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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

Traditional approaches in physical education can lack joy, choice and relevance to students lives. The negative association with fitness can affect students perception of physical activity and the value of physical education. Is physical education an important class for kids to take? Why or why not?

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Transfer of learning in physical education

Learning Through Sport

In a prevous blog here I began to look at concept based curriculum model for physical education as an alternative to a multi-activity curriculum model. Inherent in adopting a concept or thematic based curriculum structure for physical education is that what is learnt is able to be transfered to other contexts.

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2025 Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition, July 2025 (reposted from July 2023 and updated) Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Educators! Welcome to physical education class for a student with Autism. What teaching strategies can we use to help our students enjoy physical education class?

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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

When children are pushed beyond their developmental limitsphysically, cognitively, and emotionallythey may fall out of love with sports, lose motivation to continue, or develop chronic injuries that hamper their future athletic endeavors. Burnout often unfolds in stages: Enthusiasm: The child begins with high motivation and excitement.

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Balancing Whole Athlete Development with Talent Development

MSU

Youth sport is moving away from community-based, recreational programs to a model that replicates professional and college level sports. Physical education and sport pedagogy , 12 (1), 77-87. Physical education & sport pedagogy , 10 (1), 19-40. Wall, M., & Côté, J. Fraser-Thomas, J. Harwood, C., Preston, C.,

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Competitively engineering better child sport experiences

Learning Through Sport

2008) Developmental Model of Sport Participation (DMSP) suggests that the structure of junior sport has implications on the development of childrens motivation and game development, and therefore ability and willingness to progress to a more sport specialised competitive environment with youth sport. Gorman, A. Headrick, J., Renshaw, I.,

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.