September, 2020

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Live Session: Breaking Lines to Score

Player Development Project

In this Live Session PDP Coaching Advisor, James Coutts builds on his previous work around forward passing, progressing his session with a group of U11 players to include a finishing component. This is the third part in a series of sessions focussed on playing through and around. This practice sees a continuation of the concept of the theme which allows players to find a pass to a player beyond lines who is tasked with scoring whilst defenders recover.

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How to Be Loving AND Show Parental Authority at the Same Time

RC Families

Do you ever struggle to show parental authority without going all commando-like on your kids? Do you find that you can’t strike the balance between being firm or even being strict and showing love to your kids at the same time? Do you feel like you either have to be the good cop OR the. Read More.

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Year-Round Baseball - Come on Man!

Better Coaching

So, now is the time we're deep into fall baseball. All COVID aside, the boys of summer are still out there performing the same rotational movements when they throw, pitch, and swing the bat, as they did this summer if they were lucky enough to do so. To put it all out there, I don't support most fall baseball programs. Some are money grabs, and some are set out with good intentions, believing that fall baseball is somehow required for a young man to play high school baseball someday.

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Advantages of Self-Paced Learning for Young Athletes

Sport World School

If you visited our website, you have probably noticed that students learn at self-pace at our online school. Yet many parents and students are not quite sure what that means. That is why we are here to clarify that matter. Learning at own tempo is a highly convenient method, especially for students working on their. Read more. The post Advantages of Self-Paced Learning for Young Athletes appeared first on Sport World School.

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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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Using a Game Sense Approach to Teach Buroinjin as an Aboriginal Game to Address Social Justice in Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

The Game Sense approach in physical education has mostly been applied to questions of strengths-based, educatively purposefully, inquiry based pedagogy for games and sport teaching for education in movement of technical and tactical competency. Mostly, the research 'on' approaches like Game Sense are verification studies seeking validating of tenets of the approach, comparative studies looking at 'technical' v 'tactical' approach outcomes, or naturalistic inquiries looking at the 'acceptance' of

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Youth Sports is a Journey, Not a Destination

Changing the Game Project

COVID. Demonstrations and riots. Divisive politics. Home schooling. Wildfires. Smoke. As a coach for 30 years, and a parent for nearly 15 of those years, I am probably like most of you in that I cannot remember a crazier, more stressful, anxiety inducing year than 2020. It seems every time we take one step forward, we. The post Youth Sports is a Journey, Not a Destination appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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What Scared Me as a Parent and How I am Still Conquering Parental Fears

RC Families

Do parental fears take up way too much space in your head? Before I had my first child over 33 years ago, I had no idea there were so many things to be afraid of in life. Parenting opened up a whole new world of things that could go wrong, things that gave me a. Read More.

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Faculty Spotlight

MSU

Dr. Jeff MacCharles joins the SCL Faculty. Dr. Jeff MacCharles. Jeff MacCharles joins the Department of Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he recently completed his Ph.D. in Management (Sport Management concentration). Jeff has been teaching at the collegiate level since 2012 and has developed and instructed courses in Sport Management, Business, Psychology and Sociology.

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An Online School With the Fastest Enrollment Process

Sport World School

Sport World School (SWS) is proud to say that we have one of the fastest application and enrollment process, among online schools. From sending us the documentation to logging into the platform — doesn’t have to pass more than 48 hours. There is nothing easier than applying to our online school. We accept students from. Read more. The post An Online School With the Fastest Enrollment Process appeared first on Sport World School.

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A review of small sided games as a coaching pedagogy

Learning Through Sport

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. During the 1960s and 1970s, there were several publications explaining how to use them, reasons for their use, and their teaching benefits, particularly in the sport of soccer/football (see e.g. Wade, 1967; Worthington, 1974) where they were used to teach attack, defence and transition principles of play.

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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.

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How do you support players with self reflection?

Player Development Project

The question this week comes from Tom through the PDP Slack Community: Tom asks, “How do you support players with self reflection?” Your Turn: Ask PDP Anything Do you have a coaching question that we might be able to help with? We would love to hear from you! Here’s what you can do: 1. Tweet your questions to us @playerdp, or contact us on our Facebook page.2.

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Eusebio

Player Development Project

Eusebio Sacristan had a playing career at Barcelona alongside a golden generation and under the guidance of Johan Cruyff. He now manages Real Sociedad in La Liga, a big challenge but one he is embracing and enjoying. With the help of translator, Brooke Duder, Player Development Project caught up with Eusebio to discuss his journey as a young player and now top flight manager.

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13 Foods That Feed Your Child’s Brain

RC Families

With all that’s going on this year, perhaps feeding your child’s brain has not been a top priority. But now that a challenging school year has started, parents most likely need all the help they can get. No matter what your family’s school looks like this year–home school, virtual school, or in-face school–I’m sure parents.

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SWS Team Is Here To Help: Guide Through Online Teaching Support

Sport World School

Sport World School is always there for its students in every aspect, but mostly through our online teaching support. Our team is trying to be of help even before you enroll, and we keep it throughout your schooling with us. Although they learn online, each student has an assigned teacher with whom they can communicate. Read more. The post SWS Team Is Here To Help: Guide Through Online Teaching Support appeared first on Sport World School.

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How can I improve team building and culture?

Player Development Project

The question this week comes from our PDP Slack Community: “What ideas do you have to work on team building and culture?” Your Turn: Ask PDP Anything Do you have a coaching question that we might be able to help with? We would love to hear from you! Here’s what you can do: 1. Tweet your questions to us @playerdp, or contact us on our Facebook page.2.

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Parents Put Their Identity on the Shoulders of Their Kids in These 4 Ways

RC Families

Are you unintentionally putting a heavy burden on your children? It is very normal for parents to try to get their identity from their children and also a very hard thing to fight. In fact, most parents fall into this trap one way or another at some point. It is a crushing burden for your. Read More.

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The Belgian Model: A Conversation with Kris Van Der Haegen

Player Development Project

In this Masterclass Webinar replay, we host Director of Coach Education at the Royal Belgian FA, Kris Van Der Haegen for an energetic and in depth conversation on the Belgian model of player and coach development. In this discussion, PDP Co-founder, Dave Wright & PDP Technical Advisor, Dan Wright co-host Kris for a wide ranging conversation on how the Belgian model was dramatically changed following the Euro 2000 tournament.

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The Reality of Teaching Life Skills Through Sport

MSU

Life skill development and positive youth development (PYD) is often tied to youth sport. In this post, I will share the research on PYD in sport and provide some strategies for promoting PYD in your context. By Dr. Jennifer Roth. We often hear about how sport develops life skills, that sport is a great place for kids to learn important life skills that they can use in other parts of life.