Keeping Kids in Motion

DECEMBER 11, 2024

HEAD to HEAD SNOWMAN was inspired by Coach Gelardi’sROLL A SNOWMANgame. How to Play: Two-Three students … Continue reading HEAD to HEAD SNOWMAN – a holiday PE game How to Play: Two-Three students … Continue reading HEAD to HEAD SNOWMAN – a holiday PE game

PE

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! When it comes to introducing young players to the game of hockey, safety and performance are top priorities for teachers and coaches. Finding the right equipment can make all the difference.

Teaching

Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

The Master PE Teacher course is an engaging and informative learning experience for educators of all levels and backgrounds. Although the course is geared specifically towards PE teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, there is certainly much to take away regardless of what you teach and the age of students you work with!

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

Meet Coach Jose from The Builders School in the Philippians Coach Jose Magpantay Jr. But even with a tiny school, Coach Jose makes a big impact. He teaches two PE classes, one for Grades 1 to 3 (11 Students) and one for Grades 4 to 6 (9 Students). That’s why he became a PE teacher. Just 20 students! Yes, Please!

PE Teacher

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport.

Sports

The Everlearner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This post is written for PE teachers or those teaching or coaching young people in an educational setting.

PE

Mr. Kirsch

JANUARY 22, 2025

This idea is from Coach Byrd, Twitter. Chain reaction #physed #teamwork #middleschool #largegroupgames pic.twitter.com/rSXhm0zUzH Coach Byrd (@2005Supra) August 25, 2023 Concerns: Ensure students are not getting a hula-hoop if they did not get it into their hula-hoop. Students must stay in line order as well.

Coaching

Gopher Sport

MAY 22, 2025

We send out a Google Form and teachers request them, then either a coach or the teacher picks them up from the warehouse. Keeping students excited and active during PE and recess can be tough, but one school district found a winning solution: Inflatable Gaga Pits. The Gaga pits were a perfect choice.”

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

9:30-10:30 am – LECTURE Integrating Mindfulness in Physical Education by Katherine Lemaster OVERVIEW : This presentation will explore the role of mindfulness in enhancing both physical and mental well-being within the context of Physical Education (PE). What is Mindfulness?

Endurance

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

Gopher Sport

JULY 16, 2025

We help PE teachers and coaches make a difference by providing the best equipment to encourage healthy, active lifestyles. But don’t just take our word for it, hear directly from PE teachers across the country about why Gopher is their first choice. Continuously innovate to better serve teachers and coaches.

PE Teacher

The PE Geek

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fitness testing has always sparked passionate discussions in PE and sport science. With hundreds of thousands of downloads in this category, its clear that educators, trainers, and coaches are seeking tools to support their work. At ConnectedPE , weve seen firsthand the demand for accessible and reliable fitness testing solutions.

Fitness

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I’ve also coached various sports, including running club, soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball and flag football. My family enjoys the parks and facilities in Queen Creek, and you can find us on the soccer fields, football fields, trails or at Arizona Athletic Grounds every weekend!

Education

Lampe

JUNE 2, 2025

As a passionate educator, PE teacher, manager, and sports coach, Ive always believed in the transformative power of physical activity. My journey toward implementing Meaningful PE (MPE) began with a simple yet profound desire: to create an environment where every student can engage, enjoy, and thrive through physical education.

PE Teacher

MSU

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I am a 6-12th PE and Health teacher for the last three years at Baraga Area Schools. I enjoy working out, coaching basketball (junior high and Michigan Tech University) and playing golf in my spare time. This course linked the real world problems/societal norms with coaching.

Coaching

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 9, 2025

This interest was first established when I read Rick Charlesworth's ideas on a game-based coaching approach that he called Designer Games. Available here and a few years later to collaborate with Amy Price on the papers: Can Gee’s good (digital) game design features inform game-based sport coaching.

Coaching

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

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. We also have the excitement of the spring weather that has graced us with its presence.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Cara has served and supported SHAPE America and SHAPE Maryland through service, training, Twitter chats (@CaraGrant11), coaching, mentoring, as a contributing author, and as a member of the SHAPE America EDI Podcast team. Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

Physical Activity

Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? There was a time where the age group I deal with are supposed to be ready for their enlistment in the uniform-groups via their fitness lessons in schools ) To a large extent, precision also plays a big part of how the fraternity exhibits in delivering PE.

Physical Education

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

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There are two kinds of coaches. Indoor coaches, and outdoor coaches. While I do work on the indoor track for a few months in the winter, most of the time I am outdoors, coaching outdoor track and cross-country. There are many days when I wish I were an indoor coach ALL year round. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.

Coaching

Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, an incident in the Stanford versus Marquette game highlighted a coaching tactic that I really hate. The Stanford coach was ejected for walking onto the floor in order to continue complaining about a referee’s call. The television attention that coaches get when they are performing their referee rants.

Coaching

Physical Education Update

APRIL 23, 2023

Here’s a fun video about high school football coach, Kevin Kelly of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, who never punts, regardless of his field position. This is an excellent example of a coach who has re-examined conventional thinking about his sport and defied public pressure to use a strategy that seems to work better.

Coaching

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

Physical Education Update

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before you head off for your summer holidays, I thought I’d leave you with a demonstration of character by an All-Star professional basketball player and coach. But he’s only demonstrating the same ethics and motivations that drive most of our scholastic PE teachers and coaches.

Coaching

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework while teaching lacrosse in PE will allow you to provide multiple options within the learning environment, thus creating equity and accessibility for ALL students. What’s New in the USA Lacrosse PE Curriculum. Incorporate Lacrosse in Your PE Classes.

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

Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Some of the footage was shocking, and this documentary could become a level-one coaching primer on. how not to coach high school athletes.”. The coaches demonstrated virtually every negative coaching behavior you can imagine. The interesting thing is that these coaches permitted their behaviors to be recorded.

Coaching

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 14, 2022

As the scholastic sport season winds down, I’d like to post this message from a coach to his athletes. Circumstances beyond his control left Colin Ward, the head track coach at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, unable to attend the city championships with his athletes – athletes with whom he’d been working for months.

Coaching

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Today, when I typed the word “coaching” into Google today, here’s what I found on the first page: 22 references, with only THREE referring to actual sports coaching. What type of coaching did Google find for me? Peer Coaching. Executive Coaching. Business Coaching. Life Coaching.

Coaching

PE Scholar

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

British Cycling coach James Hey is on a mission that goes beyond traditional sports coaching by introducing the sport of cycling to secondary school

Secondary Schools

PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

PE Scholar provides a wide range of professional development for teachers,coaches and education professionals working in physical education, sport

Education

Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Then stay after hours to coach or supervise extracurriculars. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To subscribe to the free PE Tips of the Week Newsletter, Click Here! To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here! Teachers must be “on” for an entire school day. Welcome to Scotland.”

Teacher

SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

I was charged with combining the men’s and women’s departments, supervising the planning and construction of a building, overseeing the revision of the curriculum for physical education (PE) majors and the required PE program, developing research and instructional laboratories, and instituting faculty research programs.

Academics