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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.

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School sport participation

Learning Through Sport

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,

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The Relentless School Nurse: The War on Words – Trump’s Administration and the Censorship of Inclusion

Relentless School Nurse

For the CDC alone, this directive has resulted in the removal of over 8,000 web pages across various government websites, including critical health reports and datasets related to HIV, the LGBTQ community, and youth health. ” This reflects a broader push against what the administration perceives as censorship in education.

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Physical Literacy: Ecological Dynamics

Drowning in the Shallow

It was a critical principle underpinning UK Parliament’s (2021) recent proposal for a ‘national plan for sport, health and wellbeing‘ and the government’s response agreed that it should be an essential focus for physical education (PE) and school sport (DCMS, 2022).

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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

Each year, SHAPE America members vote for candidates to the SHAPE America Board of Directors, which is the organization’s governing body composed of 11 professional members. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S. He is the chair of the SHAPE America Physical Education Council and chair of youth sports for SCAHPERD.

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Concussion in sport: Free app set for government-backed trial

Association for Physical Education

06/06/2023 An app that helps identify and manage concussion in grassroots and school sport is set to be scrutinised in a two-year government-backed trial.

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afPE Responds to Government Publication of Sports Strategy

Association for Physical Education

30/08/2023 The Government will join forces with former sports stars, health professionals and fitness experts to help an additional 3.5