SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A CASE FOR MORE MOVEMENT IN SCHOOL Physical activity improves fitness, weight management, mental health, behavior, and most other medical conditions. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. Brain scans show that bouts of aerobic exercise enable students’ brains to activate and be more ready to learn.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you are a teacher, coach, counselor, or parent of teens, you know they are not immune to stress at this time of year. The pressure to succeed, fit in among peers, or process life changes are just a few factors that can make an otherwise happy season feel overwhelming. Help Teens Focus on Health and Avoid Nicotine. Focus on health.

Exercise

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

Exercise and fitness should not be a one size fits all approach. Modified exercises allow every individual to succeed in fitness. In this blog, we will explore 5 exercise modification examples that are an excellent addition to any physical education class or workout.

Exercise

The Sporting

MARCH 24, 2023

The Top 10 Fitness Influencers on Instagram In recent years, the fitness craze has taken the world by storm and Influencers on social media have played a major role. These are the models, influencers and celebrities who share their fitness plans and goals to promote a healthy lifestyle to all of their followers. Jen Selter : 13.7m

Fitness

Physical Education Update

JANUARY 6, 2023

I once coached a student-athlete who had the most peculiar study habits. She began studying during exercise sessions. In fact, this study-exercise combination helped her to drop 30 pounds and elevate herself from a recreational jogger into a second-team All-Canadian runner over the course of several years.

Exercise

First Beat

MARCH 7, 2023

The new Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) feature from Firstbeat Sports provides an additional tool for coaches to assess the status of their athletes, giving further insights into conditioning and recovery status. HRR essentially reflects parasympathetic reactivation following exercise, i.e., recovery. 2017; Veugelers, et al., Rabbani, A.,

Coaching

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why Fitness Accountability is Essential for Long-Term Success: Fitness Experts share their Tips We are all prioritising our health and fitness far more than we used to, and our hearts and minds are thanking us for it. How can you hold yourself accountable for your fitness and stop blaming others or making excuses?

Fitness

Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

Applying the principles for intense exercise requires immediate feedback. These principles of individualized instruction, in group settings, become impossible to implement for intense exercise, when there is no immediate feedback. What individual exercise intensity records are documented from physical education or sport?

Physical Education

Mr. Kirsch

APRIL 8, 2020

Purpose of Event: Lifetime Fitness and Movement Enrichment Education. PS you can do these activities with your parent/guardians and/or brothers/sisters. Coach Higs. Purpose of Event: Lifetime Fitness and Movement Enrichment Education. Use the Dinner Dice Fitness Chart. K-2 = Activities. State Standard : 1, 2 & 3.

Assessment

PLT4M

MAY 10, 2023

Exercise and self esteem go hand in hand. Regular exercise can help boost your confidence and self-esteem while improving your overall physical and mental health. This article will explore the relationship between exercise and self esteem and how schools utilize exercise to increase confidence and self-esteem via physical education.

Exercise

The Sporting

JULY 10, 2023

How to Keep Your Clients Coming Back for More: 5 Top Tips for Fitness Professionals and Personal Trainers One of the really tough aspects of being a fitness professional is client retention, but we have some suggestions on how to win the long game. If you’re working in a fitness class environment… be fun !

Gyms

The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

Gymnastics has a number of health advantages and it may be the best sport to do if you want to get fit and active, even in your advancing years. Gymnastics will help you reach your fitness goals , especially if you want to strengthen your core. The support of a coach and teammates in gymnastics classes is guaranteed.

Flexibility

PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Physical education plays a crucial role in shaping the health and fitness habits of individuals from an early age. Lifetime fitness activities are workouts, exercises, and sports that people can continue to enjoy and benefit from at any stage of their lives, regardless of their age or fitness level.

Fitness

Whole Child Sports

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The objective of this course is to provide a dynamic fitness workout that promotes playful experimentation. Again, the exercise can be made more difficult by lowering the height of the different pole sets. This obstacle course activity helps children develop agility, balance, coordination, and body strength.

Agility

Heartzones

AUGUST 11, 2022

How can students and community stakeholders invest their fitness energy back into their homes and neighborhoods? First, for the fitness enthusiast, you should generate energy (aka burn calories) through physical movement activities of your choice. Activity: Track the Gift of Fitness Energy . August 2022.

Fitness

Heartzones

AUGUST 21, 2021

Reshoring Fitness Technology. Wearable, data-driven fitness technology motivates and empowers individuals. According to Tony Lopez, Vice-President of PRIDE Industries, “Our primary responsibility is to hire and train people with disabilities to build, package, and ship Heart Zones’ premier exercise product, the Blink Armband straps.

Fitness

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This article will move through the five domains covered in the Guidelines Recommendations and Adaptations Including Disability (GRAIDs) to provide a comprehensive approach to ensuring your fitness center is accessible and welcoming to all individuals, including those with a disability. Consider all different types of disability.

Fitness

PLT4M

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The purpose of this collaboration is to support physical education teachers and coaches to provide better access and inclusion for students with disabilities. . Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Ready to Learn More? . Learn MORE.

Motor Skills

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 2, 2022

I look better, my clothes fit better, and most importantly, I feel better. Another novel approach is he trains muscle groups in the legs with exercises opposite to their most popular variations, which builds strength and stability. So, if I wasn’t going to compete, then I shouldn’t need to lift such heavy weights. Except my knees.

Coaching

Aspire-Ed

MAY 18, 2023

For teachers and coaches, it means all those things and more. According to Sport England, physically literate children are more likely to be active for the long term – but more than half of children aged five to 15 in England aren’t doing the recommended daily amount of exercise. It gives pupils a better start in life.

Coaching

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

What process does Fig 1 best fits; 1) The teacher’s thinking process when approaching a learning design? With this little exercise on trying to get the steps right, it seems to support that we are very structured people and we seek clear, chronological processes to make sense of our teaching. Or is it vice versa?

Physical Education

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). In this article, Domenik shares practical advice and tips on using Firstbeat to help identify trends in player fitness.

Fitness

PLT4M

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. Another example schools can offer is a personal fitness class.

Physical Education

The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What exercises can we do off-court to improve our footwork for Padel? If you have made it this far through the article, you most likely already know that you can fit 3 padel courts on a full size tennis court (if you have a slight run off at the side). Similar footwork drills to tennis – agility cone drills , ladders etc.

Schooling

MSU

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I started my career instructing at a community college in Arizona after completing my bachelor’s degree in clinical health fitness from Central Michigan University and my master’s degree in exercise and nutrition science from Lipscomb University.

Nutrition

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

High school students come with a wide range of experiences, abilities, and fitness goals. And beyond student-athletes, some students don’t play sports and are merely looking to improve their personal fitness level. In fact, only about 10-15% of high schools report having a full-time certified strength coach.

High School

Sports Coaching FAQ

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Sports coaching on a one-on-one basis can provide a fantastic opportunity to provide targeted advice and guidance to an athlete or player to support their development however, it can also bring with it drawbacks, particularly if the sport being coached one to one is a team sport. We will now examine each step in more detail.

Coaching

First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

In addition, I’ll provide some thoughts from practitioners working on the front-line in order to help your form your own ideas that fit the context of your specific group. This was one of the other points raised when speaking with some of our customers; you as a coach need to find opportunities to capture the athlete’s interest.

Motivation

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. Youth participating in a virtual fitness class at home. Ready to Learn More?

Physical Education

The Sporting

APRIL 3, 2024

Injury-Proofing Your Training: Smart Strategies for Long-Term Success Injuries are a common part of exercise - but you can prevent them. Whether you’re a pro athlete or a weekend warrior, staying fit and injury-free directly translates to improved performance. Work with a coach or trainer to ensure you're using the correct mechanics.

Nutrition

Gopher Sport

APRIL 10, 2024

Fitness & Warmup Motivating students to enjoy basic exercises is challenging, but with the incorporation of BlazePod, the students get excited and push their effort to new levels. Here is an example of one of our favorite warmup activities: BLAZEPOD: Fitness Stations Pass out different colored wristbands to the students.

Motivation

PLT4M

JUNE 8, 2023

As physical education looks to promote student engagement and lifelong fitness, the FITT principle serves as a valuable tool for the classroom. F – Frequency – how often will you exercise? I – Intensity – how hard do you work during your exercise? Let’s look at another example.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As coaches, we all want to win. Strength training, particularly compound barbell exercises, is one of the best ways to reduce overuse injuries. As such, we want to focus on just a couple of weighted movements during any given lift, while supplementing with a few select injury prevention exercises, mobility, and accessory work.

Strength

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

But finding the right fit for your use case can be challenging. At the heart of any good strength and conditioning software is a streamlined management tool that can make life easier for coaches, teachers, and personal trainers. In addition, Volt offers an individual app for everyday fitness goers.

High School

Heartzones

MARCH 2, 2022

Imagine a new direction in physical education… Imagine having individual exercise data that was immediately sent to student records, the student, and the parents, each day from physical education classes. We cannot recommend exercise prescriptions to “groups” of individuals. Heart Zones Inc. Lesson Design: Documenting Results.

Physical Education

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). Within one or two days post-injury, the player typically begins weight room exercises with a four-day program designed for use up to six days per week.

Movement

PLT4M

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But it is important to remember that regardless of their overall performance on the field, they are still just 14-18 year-olds that would benefit from mental coaching and mental strategies. Coaches organically talk about mental aspects of performance through games and practices. But what else can be done? Ready to Learn More? .

High School