June, 2020

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How to be a Great Sports Parent During and After COVID-19

Changing the Game Project

Many years ago, when I first started Changing the Game Project, I travelled to Los Angeles to speak at a parent education day for The Brentwood School. The keynote speaker that day was psychologist and author Madeline Levine. She has written two NY Times bestsellers on parenting (The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children. The post How to be a Great Sports Parent During and After COVID-19 appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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Tips for Physical Distancing in a Gymnasium or Large Space

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I was catching up recently with a good friend and former colleague about life amid the happenings in the world, and we got on the topic of physical education in the fall and what that might look like. As longtime passionate physical educators, we brainstormed and discussed openly the thought of kids coming back to school and what that might look like in physical education.

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Academy Insights: The Foundation Phase U8-U12

Player Development Project

In our latest Player Development Project webinar replay, we focus on coaching younger players. PDP Technical Advisor, Dan Wright is joined by two top academy coaches, Nathan Thomas and Nathan Philip. Nathan Thomas is currently the Lead Foundation Phase Coach at MK Dons and has experience coaching at Middlesborough, Arsenal and Brentford – he also holds the FA Advanced Youth Award.

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The PhysEd Library: Learn.Connect.Explore

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For the past 8 years, I have been producing resources, teaching online courses, creating games and giving you assessment tools and templates to use in your classes. Sometimes finding what your are looking for to help you become a better teacher is really difficult, and at best downright confusing. Knowing where to go for Physical … The PhysEd Library: Learn.Connect.Explore Read More ».

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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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How to Become a Soccer Coach: An Essential Guide to Session Planning, Delivery, and the Fundamental Principles of Soccer Coaching

Player Development Project

Coaching soccer can be complex. It requires knowledge, preparation, open-mindedness, willingness to learn, and, perhaps most importantly, an ability to understand, relate to, and work with people. The best soccer coaches take a principle-driven approach to teaching, get to know their players as human beings in order to help them develop as athletes, and are proficient communicators, adept in both session design and delivery.

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Creating Covid-19 Safe Sessions

Player Development Project

Coaches around the world are having to innovate with their session design as football training kicks off in some nations after the global pandemic. In this article, PDP Coaching Advisor, James Coutts shares some practical ideas for sessions that allow for social distancing. Like many coaches preparing to get back onto the grass I started designing my sessions for the various groups I’d be working with as football resumes with a whole new remit – social distancing.

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Why Volunteer Coaches Need to be More Like Volunteer Firefighters

Changing the Game Project

If you are a longtime reader of this blog, you may know that my father was a firefighter on the New York Fire Department many years ago. His father was a firefighter. My brother was a firefighter. But what you may not know is that after seven years on the job, my father was badly. The post Why Volunteer Coaches Need to be More Like Volunteer Firefighters appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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Should my club trial players?

Player Development Project

This week the question comes from our PDP Members Slack channel: “Should my club run trials for players?” 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. PDP Members can chat directly with the PDP team to ask questions, share ideas, and support each other on our exclusive Slack Community.

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Building Connections: An Interview with David & Keith Mayer

Player Development Project

In our latest Masterclass Webinar we sit down to discuss the coach/athlete relationship with Keith and David Mayer, authors of Gold Dust: How to Become a More Effective Coach, Quickly. The focus of the conversation is how we build connections with young players, using empathy, understanding, patience and communication. Keith is has over 40 years coaching experience at a number of professional clubs and has worked as an FA Tutor.

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From Caution to Courage: The Role of Character Strengths in Coaching

Player Development Project

This content is for members only. The post From Caution to Courage: The Role of Character Strengths in Coaching appeared first on Player Development Project.

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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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Natural Running

Player Development Project

This content is for members only. The post Natural Running appeared first on Player Development Project.

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