2022

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? It’s not unusual. At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity.

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Rethinking ‘a broad and balanced’ PE curriculum

Slow Chat PE

This was a great way of rethinking our curriculum. drowningintheshallow. I dislike the guiding principles of ‘ broad ‘ and ‘ balanced ‘ when it comes to thinking about the PE curriculum and the selection of activities and sports within it.

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Physical Literacy: Ecological Dynamics

Drowning in the Shallow

There is increasing political recognition of the importance of physical literacy (PL) in England.

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PUMPKIN PATCH THROW DOWN – Perfect for Halloween

Keeping Kids in Motion

October is one of the most exciting months of the school year for our students. Without a doubt, on October 1st, students will ask, “Are we going play any Halloween games today?” ” Although we’ll sprinkle a few Halloween-themed games into a lesson the first.

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Pumpkin Patch Games

Open Phys Ed

Welcome to Pumpkin Patch Games! We’ve reorganized and added new activities! This new Pumpkin Patch landing page includes your favorites from years past, as well as brand new games for 2022! Thank you to the following Pumpkin Patch contributors!

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Encouraging greater sport participation

Learning Through Sport

There is substantial evidence of many psychological, physical, and social health benefits of participation in sport across the lifespan, including that participation in sport is associated with improved psychological and social health benefits above other forms of leisure time physical activity for children and adolescents.

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How Labeling Young Athletes ‘Talented’ Limits Athletic Achievement (And Why We Should Ignore It)

Changing the Game Project

The word “talent” gets thrown around quite often in youth sports circles, but what exactly does it mean? And do we really know what talent looks like, what its components.

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Teaching Lacrosse in Physical Education Using the New USA Lacrosse Curriculum

SHAPE America

The “fastest game on two feet” … baggataway … the creator’s game. No matter how you refer to it, lacrosse is a great game to teach your students in physical education class! SHAPE America and USA Lacrosse recently collaborated on an updated, comprehensive physical education lacrosse curriculum.

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Are you ready to ROCK another school year!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Summer break is coming to an end and another school year beginning. Are you ready? Well, in this edition you will find some tips and tricks to prepare you for a great year. To begin, let’s start pre-students arrival: Is your space ready? Do your posters, visuals represent all your students?

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11 Exciting Activities to Develop Floor Hockey Skills (Video)

Gopher PE

Hockey safety & stick control key points: Blade always below knees. Non-dominate hand on top of the stick. Dominant hand at the bottom of sticker for passing/shooting (hand higher up for dribbling/stick control). Fingers wrapped around the stick. Bent knees. Straight back.

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Micropreemie Survives Lifesaving Heart Surgery for Rare Fetal Heart Tumor

Stanford Childrens

Side-by-side operating rooms for mom and premature baby. It was a made-for-TV moment: a mother in a delivery room having a C-section to rescue her extremely premature daughter, who has a heart tumor that’s larger than the heart itself.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Become a School Nurse? Never Say Never!

Relentless School Nurse

Sheila Taney wrote today’s guest blog post to share her journey to school nursing after a thirty-year nursing career. Why did she choose school nursing, after it had never been on her radar… or so she thought?

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SHAPENJ 2022 Conference

Slow Chat PE

The whirlwind of SHAPENJ’s 103rdconference is over for me. It started early on Super Bowl Sunday.

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The GREAT TURKEY ESCAPE! – Game of the Week

Keeping Kids in Motion

This week’s game of the week is a Thanksgiving game called The Great Turkey Escape. The Great Turkey Escape is set on a turkey farm just days from Thanksgiving. It’s business as usually until the farmers hear a raucous coming from the barn.

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The End of the Road - Transitioning Out of Sport

AASP

<p><em>“Don’t retire from something, retire to something.” ” - </em>David Parkin (Sport Australia Hall of Fame).</p> </p> <p>There is an inevitable outcome that accompanies every athlete’s career.

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Meet the nominees for All-USA Today HSSA Boys Rising Star of the Year

USA Today

The USA TODAY High School Sports Awards has announced the 2021-22 All-USA TODAY HSSA Boys Rising Stars of the Year! The 51 standouts will represent their state as national Boys Rising Star of the Year nominees.

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Help Your Child Learn About Being Assertive

RC Families

Being assertive means being positive and confident. You are aware that you are a worthy person with your own special gifts. You think for yourself and express your own ideas. You know what you stand for and what you won’t stand for. You expect respect.

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Confidence CANNOT be Given; it Has to be EARNED!

Changing the Game Project

Don’t we all wish our children were more confident? Don’t we wish there was a magic confidence pill, or some special words that we could say to our children that. The post Confidence CANNOT be Given; it Has to be EARNED! appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

SHAPE America

When I meet higher ed colleagues from other PETE programs at conferences and other events, our conversations often turn to issues we are facing with our students.

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What’s on Deck for the 2022 Arizona State Convention!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Please join us on November 2nd and 3rd at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building for the 2022 Arizona State Convention. It is time to register before fees increase. Please visit members.azhpe.org to register and update your Arizona Membership. One fee covers both days of the convention.

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Gratitude Games

Open Phys Ed

Welcome to Gratitude Games This updated module includes your favorite Turkey Trot and Gratitude Games with some new favorites just added. Add some active joy to the month of November and use the gratitude-focused debrief questions to get your students thinking about the true meaning of the season.

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The Novel Idea of Reading to Infants: How an Annual Reading Program Helps NICU Babies and Caregivers

Stanford Childrens

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford , neonatologists with the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services work closely with parents, the hospital’s obstetric team, and specialized pediatric services to provide high-quality care for newborns with critical, surgical, or special medical needs.

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The Relentless School Nurse: How Are You Holding Up?

Relentless School Nurse

. School is back in full session. We are entering week #3, some of us more, depending on where in the country you live. I am reaching out to ask how you are holding up. What is going well and where do you need support? What are you doing differently this school year?

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Heart Zones Spotlight: Nicole Smith in Fresno, CA

Heartzones

The Spotlight Shines On: Nicole Smith. Higher Education Teacher & Star Player. Star high school basketball player, Nicole Smith, differs in many ways. For example, she doesn’t have a storied history. Her rise up through the ranks in Physical Education is a positive example to others.

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Soccer Dribbling to LA RASPA (Mexican Hat Dance)

Keeping Kids in Motion

Students all over the world love fútbol or soccer as it’s called in the United States. In PE class, the soccer skills unit is an annual favorite. Each lesson focuses on a variety of skills ranging from ball handling, passing, punting, kicking for power.

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In Season Strength Training

PLT4M

As coaches, we all want to win. We implore our athletes to spend the off-season training to become bigger, faster, stronger. But, the moment practice begins, our focus shifts and training sessions become an afterthought. This is dangerous.

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Local Sponsorship for your School Teams and Extra-curricular - A sustainable model for now and the future?

The Everlearner

It is a real sinking feeling when a PE teacher attends a fixture and their squad is perceived as scruffy or ill-matching in terms of their kit. Having worked in six different state schools and colleges in the UK, I have experienced this many times.

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How to Set Family Boundaries During The Holidays

RC Families

Do you have family boundaries? Especially when it comes to the holidays? The Holidays are a time for family gatherings. But what if those get-togethers are not anticipated with joy? Do you dread them? Is your goal to just get through them without too much drama?

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Our 2022 Books of the Year: And the Winner is DO HARD THINGS by Steve Magness

Changing the Game Project

Every year for 10 years we have released our favorite books of the year, and this year we had an amazing assortment of books that crossed our path. We are. The post Our 2022 Books of the Year: And the Winner is DO HARD THINGS by Steve Magness appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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Tips for Gaining National Recognition for Your PETE/HETE Program

SHAPE America

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s).

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Comebacks are possible!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

If the Arizona Cardinals can come back from a 20-point deficit at halftime to beat the Raiders, you can come back to the Arizona Health and Physical Education State Convention! Join us on Wednesday, November 2nd and 3rd at the Phoenix Convention Center, South Building.

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