2021

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Olympic Lens

Slow Chat PE

This post was written by Andy Milne. He is the 2017 National Health Teacher of the Year and all around amazing individual. He is always looking at the world through the lens of equity. Take a read.

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Locomotor and Manipulative Skills (Primary K-2)

Open Phys Ed

This module includes activities that are designed to develop and reinforce several locomotor and manipulative skills. All of the basic locomotor skills, static and dynamic balancing, as well as underhand tossing, rolling, and catching are addressed.

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Making the abstract concrete.

Drowning in the Shallow

PE positions developing children’s behaviours as either one of its main outcome or as a means to achieving other valuable aims.

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Substitute Plans for Elementary PE

Mindful PE

One of the things I worried about the most my first year of teaching PE was what to do if I needed a substitute. This was also in the time of COVID, when we were bouncing back and forth between in-person and hybrid, so even I wasn't sure what we would be doing one week to the next.

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Understanding The FA Four Corner Model

Player Development Project

The FA’s Four Corner Model can be a useful tool for coaches. But to use it effectively, we need to understand both its purpose and its limitations, and learn how to apply it in a way that supports our coaching without governing our approach.

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HECOstix - what's that?

Better Coaching

Hand Eye Coordination & Reaction Speed Training Tool. What is this odd toy and how can we use it to help our athletes? From their website: IMPROVE COORDINATION & REFLEX SKILLS: Increase hand eye coordination, reflexes, tracking, and decision-making skills with HECOstix.

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Let’s Talk About Sex

Teen Health Mississippi

by Advikaa Anand. Sex is an important part of many romantic relationships– intimacy adds a feeling of closeness with your partner. While the average age of initiating sex in the US is 17, there are no hard and fast rules for this.

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Creating & Keeping A New Year's Health & Fitness Resolution As A Family

Bunch Parents Blog

Did you know according to the U.S. News & World Report about 80% of New Year Resolutions fail by February?! One of the biggest problems we have is that we set unrealistic goals for ourselves and then get overwhelmed trying to reach them

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Pandemic sees 94,000 fewer children hitting recommended 60 minutes of activity a day

The PE Hub

Children and young people’s activity levels continue to be negatively affected by the COVID pandemic at a time when physical activity is more important than ever, according to Sport England.

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Fighting the Winter Blues with Classroom Physical Activity

Moving Minds Blog

Are “winter blues” really a thing? According to the NIH, it is a general term and not a medical diagnosis, however, winter blues may be connected to something specific such as the stress of the holidays or missing loved one.

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White Toxic Masculinity: Written For White Males by White Males

Slow Chat PE

This blog post was a collaboration between Justin Schleider and Doug Timm. We are good friends as well as accountability partner. We both believe in and are actively working towards Collective Liberation.

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Winter Wonderland Instant Activities

Open Phys Ed

Every year, right around the holiday season, students start to fall into a frenzy of excitement, forget their impulse control basics, and can use a little physical education etiquette reminder. This winter-themed instant activity module was designed just for that.

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A strength based approach to PESA

Drowning in the Shallow

The view we have of children shapes what type of PE, school sport and school based physical activity (PESA) we provide. In a deficit based approach we see children as either at risk of becoming broken or already broken.

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@MrWardPE Components of Fitness Tasks (Wet Weather Alternatives)

PE 4 Learning

New uploads to @PE4Learning.com by mward87 /Components of Fitness Tasks.docx (3 MB) Visit the @PE4Learning Community Drive to download. The resource can be located in the Recent Uploads folder as well as the User Folder mward87 #pegeeks #physed.

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The Benefits of Playing Multiple Sports

Player Development Project

PDP Co-Founder Dave Wright & PDP Technical Advisor Dan Wright discussing the benefits of playing multiple sports. It’s sometimes suggested in the sporting world that, if you want to make it at an elite level, you should specialize early and not play multiple sports during childhood.

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Our 2021 Books of the Year

Changing the Game Project

Well, as 2021 rolls into December it is that time of year again, time to highlight our favorite new books of 2021. This has certainly been a year for reading and reflection, and our sports world continues to be turned upside down by the ongoing pandemic.

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Why YOU Matter So Much To Your Kids

RC Families

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.

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Camwood Bats - are they worth the hype?

Better Coaching

The Camwood bat is the new swing trainer on the market. I have one and use it for my two sons - ages 11 and 12 and I can honestly report it has slightly increased their swing speed as gauged by a Blast Motion sensor. You can get the adult version below. Here is a link to the youth size Camwood bat.

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7 Healthy Heart Assessment: What do the Heart Rate Numbers Mean?

Heartzones

For the first time , the Physical and Health Education teacher, the coach, and the after school program directions are able to see live biofeedback on a student’s response to different exercise intensities. But, what if the numbers displayed on the visual Big Board are unusual?

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The best 5 PE schemes of work

The PE Hub

The best PE schemes of work. Each year at The PE Hub we speak with hundreds of teachers and senior leaders looking for a rigorous and progressive PE curriculum for their school. A question often posed to us is who are our competitors.

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3 Tips for an Active Indoor Recess

Moving Minds Blog

Cold weather is approaching, which means planning for indoor recess when temps reach low numbers. Indoor recess can become sedentary day after day, but it doesn't have to be with a bit of planning and creativity. Use these 4 tips and ideas for your next indoor recess day!

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June 2021 The Month an Educator Needed

Slow Chat PE

Today June 14, 2021 was the final day of the marathon school year that will forever be known to me as the CoVid Years. To separate the last two years would be like asking what would Pinky be like without Brain? Who would Ben be without Jerry? What would peanut butter do if it had never met chocolate those many years ago? The years will be lumped together forever much like the blizzard years of 2006 and 2007 that created the wildest winter experiences of my childhood.

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Back to School Resources

Open Phys Ed

It’s time to ReImagine what physical education means for students and families. It’s time to ReEngage our relationships and heal as a community. Let’s Bridge the Gap together.

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Teaching Personal & Social Responsibility in Physical Education (Part One)

The Physical Educator

This is part one of my three-part blog post mini-series on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model. Here are links to the other posts in this series: • Part One: Introducing The TPSR Model and The Five Levels of Responsibility.

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Game-based learning as play with purpose

Learning Through Sport

I believe that to use play with purpose as games as learning environments, there isn't a single theory or perspective that applies all the answers.

Sports 52
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1v1 Attacking & Defending

Player Development Project

This 1v1 practice is designed to provide players with a chance to work on 1v1 attacking and defending from a variety of angles. The narrow nature of the pitches means that going forward is encouraged and of course, the designs you see here could be adapted for 2v2 scenarios as well.

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SHOULD YOU RAISE A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE? THIS TIME THE ANSWER IS YES!

Bunch Parents Blog

As parents there is one truth we can all agree on; kids ask for more, more candy, more toys, more time to play before bed, more hugs – those are the best and always a yes! However, more times than not we have to say, ‘No.’ But what would you say if your child wants to play more than one sport?

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Arguing with Your Child: Who Wins?

RC Families

When you find yourself arguing with your child, do you have to always be right? What if being right hurts your relationship with your child?

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The PE4Learning Newspaper – RSS Feed from the Physical Education World

PE 4 Learning

Latest Physical Education News brought to you by PE4Learning.com Welcome to the @PE4Learning Newspaper. This feed is refreshed every time the Physical Education News Outlet publishes a new post. Stay connected to all things PE4Learning related. Blog News feed news newspaper PE rss

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Continuous Growth Through Professional Organizations

Spark PE

Joining a professional organization is important for our growth as educators and to have the biggest impact on our students. It helps to stay informed of the latest trends, best practices, and to build your support community in physical education.

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The PE Hub Assessment Portal

The PE Hub

Brand new PE Hub Assessment Portal. We are excited to share the launch of our online assessment tool. Previously at The PE Hub, assessment has been undertaken and saved on an excel spreadsheet.