November, 2019

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Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

Alexandra Lemm

This week, both Tyler and I wanted to challenge our cooking skills by going vegetarian. When we went to the store and bought our meal ingredients, I really had the intention of making vegetable soup when I realized I was getting ingredients for Minestrone soup for our first meal. With new soups, I usually like to wing it and see how it goes, and this one turned out super well!

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P.E. Christmas Reflection - Finding the Balance

Physical Education Ideas

Christmas season can be crazy and always brings on a period of reflection. How are you travelling with your PE workload? Admittedly at times I find myself feeling anxious, overwhelmed and jittery. Maybe even depressed. The lead up for Xmas for me means finishing 300 assessments across the school, reports, organising our junior school swimming carnival, managing/coaching as part of our interschool sports program and planning lessons on top of that… oh, and writing this blog.

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Gordon MacLelland on Working with Parents in Sport

Player Development Project

In this Masterclass Discussion, PDP Editor, Dave Wright is joined by Gordon MacLelland, the Founder of Working with Parents in Sport. Gordon and Dave dive into a discussion which includes practical advice for parents on how to support their children in sport, how clubs can better engage with parents, how to manage the car ride home and much more. Gordon has vast coaching and teaching experience and this discussion is essential viewing for coaches and clubs looking to better understand parental i

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5 Steps to transition from traditional grading to mastery learning and grading

The PhysEd Coach

The Show In this episode I show you five steps to transition from traditional grading to mastery learning and grading. Not sure what mastery learning and grading is? You’re not alone. Traditional grading in physical education is when a teacher would only grade on participation in class, behavior, and whether the student changed into their […].

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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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Designing Culture Through the Legacy Notebook

Changing the Game Project

Article by James Leath (jamesleath.com) and reposted with permission. “Because your experience is valuable, and tradition shouldn’t graduate.” – James Leath A few years ago, as the Head of Leadership at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, I held an end of season meeting with the seniors of that team. I was introducing the concept of. The post Designing Culture Through the Legacy Notebook appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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BLOG: Connect + Choice = Voice

PE with Palos

By: Bo Phillips – P.E. Teacher at Salt Creek Elementary, VP of Children for IAHPERD. I’m sure we’ve all had students enter our gym saying“ can we play…?”. They wish they could choose the activity or game for the day. And sometimes they do get that whether it’s through a reward/incentive day or occasionally teachers planning choice days throughout units or trimesters.

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“Good, Better, Creative”: The Influence of Creativity on Goal Scoring in Elite Soccer

Player Development Project

Matthias Kempe & Daniel Memmert The Big Idea How about we introduce the big idea of this research study with a non-linear and entirely random historical observation? How about we throw in an outrageous claim that the idea of this paper was in the winds long, long ago back in ancient Rome; back to the Emperor of Rome from 121 to 180; back to Marcus Aurelius; back to his Meditations; back to Book 12; back to the opening paragraph; and finally, back to this quote: The post “Good, Better, Creati

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Motivation & Psychology with Jonny McMurtry

Player Development Project

In this Masterclass Discussion Dave Wright sits down with motivational researcher and rugby coach, Jonny McMurtry. Jonny discusses his research into motivation and participation in youth sport. Jonny and Dave cover a number of topics including athlete motivation, autonomy supportive environments, talent identification and coach behaviour. This is another fascinating discussion around psychology and youth development not to be missed.

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Live Session: Individual Possession

Player Development Project

In this PDP Live Session, UEFA A licensed Coach, Dave Wright shares a practice designed to help players work on individual possession, really focussing on receiving and retaining the ball. The video shows Dave using a variety of coaching interventions including Q&A, guided discovery, positive reinforcement and demonstrations. Dave presents the session and explains some of the progressions as well as reflections on what went well and what could have been a lot better.