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

SHAPE America

Highlight Mental, Social and Emotional Benefits Fitness through play benefits various dimensions of health and wellness beyond physical. Empower Students Through Voice and Choice Motivation soars when students have a say in how they move. Here are the National Physical Education Standards relative to heart rate: 2.2.8

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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. Show how these skills are developed across sport.

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Thoughts on youth sport rentention, coaching and coach development

Learning Through Sport

Coaches are prominent in youth sport retention. This is important for 'present' retention as players who are engaged in a positive sporting culture and climate show increased level of enjoyment, motivation and wellbeing. The most influential factor in dropping out of sport is a lack of enjoyment. Image from Agnew, D., &

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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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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Be positive and prepared — as well as flexible and creative! For example, as it got colder in the fall it was hard to play throwing and catching games, but soccer worked well. Being inside is a good time to introduce proper technique for exercises/fitness and teach partner skills (how to motivate and correct a partner’s exercise form).

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports. If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns. HPE teachers already have it figured out!

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

Recent encounters very well meaning leaders in the profession suggest that the younger the age group, the more we need to just get about being efficient in daily school life and perhaps not worry too much regards ‘pedagogy’ and such. How about sport/game skills or abilities? This after 3 decades of teaching!