PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jump rope activities for elementary PE are more than just a way to get kids movingthey help students develop essential motor skills, rhythm, timing, and coordination. Identifies movement concepts related to locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills. Demonstrates the ability to encourage others. Sets observable short-term goals.

Elementary

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As a popular lifetime physical activity, bowling supports a well-rounded approach to physical literacy by improving coordination, balance, and accuracy while reinforcing fundamental movement skills.

Teaching

PLT4M

MAY 9, 2025

Tag games for elementary PE are more than just fun ways to get students movingthey help young learners build essential skills like offensive and defensive movement, evasion tactics, change of direction, and spatial awareness. Defense : Deny space during gameplay by cutting off routes and anticipating movement.

Elementary

PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Throwing and catching games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Beyond motor skill development, these games also support other standards like Standard 3 (Developing social skills through movement). Grades 3-5: 1.5.10

Elementary

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Motor Skill Development: The act of bowling requires coordinated movements, improving hand-eye coordination, balance, and throwing mechanics. From physical fitness and hand-eye coordination to social interaction and confidence building, bowling provides a holistic and enjoyable experience for students of all ages.

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Gun safety has evolved into a powerful social movement, transcending political divisions through its focus on public health and community well-being. A pivotal strategy within the gun safety movement has been its successful reframing of gun violence as a public health epidemic.

Movement

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Fun and engaging activities that emphasize movement, ball control, and coordination help students develop foundational skills while keeping them active and engaged.

Elementary

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The movements of the offense and defense become rhythmic when it is played at an advanced level. Watching the coordinated movements of the offense and defense made me think that this game would have been an excellent training tool for the military. The defenders must move together in a coordinated pattern.

Gyms

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 18, 2025

The erosion of public health leadership doesnt just stall progressit puts lives at risk by reducing the nations ability to detect threats, coordinate responses, and protect the most vulnerable among us. Everytown for Gun Safety A powerful movement for gun safety policy and community-based violence intervention programs.

Schooling

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Include at least three motor skills and one foundational movement skill every Motor Skill Monday (every day is even better!) Locomotor skills are the fundamental motor skills we most often associate with successful movement, especially in sports. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Make new friends through movement. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA. Take your video games and turn them into real-life activities. Tips for Keeping it New and Exciting Find a group of your peers: Make it a fun competition with your friends.

Physical Activity

The Sporting

MAY 4, 2023

Your Guide to Tai Chi: 24 Life-Changing Movements Tai Chi is a famous Chinese martial art - and its origins can be traced back to the ancient world. It is a great discipline for your physical and mental health - and there are many life-changing Tai Chi movements to try out at any age.

Movement

Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This means that precise movements are needed in push-ups and sit-ups to trigger the automatic count. Lately I have been wondering if my own efforts in wanting to know more could be a waste when the organic development of the subject over decades still seems to move towards movement for the sake of moving and little consideration for learning.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., This cross-modal integration enhances the brain’s ability to process the coordinate information from different sensory channels.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 12, 2022

The exercises are described as “constantly varied function movements” that employ some equipment that you might already have in your storage room, including dumbbells, barbells, jump ropes, gymnastics rings, medicine balls, pull-up bars, kettlebells, plyometric boxes, rowers, resistance bands, and mats.

Physical Education

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics. KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.

Primary School

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But with the Whole School Model , we should instead consider the coordinated approach to supporting the pursuit of 60 minutes a day of physical activity. . Movement breaks in class can increase daily physical activity time and help to improve concentration and attention for any grade level, from elementary through high school.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

This piece of equipment is highly inclusive, improves hand-eye coordination, can be stimulating or calming for students, and instills a growth mindset through student autonomy. Encourage movement and creativity and challenge them to explore how they can use the scarf in different ways. All while having fun! How about their shoulder?

Coordination

Gopher Sport

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In this blog, we’ve compiled 13 creative and enjoyable winter-themed indoor activity ideas that you can do with your students, turning your gym into a winter wonderland of movement and fun! The activity enhances teamwork, balance, and coordination while incorporating the joy of winter ice skating. white Yuki Balls.

PE

Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. We are so excited to have partnered with physical education leaders, bringing joy and fun back to movement for two decades!

Movement

Montessori Physical Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

We have our own goals and objectives, such as teaching gross and fine motor movement and Social and Emotional skills. Having more space than a classroom is conducive to movement, and students learn better when they move. “ Bibliography: Glossary of Education Reform - [link] Movement in Learning -[link]

PE

The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

Strength training for gymnastics will also help you move more easily, and with better coordination. Increasing cognitive ability as an Adult According to many studies, learning new and improved gymnastics movements might make your brain sharper.

Flexibility

The Sporting

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pilates is much more than body movement. When your body works, your coordination improves. Pilates Increases Body Mobility Flexibility is your body’s range of movement. The whole concept of Pilates is based on the coordination of mind and body. The core comprises all the muscles that control your body's movement.

Flexibility

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Essentially, this refers to poor coordination within a series of muscle contractions once a movement is initiated. This is an issue regarding the relationship between the agonist muscle group (those that start the movement) and antagonist muscle groups (those that control the movement). Bonus Content!

Strength

Physical Education Ideas

MARCH 14, 2024

From hopping like bunnies to rolling eggs, these activities improve cardiovascular health, coordination, and agility. Enhances Motor Skills: From balancing eggs on spoons to hopping in bunny poses, Easter games help develop gross motor skills, balance, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness.

PE

Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Young athletes who specialize in one sport are subject to the same movements, muscles, and joints being stressed repeatedly. By participating in different sports, athletes use a variety of muscles, engage in different types of movement patterns, and allow overworked muscles to recover during off-seasons.

Sports

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Your Guide to Rhythmic Gymnastics – The Sport Blurring the Lines Between Sport and Art Rhythmic gymnastics is mostly performed by women, combining coordination, artistry and elegance. The gymnasts perform with various apparatus, including a rope, hoop, ball, clubs and a ribbon, with athletes coordinating motions to music.

Coordination

The Sporting

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sport x Fashion: The Next Generation The next generation of Sport x Fashion crossovers are with us, and we decided to ask some people at the forefront of this movement for their experiences and anecdotes, as we highlight some early runners in the future of this wildly successful relationship. All different, but all leading the way forward.

Sports

Whole Child Sports

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This safe and fun balance-trainingdevice helps a child develop body awareness, core strength, and rotational movement. In addition, the boards replicate board sports (skateboarding, snowboarding, surfng) movements. Tennis balls can be used in extensive hand/eye coordination drills for various sports. Vew-Do NUB Boards.

Coaching

The Sporting

MAY 12, 2023

Nicknamed ‘le Crocodile’ because of his agility and shot power, Lacoste introduced his own short-sleeved, three-button shirt, which was created using pique cotton that helped to improve on-court movement. However, its single-breasted and innovative box pleats at the front and back meant that wearers could have better freedom of movement.

Agility

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Martínez is a Project Coordinator for the Community Health Department at Lakeshore Foundation and an Inclusion Specialist for The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). One of the simplest ways of adapting an activity is to modify or substitute the movement involved.

Physical Education

Physical Education Ideas

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

This adds a learning component to the activities and reinforces the idea that Physical Education goes beyond just movement. Patrick's Day games not only bring a festive spirit to your PE class but also promote teamwork, agility, coordination, and strategic thinking. Patrick's Day party if you have time.

Gyms

The Sporting

MAY 16, 2023

Boxers must be able to read their opponents' movements and anticipate their next move, while also creating openings to attack. Athletes must possess the ability to swim for long distances, tread water for extended periods of time, and perform explosive movements such as sprinting, jumping and throwing.

Sports

The Sporting

APRIL 14, 2023

Playing foosball is an excellent way to socialise and improve your mental abilities, including hand-eye coordination, cognition and fine motor skills. The dynamic play demands keen hand-eye coordination as you align your reflexes with the swift movement of the silver ball. Do You Play Any of These Popular Bar Games?

Motor Skills

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Balance and Coordination – Reduces the risks of falls. Cancer Prevention – Lowers risk of eight cancers: bladder, breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, lung, and stomach. Healthy Weight – Reduces the risk of weight gain. Bone Strength- Improves bone health.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al., This cross-modal integration enhances the brain’s ability to process the coordinate information from different sensory channels.

Physical Education

Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Neuro-navigation uses 3-D coordination and imaging to direct a surgeon’s movements during surgery. Stanford Children’s uses the latest surgical technology, including minimally invasive methods, interoperative imaging, and neuro-navigation.

Coordination