Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE Classes BOARDBALL Boardball replaces the volleyball net with a portable board, reducing the barriers to play and setup while keeping the core bump-set-spike fundamentals of the game intact. Think Volleyball meets Spikeball. And so much more!

Fitness

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Despite this, more schools are allowing students to opt out of PE. PE is often the only consistent opportunity for personal fitness, especially during the school day. When schools remove or reduce PE, they unintentionally widen the gap for underserved groups. A strong, inclusive PE curriculum can help close these gaps.

High School

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The focus is on age-appropriate exercises such as bodyweight movements, light resistance training, and core stability work. These exercises improve strength, coordination, and help prevent injuries. Students also learn proper form and the importance of regular physical activity for overall health. What is Mindfulness?

Flexibility

PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jump rope activities for elementary PE are more than just a way to get kids movingthey help students develop essential motor skills, rhythm, timing, and coordination. These activities also promote cardiovascular endurance, agility, and perseverance, making them a valuable part of any PE curriculum. Grades 3-5: 1.5.6

Elementary

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

A fitness walking class encourages students to be active, consistent, and intentional with their movement—laying the foundation for lifelong fitness. >>> THE LIFETIME FITNESS PLAYBOOK FOR PE Proven strategies to introduce more Lifetime Fitness into youre Curriculum. Each lesson in Walk Fit blends movement and learning.

Fitness

PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. These games also promote teamwork, communication, and decision-making, making them a valuable part of any PE curriculum. Examples include, but are not limited to: 2.5.1

Elementary

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Key reasons why bowling is beneficial in PE: Inclusive Nature: Bowling can be adapted to accommodate different physical abilities, making it accessible to students with varying fitness levels. Motor Skill Development: The act of bowling requires coordinated movements, improving hand-eye coordination, balance, and throwing mechanics.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 30, 2025

Creating a great strength and conditioning program template takes more than just jotting down sets and reps on a spreadsheet. That’s why a good strength and conditioning program template should be more than static. . >>> With PLT4M, you can build or edit any strength and conditioning template right inside the platform.

Strength

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Here are five ways to celebrate physical activity during National PE & Sport Week and every week — and all year round: 1. squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program. Include at least three motor skills and one foundational movement skill every Motor Skill Monday (every day is even better!)

Motor Skills

Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? This means that precise movements are needed in push-ups and sit-ups to trigger the automatic count. To many on the ground, such distinctions in teacher understanding are worthless and I can understand that view when we consider PE as an activity/event play time.

Physical Education

Drowning in the Shallow

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The view we have of children shapes what type of PE, school sport and school based physical activity (PESA) we provide. We see their bodies, their movement and their character as something that requires fixing, and that … Continue reading A strength based approach to PESA →

Strength

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Let’s take a look at in season strength training and break down the why, what, and how! At the same time, the absence of resistance training will always equal substantial losses of strength and power. Let’s take a quick look at exactly why consistent strength training during the season puts your team in the best position to win.

Strength

SHAPE America

AUGUST 12, 2024

Lasa Baxter from Wilde Holistic Nutrition and Fitness leads staff through a strength training workout that doesn’t require equipment. If a staff member would rather do something different that supports their wellness needs, they do — or they can leave campus to focus on their wellness as soon as the students have left.

Wellness

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

When I was a kid, I thought the point of PE was having fun. Nothing brought shame quite like a week-long test that evaluated speed, strength, and flexibility. They say comparison is the thief of joy, and I was never happy comparing my speed or hanging strength to others. These are all objectives that should be addressed in PE.

PE

PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Many PE classes at the high school level look to take essential steps to transition students from school to an adult life that still values and prioritizes personal fitness and wellness. Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts. Ready to WOW your Admins?

Fitness

Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s a wonderful illustration of the power, strength and beauty of female athletes. If you’ve ever had doubts about the strength and power of female athletes, be sure to watch this video. ” [link] Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here! .”

Sports

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 12, 2022

A trend in physical education has been to make PE classes less difficult so that every student can enjoy them. The video above shows an example of how Crossfit concepts can be used in a high school physical education setting, as a program for students who want to work harder than in their traditional PE classes.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

APRIL 7, 2023

Called the 11+ warm-up program, it involves 15 exercises performed in a specific sequence, involving both dynamic and strength exercises. Six exercises with a focus on core and leg strength, agility/plyometrics, and balance. Faster running exercises that combine planting and cutting movements.

Agility

Gopher Sport

APRIL 19, 2024

For people who have not yet had a chance to look at the new SHAPE America Standards and Grade-Span Learning Indicators , they present a clear outline of what a student should know and be able to do at key points of their education as a result of an effective and high quality PE program. We need our young people to meet Standard 4!

Physical Activity

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

High School

PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. Adam Hughes, high school PE teacher and strength coach, works with students in the wieght room during class time.

Strength

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

There are endless benefits for athletes who participate in a proper strength training program. While many athletes, coaches, and teams typically look for stronger muscles and improved athletic performance in the weight room, injury prevention is one of the most significant benefits of strength training.

Strength

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. Students can bend knees or bring legs further apart to modify the difficulty of the movement.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2023

What is the right workout app for high school strength and conditioning? We break down the 5 keys for a high school strength and conditioning app. In addition, we highlight schools across the country using a strength and conditioning app for PE and athletics.

High School

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics. KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.

Primary School

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2023

Strength and conditioning software is a powerful tool. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of strength and conditioning software for high schools and how to choose the right software for your needs. Understanding how each business operates can help you find the right strength and conditioning software for your use case.

High School

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

These skills include core strength, balance, weight shift, motor rhythm, motor timing, visual-spatial, and object-perceptual skills. Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al.,

Physical Education

Open Phys Ed

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The activities in this module are designed to teach students how to move safely around a track (running loop) while exploring different locomotor movements and having imaginative fun with their classmates. Concepts introduced include physical activity in and out of school, basic nutrition education, safety and locomotor movements.

Nutrition

PLT4M

DECEMBER 28, 2022

School districts are investing and prioritizing athletic PE, especially at the high school level. Check out the rising tide of athletic PE, examples from schools across the country, and how your school can take steps to add more athletic physical education classes! Students are taking part in athletic PE. But what is it?

PE

PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. With almost any movement, exercise variation can allow more students to find a great modification that promotes proper form and better body awareness. Get Access Here.

Exercise

PLT4M

MAY 3, 2023

However, physical education teachers can help create a comprehensive student wellness plan that promotes regular physical activity in other places like recess, classroom movement breaks, sports, intramural activities, and more. Ready to Learn More?

Fitness

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week. Long-Term Health Benefits of Physical Education In Schools The impact of PE classes goes well beyond the school day and year. Bone Strength- Improves bone health. Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

Physical Education

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Roxeanne Bush, a middle school PE teacher in Illinois, describes the need for variety and choice , “Students at this level crave choice and different options. An introduction to all things movement and fitness! Each lesson begins with a guided warm up, followed by movement education and technique work.

Middle School

PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

There are endless PE lesson plans to choose from for your physical education class. Unfortunately, many wrongly assume that a pe teacher just “rolls out the ball” for a typical PE class. Turning Ideas For PE Into Lesson Plans For PE There is no shortage of activity ideas for PE.

PE

PLT4M

JULY 31, 2023

The benefits of tracking student progress include: Personalized Learning: Students have unique strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. Strength – 1 Minute Push Up Test, 1 Minute Squat Air Squat Test, Max Pull-Ups – All these tests seek to test relative muscular strength and endurance of the body.

Physical Education

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Virtual PE is becoming an increasingly popular way to provide physical education to students. Virtual PE is a great way to engage students in physical activity while teaching important physical education concepts. Virtual PE in the Age of Virtual Schools Virtual schools are here to stay. No matter where they are.

PE

Gopher Sport

JULY 26, 2024

Building Stronger Communities with Family PE Events Golden Shoe Day By the end of September, an event called “Golden Shoe Day” takes place, where all family members are invited to school during their child’s PE time. Teaching Humility in PE Humility is certainly a theme in my gym.

Physical Education