SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

We let students and parents know that we would be going outside in most weather conditions and that they should dress in layers. Being inside is a good time to introduce proper technique for exercises/fitness and teach partner skills (how to motivate and correct a partner’s exercise form). It’s important to see this as an adventure.

Gyms

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports. There are also a record number of kids with social-emotional-behavioral conditions. A CASE FOR MORE MOVEMENT IN SCHOOL Physical activity improves fitness, weight management, mental health, behavior, and most other medical conditions.

Physical Activity

PE Scholar

JUNE 20, 2024

The mediator role of two different variables in the relationship between perceived motivational climate and personal-social responsibility

Motivation

SHAPE America

MAY 19, 2022

Here I am with the ball (circa 1981), playing on Penn State’s club team under poor field conditions. It also gives me a lot of motivation for taking action to change the world — and to be embracing of ALL people. I am proud to be a past president of the National Association for Girls & Women in Sport (NAGWS).

Government

Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Some of the National Football League games this weekend were conducted in blizzard conditions – it was exceptionally enjoyable watching them from in front of my fireplace on my LazyBoy chair. In my sport, track and cross-country, most officials are volunteers. But whatever that motivation is, I’m grateful for it.

Motivation

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Thanks to Kendall’s determination and exceptional care and support from the Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health , Kendall recovered from a broken ankle earlier this year. Kendall is very hardworking and motivated,” Christensen says. Watch Kendall compete on Sunday, Oct.

Motivation

Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive sports environment, parents, coaches, and young athletes are increasingly pressured to focus on one sport from an early age. This approach provides athletes with a broader range of motor skills and reduces the risk of overuse injuries by giving their bodies a break from the repetitive stress of one sport.

Sports

PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. 7 Keys To Successful Strength and Conditioning Classes Every school is different.

Strength

PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured strength and conditioning program can enhance strength, power, speed, agility, capacity, and endurance while reducing the risk of injury. This is where strength and conditioning templates come into play. From these challenges came the rise of strength and conditioning software. Here are some advantages: 1.

Strength

First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

The key to any successful monitoring strategy in sports is having buy-in from the athletes. Strength and conditioning staff at one of Firstbeat’s customers emphasized that it’s all about building a culture within the building and getting your athletes to trust what you are asking them to do.

Motivation

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

Strength and conditioning software is a powerful tool. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of strength and conditioning software for high schools and how to choose the right software for your needs. Understanding how each business operates can help you find the right strength and conditioning software for your use case.

High School

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

What is the right workout app for high school strength and conditioning? We break down the 5 keys for a high school strength and conditioning app. In addition, we highlight schools across the country using a strength and conditioning app for PE and athletics.

High School

Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 9, 2023

I was there to show that I was motivated and to keep up with my team,” Aiden says. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the tears, and his pediatrician referred him to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. “It Instead, he was plotting his return to the soccer field. “I

Biomechanics

Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Getting expert sports medicine care quickly at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health The Monday after the weekend meet, Medha was at the Stanford Medicine Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center location in Pleasanton. There, she saw Arvind Balaji, MD , a pediatric sports medicine specialist.

High School

First Beat

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This break period allows teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players not playing for their national teams to recover from their demanding schedule. From a conditioning point of view the question arises: What should the teams and players consider to gain maximum benefits from the break?

Conditioning

The Sporting

APRIL 12, 2023

The 10 Best Bodybuilders in History Who are the greatest bodybuilders in the history of the sport? He absolutely dominated the sport from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Finally, he went on to retire from the sport in the 1980s. Phil Heath, the most dominant bodybuilder of recent times.

Nutrition

Better Coaching

JANUARY 22, 2017

Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. However, my experience as a youth sports coach has allowed me to observe many coaches conducting practices, games, post-game speeches, and clinics. Wasting Time.

Coaching

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

Teaching

Better Coaching

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In the world of high school athletics, varsity sports often serve as the culmination of years of training, sacrifice, and dedication. The Pyramid of Athletic Development: Youth Sports as the Foundation Youth sports provide the initial building blocks for athletic skills, teamwork, and understanding the game.

High School

Informed Practitioner in Sport

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

To reinforce the earlier point, the measures subsequently taken to improve child-protection and safeguarding for vulnerable adults in sport are necessary and overdue in many cases. However, the initial imperative to be seen to be doing something was followed by ongoing calls in the media for national sports organisations to do more.

Sports

AASP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We discussed how language used with children can impact their mindset and motivation.</p> </p> <p>So, how can parents impact their athletes’ motivation? Specifically, offering genuine feedback without imposing conditions or asserting control is critical. </h6>

Motivation

First Beat

MAY 4, 2022

Three years ago, amateur football club SV Fügen decided to try out the Firstbeat Sports solution. For me as a coach it is very important to support my players, particularly in strength and conditioning,” says head coach Thomas Luchner. Firstbeat Sports is used for every session. Performance Monitoring Creates Opportunities.

Sports

Sports Coaching FAQ

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A challenge faced by novice and experienced sports coaches alike is obtaining and retaining the attention of the kids being coached. Written Tactics boards While not used extensively in sports coaching, the use of tactics boards of some description (e.g. This article will examine strategies to encourage kids to listen more in sessions.

Coaching

The Sporting

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Becoming an athlete takes time, dedication and motivation There's no better feeling than being at the top of your game. It doesn’t matter what sport or athletic activity you do, you’ll always get back what you put in. Conditioning your body for peak athletic performance will help you to feel motivated and progress quickly.

Exercise

Stanford Childrens

APRIL 11, 2023

The x-ray showed more curvature in her spine than we thought,” says Christine Boyd, MD , Macy’s mom, who is the medical director of the Sports Medicine Program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Scoliosis is a condition in which an individual’s spine curves from side to side so that it looks more like an S or a C than a straight line.

Flexibility

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a smaller school with many multi-sport athletes, Paul believed that growing the Honesdale strength and conditioning program would have a school-wide impact on all the sports teams. As Paul set out to grow the strength and conditioning program, he knew other coaches at Honesdale had similar goals.

Middle School

PLT4M

OCTOBER 13, 2022

About Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Lakeshore Foundation’s activity, research and advocacy initiatives annually serve thousands of children and adults with physical disabilities and chronic health conditions. PLT4M offers over 30 unique lifetime fitness modules used in over 1,500 school districts nationwide. Learn MORE.

Motor Skills

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Teachers who have strong emotional ties to sports are more likely to emphasize those sports in their PE curriculum (Ferry & Mcoughtry, 2013). National Strength and Conditioning Association. Source: Clayton, M., Martino, M.,

Assessment

Learning Through Sport

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In motor learning, skill acquisition, sport coaching, coaching pedagogy literature game-based learning has become a genre complicated by theoretical advocacy of a perspective that is the way to explain games as learning environments.

Teaching

Informed Practitioner in Sport

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The themes covered and the example cited in the post remain highly topical, so with the permission and blessing of those involved I am resharing it for the Informed Practitioner in Sport audience, not least to ensure that it remains available online. As the saying goes ‘never let the truth get in the way of a good story’.

Strength

The Sporting

MAY 19, 2023

If you are a person with a hectic routine and cannot find much time for exercise, well there is no such thing as "TOO LATE"; start slow and prepare a schedule for yourself for motivation. Conditions such as Arthritis can be prevented through regular exercise. Why is Exercising Important?

Exercise

Reinventing the Game

MAY 1, 2021

Many of us are driven by the explicit love of selected sports with an unclear jump to needing to teach movement as a broad life skill, resulting in PE teachers finding joy in teaching only certain games. I have to almost agree that this may not be necessary as a condition for an effective lesson designer.

Physical Education

Informed Practitioner in Sport

MARCH 5, 2021

Some of the greatest performers in sport were not on anybody’s radar until very late in their development. On the question of how do we nurture talent, during the journey our role is to create the conditions to ignite, nurture and protect the flame. Being labelled as talented or special harms motivation and impedes growth.

Motivation

Informed Practitioner in Sport

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This is what creates the conditions for ideas to evolve. Beyond protecting status, another more simple motivation for individuals and institutions is simply sparing themselves the embarrassment of having the flaws in their teachings and writings exposed. Naysayers are not always helpful or motivated by a desire to help the collective.

Motivation

Informed Practitioner in Sport

JANUARY 29, 2021

The estrangement between sports science (and medicine) and those operating in the field has proven to be a recalcitrant problem. Proponents of sports science and medicine often rail at how coaches and athletes seem reticent to adopt new findings and assimilate evidence-based practice, despite the merits presented in the research literature.

Achievement

Informed Practitioner in Sport

MAY 30, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: To celebrate the imminent release of the new title ‘ Sports Parenting: Negotiating the Challenges of the Youth Sports Journey to Help Kids Thrive ’ we are sharing this special post. The excerpt featured is from the chapter ‘Choosing the Right Programme’. Environment is everything when it comes to developing talent.

Private Schools

FACTS Management

MAY 21, 2024

Embarking on a journey of growth and development is a noble pursuit, whether in the realm of education or the world of sports. Both processes begin with setting clear, measurable goals that provide direction and motivation. They undergo daily routines that involve physical training, nutritional plans, and mental conditioning.

Education