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My Title IX Story: The Personal Perspective of a Female Athlete and Coach

SHAPE America

I have always loved sports and participated in them my whole life. While the boys classes had a full array of sports and other activities, girls classes were mainly focused on exercise, marching, jumping rope, and being graded on the cleanliness and color of your sneakers and gym uniforms! So, I coached the team myself.

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New Heart Rate Recovery Feature from Firstbeat Sports Provides More Insights for Coaches

First Beat

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. Sports Med, 46, 1461–1486.

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The Urgency for Applying Individualized Instruction in Physical Education & Sports

Heartzones

The Urgency for Applying Individualized Instruction in Physical Education & Sports Fred Keller, (1964) introduced the “personalized system of instruction,” based on 9 accepted educational principles that have produced documented success. Applying the principles for intense exercise requires immediate feedback.

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EXERCISE KINDNESS - Summer 2023

AKA Sports

EXERCISE KINDNESS - A slogan that has impacted me for over a year, I believed the time was right to share it. Sports and Field Trip based camps through variety and compassion for one another is what we do best. From Week 5, just prior to the USA Cup at the National Sports Center, just living the dream!

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Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-imagined For Physical Education & Sports

Heartzones

Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-Imagined For Physical Education & Sport “Lifting any weight that increases resistance on your muscles is the key. During strength training in sports and in physical education class, how can one measure the progress of our most vital muscle? We train our muscles by introducing resistance.

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New qualification: 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Multi-Skills Development in Sport?

Aspire-Ed

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. What’s the qualification about?

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Prepare for Battle at the Plate: How the Marine Corps Builds Great Leaders

SHAPE America

It is a mentality that continues to drive my success as a member of the USA Bobsled Team and one I believe every coach can learn from. I was selected as “student platoon commander” by the staff for one of our field exercises. Riley Tejcek, Marine and Team USA Bobsled Pilot, shares lessons learned. As a child, I loved to compete.

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