Player Development Project

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Soccer warm ups are excellent ways to engage players as soon as they arrive at training, helping them to loosen up and priming them to learn. But should our approach be different on game day? In this Q&A, we explain the value of warm ups, examine what makes a good warm up routine, and look at how to successfully use warm up activities as part of our pregame preparation.

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Exercise 52

Growing Healthy Kids

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarians.” --Paul McCartney What you eat either feeds disease or heals. Your choice. By eating a variety of plants (mainly vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains), you are healing yourself, especially when you choose organically grown foods. Plant-based eating is a delightful way to support local farmers, learn to create new dishes for family and friends to enjoy, and eat food because it makes you feel great and doesn’t leave knots

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RC Families

DECEMBER 20, 2021

You matter. Your words matter. How you speak to your children matters. How you speak to them will shape who they become. Your attitude, your words–these are the things will determine the type of person your child grows up to be. You are not there just to put food on the table and pay the. Read More.

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Coaching 52

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For this episode of the What's New in APE Podcast, we are able to deliver a recording of the December NCPEID APE Collaborative where two highly regarded experts in the field of APA discussed different types of assessments, how to use them, and how they were developed. First Tonya Moore ( @mooretonya2003) , the Physical Education and Health Coordinator at Los Angeles County Office, explained how to use the CARE-R2 assessment.

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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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Player Development Project

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Team talks are an important part of gameday. A good team talk will engage our players, encourage them to reflect on the game, and help them to consolidate their learning. This Q&A looks at why they’re so important and explores the different opportunities to communicate with our players on gameday — guiding us on how we can make these crucial interventions more effective.

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Motivation Exercise Psychology Coaching 52

AKA Sports

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It hit me a couple weeks back. I was the pseudo umpire just down the first base line. As I scanned the crowd, 2 fields of 12 players each, their wives and friends with smirks on the sidelines, White Snake Here I Go Again and Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun playing on the beats box, it was clear to me, we were onto something. Wiffle Ball has been played indoors and out, with all different styles and variations since the 1950s.

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