SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

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. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

Motor Skills

Player Development Project

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An expert guide to football conditioning. Professional coaches demonstrate the best football conditioning workouts, and how to add them to your sessions. What is conditioning in football, and why is it important? The post Football Conditioning: The Fundamentals appeared first on Player Development Project.

Conditioning

Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. It is therefore difficult to generalise the value of SSG for sport coaching or sport teaching in PE, when there is an absence of research into the use of SSGs in most game categories and in general, most sports.

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

APRIL 17, 2023

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

High School

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

Strength and conditioning software is a powerful tool. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of strength and conditioning software for high schools and how to choose the right software for your needs. Understanding how each business operates can help you find the right strength and conditioning software for your use case.

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. Adam Hughes, high school PE teacher and strength coach, works with students in the wieght room during class time.

Strength

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. A high school student uses the PLT4M app during his workout.

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

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. Young athletes who specialize in one sport are subject to the same movements, muscles, and joints being stressed repeatedly.

Sports

First Beat

MARCH 28, 2024

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). With the onset of conditioning work, I truly start integrating Firstbeat. Having two coaches dedicated to one player simply allows for more density.

Movement

Learning Through Sport

MAY 18, 2021

constructivism and complex learning) relevant to sport coaching have been used to suggest that it is preferable to retain the logic of play by simplifying the representation of the game as the focus if not the majority of the learning to play experience, especially with novices. Both skill acquisition theory (e.g.

Coaching

Learning Through Sport

JULY 13, 2021

There are many versions of game-based approache s to sport teaching and coaching. Although there are differences between these versions, all GBAs view playing the game (conditioned, constrained, modified, or adapted for the players’ abilities and a target learning intention as the central organisational feature of a session.

Teaching

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. Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. The answer is simple, right?

Coaching

First Beat

MAY 9, 2023

Jesper Giller ås is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Leksands IF , a Swedish ice hockey team competing in the SHL, Sweden’s top-tier league. Jesper’s Background: From Player to Coach Jesper’s passion for ice hockey runs deep, having played the sport himself before embarking on his studies in Sports Science in 2011.

Sports

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 2, 2022

He doesn’t just advocate bending it a little, but full range of motion movements that would have made me cringe just thinking about them a year ago. I would like to say that the way he approaches strength and conditioning is the way I approach physical education. His approach is simultaneously novel and a no-brainer.

Coaching

First Beat

MAY 29, 2023

Coaching a sports team requires careful management of training, player performance, and recovery. One powerful tool that coaches can rely on is Firstbeat Sports. In this article, we will explain how coaches can leverage Firstbeat Sports to make informed coaching decisions on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis.

Coaching

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

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. The original logo of PLT4M.

Physical Education

AASP

MAY 21, 2024

Research has also shown that exercise and physical movement can improve mental functioning (Sharma et al., Most student-athletes have access to medical healthcare, nutrition services, strength & conditioning, mental health clinicians and mental performance coaches, and student-athlete development staff. H., & Gill, D.

Wellness

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. Some of the major factors driving this movement are: Competition Money Social Media Lack of Education Competition: What drives athletes at almost any age is the desire to be the best.

Sports

PLT4M

APRIL 5, 2023

45 years later, the world of high school strength and conditioning has grown and evolved. And as more people saw the upside of weight training programs in the 70s and 80s, high school coaches also wanted to tap into the benefits of weightlifting for young athletes. 45 years later, we have come a long way!

High School

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

First, we discuss the importance of strength and conditioning for all student-athletes, regardless of gender. Female Athlete Training – In A Perfect World In a perfect world, female athletes participate as much as their male counterparts in strength and conditioning programs.

High School

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Three basic strategies have been used in physical education for the promotion of meaningful movement participation, which I will align with the focus area of sport: Prudential – the argument that movement is a useful tool towards achieving wellness. I.e. if you do not adopt an active lifestyle your life expectancy will be shortened.

Teaching

PLT4M

MARCH 21, 2023

The hang clean is a popular movement in strength and conditioning programs. The Clean – Key Terms For This Olympic Weightlifting Movement The clean (as part of the clean and jerk) is one of only 2 olympic lifts – the other being the Snatch (just like the squat, bench press, and deadlift are considered “Power Lifts”).

Movement

First Beat

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Whether you’re a coach, a sports scientist, or a fitness enthusiast, understanding Lap Management can lead to more informed decisions, better performance, and winning strategies. Create a suggested load management plan to help the head coach in making informed decisions. Tracking Progress and Conditioning 2.1 8 Power 25 0.31

Conditioning

PLT4M

JULY 31, 2023

Total Fitness – Metcon Test – Our final fitness test is a “MetCon” (Metabolic Conditioning) workout that assesses your ability to perform a number of different movements consistently and continually. Many of these are for experienced students participating in strength and conditioning.

Physical Education

Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. Often athletes throw and swing the bat from the same side, so the constant repetitive rotational movements can cause spine and hip misalignment issues. In recent years, amateur sports have become a thriving ecosystem.

Sports

First Beat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). By closely analyzing the athlete’s movement efficiency scores, it’s evident that he is in excellent physical condition.

Psychology

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

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Athletic PE is an opportunity for student athletes to participate in a comprehensive strength and conditioning program during physical education classes. Benefits of Athletic PE In many school districts, the weight room and strength and conditioning are limited to one or two specific sports (typically football).

PE

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2024

And while professional players have access to any army of strength coaches and specialists, many high school programs are in search of off season basketball workouts for young basketball players looking to take their game to the next level. Really focus on driving the movement with your hips, not your arms.

High School

First Beat

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta , a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). I like to use TRAINING IMPULSE (TRIMP), MOVEMENT LOAD (ML), MOVEMENT EFFICIENCY (ME) and HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (HIT) for fitness trend recognition.

Fitness

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. For example, coaches look to add dedicated time to use foam rollers or resistance bands to do “pre-hab.”

Strength

The Sporting

APRIL 3, 2024

A strong, well-conditioned body can run faster, jump higher, lift heavier weights and perform better overall in various physical activities. Firstly, the physical demands of sports activities can put immense strain on the body, leading to overuse injuries or acute injuries from sudden movements.

Nutrition

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 15, 2022

This logic can be progressively developed (learnt) by a player, and progressively taught (coached) by the sport teacher or coach. In my experience, in sport settings it is common for coaches to pedagogically use game vision as 'data' to draw player attention to prototypical patterns of play to reflect on and question game behaviour.

Physical Education

Informed Practitioner in Sport

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

sprinting) exceeded 9 m per session’ – Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research EXPLAINING THIS PHENOMENON… Whilst what is quoted above might have surprised some readers, the explanation that there was some sort of media blackout over this period nevertheless seems a bit implausible. times higher when very high–velocity running (i.e.

Strength