introduces market forces, for good or ill, which makes it all the more important that sport parents are well informed in their consumer choices.

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Judging What to Prioritise and When for a Young Performer

Informed Practitioner in Sport

HOW TO USE THE TOOL… The assessment takes very little time: we simply require the performer’s date of birth as well as body mass (in kilograms) and measurements of height (in centimetres) both in standing and in a seated position. As well as growing in stature, boys further benefit from free gains in strength, lean mass and speed.