Sat.Jul 27, 2019 - Fri.Aug 02, 2019

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Physical Education: Teaching Grades 3 - 6 (Games for Understanding)

Physical Education Ideas

For many of us, physical education has shaped the way we feel towards the subject. At times, you may have questioned why you had to do it, especially when the weather was unfavorable. For some it may have been the relevance of the activity. Why was physical education in the curriculum? Why did you have to run mile after mile? These questions might have been asked, but not necessarily answered.

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Applying Positive Psychology with Lara Mossman

Player Development Project

How can you make your environment as positive as possible? In this Masterclass Discussion, Positive Psychology expert, Lara Mossman joins PDP Editor, Dave Wright for an in-depth discussion on positive psychology in coaching. Lara is one of Player Development Project’s founding contributors and is a world-class expert in the area of positive psychology in coaching.

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BLOG: Building Strength, Building Character (sportsmanship and encouraging others)

PE with Palos

Sportsmanship is a learned trait. While many athletes are naturally. gracious, no one likes to lose. With that being said, much of the. behavior they exhibit on the field are learned traits that they pick up. from their peers and their parents. Competition is a good thing when it. is used as a motivator to encourage student-athletes to do their very. best.

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Positioning Steve Nash: A Theory-Driven, Social Psychological, and Biographical Case Study of Creativity in Sport

Player Development Project

Jack Martin and David Cox The Big Idea It is rare in conventional social psychological research on sport to consider public testimony as a source of truths. And yet, this is exactly what this study does. These authors pursue what they call a “portrait of possibility.” The subject—the only subject—is the early life of one heck of a basketball player: the Canadian Steve Nash (b. 1974) who played 18 years in the NBA (National Basketball Association), nearly half of those years an NBA All-Star and.

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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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Physical Education - What to do from K to 2

Physical Education Ideas

Have you ever given an instruction to a student under the age of 7 and they look at you like you’ve just landed from outer space? Have you ever been in class with a group of 25 K – 2 students all simultaneously pulling on your pants to tell you the most important thing in the world – the name of their favourite dinosaur? Have you ever been in a P.E. class with 25 students crying because “so and so” tagged them and they didn’t want to get tagged?