Tue.Oct 18, 2022

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Defeat Reveals an Athlete’s True Character

Physical Education Update

A big loss can tell you more about a person’s character than a big win. Defeat tends to strip away our layers of camouflage to reveal the person’s true nature. I witnessed just such a situation this weekend at the Ontario high school track and field championships (OFSAA). It’s a huge, prestigious, high-pressure event, involving over 2200 athletes plus a stadium-full of parents, spectators and university scouts.

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The Greatest football teams of all time - Brazil 1970 World Cup Team

The Sporting

Brazil 1970: The greatest Brazilian national team of all-time? The 1970 Brazil national team has been called the best Brazilian side of all-time. Although it wasn't the samba, smooth playing side of 1982, the 1970 World Cup winning team was still a stylish team full of iconic players. It is this team that everyone thinks of when the World Cup comes around and holds modern Selecao sides up to.

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Get Fit with PE Favorites from Sportime

School Yard

For over 50 years, physical education teachers and childcare providers have trusted Sportime for all their fitness needs. This popular brand in the School Specialty family has all of your PE favorites, from balls to hoops, floor mats to fitness, and storage solutions to keep it all organized. Looking for the PE favorites of the favorites? Here are 10 our teachers know will be a hit with students of all ages!

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Get to know Leonna Mayor - Our interview with the Horse Racing Presenter

The Sporting

Horse Racing: Leonna Mayor joins us for a virtual chat in the spring sunshine. Sky Sports Racing & ITV Racing presenter and former jockey Leonna Mayor gets nostalgic with us in this special edition interview. What was Leonna’s First Car? A light green Fiat Punto. Fond and funny memories. I battered it about a bit after reversing it into a quad LOL.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Exhibitors Step Up to the Plate!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

We have a fantastic line up of Exhibitors for this year’s State Convention(November 2-3). We have some of our favorites returning as well as new exhibitors this year. Be sure to visit the Exhibit Hall to say hello to all our exhibitors and see what they have to offer. Registration is still open for the convention Click here for Convention registration. . .

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Swim England’s Big School Swim 2022 Is Back

Association for Physical Education

18/10/2022 Schools can now sign up for a nationwide week-long celebration of swimming and water safety which is returning for the first time in three years. Swim England’s Big School […]. The post Swim England’s Big School Swim 2022 Is Back appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education | P.E.

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Instant Activities to Maximize MVPA

Gopher PE

Here they come, 30 students ready for the best class of the day! Full of energy, they are ready to go! It is important to use that energy to engage them from the start of class. How do we do that, sit them down and go over the lesson objectives and learning targets, right? Of course not! We channel that energy into a fast activity to get their heart rates up, wake up their brains and bodies, and maximize the time we have with them!

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The End of the Line: The rise and fall and rise again of Lionel Aldridge

The Sporting

The rise and fall of the great Lionel Aldridge As a powerful and intimidating defensive end for the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers (1963-1973), the 6’5” 235-pound Lionel Aldridge had a message for National Football League running backs: If you come at me, I’ll be ready for you. When I visited with him at his apartment in Milwaukee over two days in the late 1980s, he was a recovered – but not cured – victim of paranoid schizophrenia who had some different messages as we talked about his

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Secondary Teacher Training Programme

PE Scholar

The key findings are summarised in this blog from the Secondary Teacher Training (STT) programme including how PE can be more inclusive!

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Meeting TEKS Standards with the SPARK Curriculum

Spark PE

What are standards and why are they a critical component of physical education? Standards establish well-defined and measurable objectives that encompass the skills and knowledge that students need in order to maintain a healthy and physically-active lifestyle. Standards provide consistency and guidance to teachers in developing programs, and when assessing grade-level outcomes, provide evidence of effective instruction.

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.