First Beat
APRIL 19, 2024
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.
First Beat
APRIL 24, 2024
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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SHAPE America
MAY 24, 2022
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.
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.
Learning Through Sport
JANUARY 16, 2024
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.
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.
SHAPE America
APRIL 20, 2023
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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