Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As a PE teacher in a Montessori school, I know my situation is unique compared to PE teachers in traditional schools. Coupled with my responsibilities as an athletic director, this is a manageable PE class workload, but I do have to budget my time between these two very different roles.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 30, 2025

Coaches need tools that help them plan, deliver, and adapt workouts for a wide range of student-athletes. >>> Free Download: The Essential Guide To Teaching Weight Training What Coaches Look For in a Strength and Conditioning Program Template Coaches want a clear structure that organizes lifts, movements, and conditioning pieces.

Strength

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

Physical Activity

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. squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas. If possible, move your PE space to the playground or open fields. Make new friends through movement. Take your classes outside!

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a proud alum of the New York public school system who was nourished and supported by the amazing efforts from teachers, coaches, professors, and community members who guided me. As a child, I was privileged and fortunate to have attended elementary school and middle school in one of New York City’s most diverse districts.

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? This means that precise movements are needed in push-ups and sit-ups to trigger the automatic count. To many on the ground, such distinctions in teacher understanding are worthless and I can understand that view when we consider PE as an activity/event play time.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. It came with a top-notch Bluetooth speaker, subscription to the service, and the Billie Jean King Eye Coach (think batting tee for tennis).

Physical Education

Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As a basketball fanatic and coach, I challenge all sports fans and caring community members to take a quick break from March Madness to advocate for one often overlooked part of our education system that is critical to the development of the student athletes who are wowing us during this year’s tournament: physical education.

Coaching

Elementary P.E. Games

APRIL 2, 2024

If you’re looking for more brain breaks for kids, would you rather brain breaks, freeze dance games for kids, movement activities, classroom games or just dance / freeze dance activities then you came to the right spot! A Fun Movement Game For Kids appeared first on Elementary P.E. Minions Yoga Freeze Dance!

Movement

SHAPE America

AUGUST 1, 2023

For those in PE, you’re probably already required to track or record attendance, but is attendance being shown for anything more than just a headcount? Do you offer a weight training class in place of PE? Does that get more traction than your standard PE class? Beyond just the year, we can group athletes by class type as well!

PE

Elementary P.E. Games

MARCH 19, 2024

If you’re looking for Spring games for kids, Easter games for kids, movement activities, brain break activities, classroom games, or just dance / free dance activities, then you came to the right spot! These make for fun brain breaks for kindergarten and movement activities for kids! Minions Yoga Freeze Dance! Spring Edition!

Dance

The PE Geek

APRIL 9, 2023

Physical Education (PE) classes are designed to help students develop their physical skills and abilities. While traditional PE classes have focused on drills and practice sessions to improve these skills, the use of video feedback is becoming increasingly popular in PE classrooms. According to a study by Horton et al.

PE

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. came after a discussion with a fellow teacher in the all-consuming discussion of what PE is and what it should look like. Are our teaching models, strategies, approaches, etc.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Segments include: the incredible flexibility and recovery abilities of Kim Clijsters; the tremendous power generated by the backhand of Serena Williams; the ballet-like movement of a spin-around groundstroke produced by Elena Dementieva; and the rippling quadriceps of Samantha Stosur as she absorbs the shock of ground contact during a forehand.

Sports

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. This is part of your PE grade!!! . Purpose of Event: Lifetime Fitness and Movement Enrichment Education. This part of your PE grade!!! .

Assessment

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 16, 2023

Key Teaching Cues: Drink from big water jug Superman Finish (thumbs to sky) * Also add bend and extend legs 5 Tips for Teaching Volleyball Setting in PE: Use Imagery and Analogies: Introduce the setting skill by having students pretend they’re holding a big water jug and use Superman’s thumb-to-ceiling motion.

Teaching

Reinventing the Game

MARCH 13, 2021

I can sort of make out who the coach, the physical trainer, the assistants, etc. Picking out any one activity, I try to consider if I will use it for my own students during Physical Education (PE) and the conclusion was probably not exactly but modified to meet an objective that probably wasn’t the original intention of the football team’s.

Physical Education

Elementary P.E. Games

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re looking for brain breaks, Spring games for kids, Easter games for kids, movement activities, brain breaks for kindergarten, classroom games, or just dance / free dance activities, then you came to the right spot! Easter Would You Rather is a fun movement and dancing game for kids!

Dance

Skillastics

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Movement is defined as changing the position of one’s body parts relative to each other. Physical activity is defined as intentional voluntary movement directed toward achieving a goal. The definitions of movement and physical activity are different, but we use the words interchangeably. Let me share a quick story with you.

Physical Activity

Aspire-Ed

MAY 18, 2023

For teachers and coaches, it means all those things and more. It’s where they learn Fundamental Movement Skills – from balancing to throwing a ball – that blossom into sporting talents and vital life tools like teamwork and taking part. It gives pupils a better start in life.

Coaching

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. And as teachers and coaches, it is our job to help each individual reach their full potential. By even just providing a few different exercise modification examples in a class or workout, you can open up the door to so many more students.

Exercise

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 2, 2022

If you have any previous athletic or weight training experience (which I assume most of you have since you are PE teachers), then the information he provides through his Instagram account might be all you need. Even though my knees feel 100x better, whether I need it or not, I will subscribe as a thank you for all he has done for me.

Coaching

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., The ability to synchronize movements with rhythm is fundamental to children’s ability to pull to a stand, walk, run, skip, and gallop.

Physical Education

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

Learning Through Sport

JULY 11, 2023

AI and sport teaching and coaching. Teachers and sport coaches already have the opportunity to enrich the information-feedback environment in PE and sport coaching using video replay and apps like coaches eye. AI makes it possible.

Coaching

PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2022

What Do High School Boxing Programs In PE Look Like? There are some times during the circuit work he will stop and coach you, but keep moving as he encourages you through the workout! Each workout will follow the same format as a typical boxing match. Next, we will go over the foundational defensive movements of boxing.

High School

Learning Through Sport

JULY 13, 2021

There are many versions of game-based approache s to sport teaching and coaching. place less emphasis on the development of specified techniques and more emphasis on adaptive movement responses; and 4. This purposefully constructed learning context engages the pedagogical application of game conditions/constraints/modifications to: 1.

Teaching

Skillastics

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Movement is defined as changing the position of one’s body parts relative to each other. Physical activity is defined as intentional voluntary movement directed toward achieving a goal. The definitions of movement and physical activity are different, but we use the words interchangeably. Let me share a quick story with you.

Physical Activity

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! Students are taking part in athletic PE. But what is it?

PE

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

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2023

From energizing icebreakers to purposeful planning, let’s dive in and get ready to make this school year in PE the best one yet! Incorporate engaging warm-up activities that are fun, inclusive, and reinforce basic movement skills. Take the time to review and discuss PE-specific rules, safety protocols, and behavior expectations.

PE

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. One of the simplest ways of adapting an activity is to modify or substitute the movement involved.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As coaches, we all want to win. Essentially, this refers to poor coordination within a series of muscle contractions once a movement is initiated. This is an issue regarding the relationship between the agonist muscle group (those that start the movement) and antagonist muscle groups (those that control the movement).

Strength

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 4, 2022

The rationale for this spend is improvement in student outcomes (teacher PD) and player outcomes (coach PD). It 'paints a picture' of countries like Australia confronting a movement ability 'crises'. This morning, I was reading a research paper investigating coach use of a 'contemporary' non-linear pedagogy.

Teaching

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Historically, sport coaches and strength coaches have worked with high school athletes, but now physical education teachers are getting involved. Next, not all PE teachers tasked with running a weight room class have experience in writing and creating 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. The shortfalls of this curriculum model for secondary school PE are well documented.

Teaching