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Handshakes, BBQs & Bullets: Self-Interest, Shame and Regret in Football Coaching

Player Development Project

P. Potrac, R.L. Jones, D Gilbourne and L. Nelson. The Big Idea Let’s approach this research paper indirectly. For it concerns a hard truth in the profession of football coaching, the culture of it. Let’s introduce the problem by way of fiction first – even though there is nothing fictive in the comparison. Louise Penny is an award-winning Canadian writer.

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Teaching the Essential Skills of Track & Field

Physical Education Ideas

Teaching Track & Field is about more than teaching the principles of run, jump and throw. Track and Field is about getting students to set goals and push themselves to be the best athlete they can be. It’s not about coming 1st, 2nd, 3rd or last. Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. Most kids know this. What they don’t know is that he is also one of the hardest working.