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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas.

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Firstbeat Sports Attending American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Convention

First Beat

Firstbeat Sports is attending this year’s AHCA Convention from April 30 to May 3, 2024. The American Hockey Coaches Association was formed in 1947 in Boston, MA, by a handful of college coaches concerned about the game they loved. This year’s event will be held in Naples, Florida.

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Firstbeat Sports Attending National Basketball Strength Coaches Association (NBSCA) 2024 Vendor Trade Show

First Beat

Firstbeat Sports will attend this year’s NBSCA Vendor Trade Show. The National Basketball Strength & Conditioning Association (NBSCA) is a professional organization of certified NBA Head and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coaches. The event will be held on Thursday, May 16 in Chicago.

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Inattentional blindness and what it means for sport coaching practice

Learning Through Sport

The sport performance environment is characterised as complex and rich due to the nature, volume, and occurance of information available to a player. How coaches coach practice sessions are an influence on players developing perception. Jordet et al, 2020; Askum, 2020), some might say representative, practices.

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Unlocking excellence in education and sports: Introducing Aspire:ED's CIMSPA accredited CPD courses

Aspire-Ed

We aim to empower KS1 and KS2 teachers, professionals, coaches and trainees like you through some of the best CPD courses available. Our CPD courses are designed to cater to the diverse needs of all educators and coaches. Inclusivity and adaptability are at the core of our values at Aspire:ED.

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Play with purpose as deliberate practice for sport coaching

Learning Through Sport

This year I have had a lot of oppportunities to talk with sport clubs from grassroots community to semi-professional and professional levels and during sport coach education days (like level 2 coaching courses) about the idea of Play with Purpose to develop player game sense through a game-based coaching approach.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors Sports Channel Coverage

Physical Education Update

In an age in which legitimate sports like track and field , amateur wrestling , lacrosse, rowing — in fact most Olympic sports — struggle to get any television coverage whatsoever, I have just seen the ultimate sports television travesty. Full sports television coverage of a rock, paper, scissors tournament. That’s right.

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