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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. But when we incorporate group activities, other softer skills are enhanced as well that lead to psychological benefits.

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Sport Specific Training

PLT4M

The debate surrounding sport specific training has persisted for decades. For a long time, it was thought that training had to be specific to sport and position. Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports.

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Physical Literacy - Your 2024 Physical Education Development Goal

Physical Education Ideas

Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through movement and physical activity. It delivers physical, psychological, social and cognitive health and wellbeing benefits. Movement skills, much like numeracy, reading and writing, can be learned.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

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., The ability to synchronize movements with rhythm is fundamental to children’s ability to pull to a stand, walk, run, skip, and gallop.

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Teaching Physical Literacy within Physical Education

Physical Education Ideas

Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through movement and physical activity. It delivers physical, psychological, social and cognitive health and wellbeing benefits. A 2023 case study was conducted by the Australian Institute of Sport. For me, this is the new movement in Physical Education.

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Teaching players to pay attention

Learning Through Sport

Concentration, or more precisely the directing of attention, is generally acknowledged as required for successful sporting performance. Within the field of sport coaching, Amy Price is looking at the metacognitive aspect of player learning and a pedagogy directly related to this - see here for an example of Amy's work. McCarthy, P.

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Supporting Black Students in Physical Education

SHAPE America

We wrote the book for physical education teachers, preservice teachers in PETE programs, and their instructors to use in class and in after-school, recreation, and sports programs. These evaluations have negative implications for Black people, physically and psychologically. Why Critical? Additional Resources.