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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Help ALL Kids Develop Fundamental and Foundational Motor Skills To expand “Motor Skills Monday” beyond National PE & Sport week, think of ways to include activities, games and creative opportunities to increase motor skill ability throughout the year. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running. As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. This is the age of proprioception. Must perform, must impress.

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How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE ClassesWhat Is Boardball?

Gopher Sport

Its a game of strategy, skill, and movement that challenges players to work together while having a whole lotta fun! These creative adaptations make Boardball an invaluable tool for PE classes, offering endless opportunities for fun and skill-building across various sports and activities. View official giveaway terms and conditions.

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Make Recess a Positive Experience!

Gopher Sport

Just as we wouldn’t expect adults to endure six hours of non-stop learning, we shouldn’t subject young learners to such conditions. In my view, we can find more creative and productive ways to encourage positive student behavior without isolating them while their peers enjoy physical activity.

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Game-Based Teaching and Coaching as a Toolkit of Teaching Styles

Learning Through Sport

Although there are differences between these versions, all GBAs view playing the game (conditioned, constrained, modified, or adapted for the players’ abilities and a target learning intention as the central organisational feature of a session.

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Off Season Basketball Workouts For High School Athletes

PLT4M

Here lies a golden opportunity for strength and conditioning to support the total athletic development of young athletes through safe and effective training programs! Really focus on driving the movement with your hips, not your arms. Back to our High Hang Power Clean for some HIGH SPEED reps! Keep it on the lighter side.

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Good coaching is the effective manipulation of task constraints, not just telling athletes how to perform

MSU

Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. Technical skills are the movements used by individual players to achieve important game outcomes, like shooting a basketball jump shot, or putting a shot on goal in soccer or lacrosse. The problem lies with instruction.