SHAPE America

JULY 31, 2025

I teach my students that it’s not about being the best — it’s about lifting each other up and finding joy in movement. Connecting Favorite Movement Experiences After reading an article by health educator Andy Milne about an assignment which asks students to share their favorite movement experiences, I was hooked.

PE

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

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.,

Sports

Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

Its a celebration of movement, community, and the spirit of childhood. Many of our students dont have access to summer camps or organized sports, so Field Day might be one of the few times they get to experience team play, friendly competition, and a large-scale outdoor celebration. Field Day is where our passion meets purpose.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

has always been a question in the world of education. Often the arguments against physical education stem from games and sports being the primary focus of the class. And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools. Should physical education be required? ”

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its a game of strategy, skill, and movement that challenges players to work together while having a whole lotta fun! These creative adaptations make Boardball an invaluable tool for PE classes, offering endless opportunities for fun and skill-building across various sports and activities. Think Volleyball meets Spikeball.

Fitness

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

In this curriculum design there is insufficient time for the volume of practice required through deliberate play and practice to master technical and tactical skills of an activity to the level where a student previously not playing the sport can reach at least a social-recreational level of ability to play/participate in the activity.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Some districts lower graduation requirements, citing sports or outside activities as enough. Whether a school offers foundational fitness, in-depth health education, sport-based modules, weight lifting, yoga, personal fitness, or game-based electives, PLT4M has it covered. From the 2024 U.S

High School

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I’ve also coached various sports, including running club, soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball and flag football. Professional background highlights: In May of 2007, I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a Bachelor of Science degree in School Health Education and Exercise Sport Science.

Education

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

Sport Education. The Sport Education model (SEM: Siedentop, 1995) defines the content of physical education as representation of authentic sport experiences. A season of sport. Sport, Dance, Outdoor Pursuits, Active Recreation) areas in achieving the "physically educated" goal of the curriculum framework.

Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 8, 2025

Meanwhile, there has been a national movement towards cross-curricular integration. It could involve using heart rate data in a graphing activity, analyzing movement mechanics in a science unit, or playing a traditional indigenous sport from a culture the students are studying. It doesn’t mean less movement. Start small.

PE

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

A Morning Full of Movement PE happens on Mondays and Fridays in the morning. But movement doesn’t stop there. About Coach Jose: From Player to Teacher Coach Jose loved sports so much that it helped him finish college at the University of the Philippines. He says sports made him a better person. Yoga and Dodgeball?

PE Teacher

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

So we all are trying to get to the playing time as quickly as possible, and my assumptions about their understanding of the gross motor movement(s) often mean we skip practice and go straight to the game. I’d never expect my son to just pick up all the skills necessary for the sport he was trying without some type of preparation.

PE Teacher

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.

Flexibility

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

Maryrose Camara A Passion for PE on an International Stage With seven years of experience teaching in the UAE, Maryrose has found her passion in helping students develop resilience and leadership skills through movement. It also broadens their perspective on sports and fitness beyond the usual activities.

PE

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

Invasion games for elementary PE offer more than just excitement and energytheyre a powerful tool for teaching key movement concepts like offensive and defensive positioning, teamwork, spatial awareness, and agility. Use Fakes Use body movements, eye direction, or footwork to trick defenders and gain an advantage. Grades 35: 2.5.3

Elementary

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 2, 2025

Each movement, game, and sport has a larger story to tell, and I feel that integrating these activities with deeper cultural and historical context aligns beautifully with the principles of Cosmic Education.

Education

AKA Sports

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Additionally, we will hear examples from the leadership team as to how AKA has impacted each of us, and looks to change the face of youth sports unilaterally. Marketing Director parker harrington - Sports and Family Sports bring families together in meaningful ways. My son Theo has done AKA All Sports Camp for the past 2 years.

Coaching

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. >>> Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility. Each lesson in Walk Fit blends movement and learning.

Fitness

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

While all SHAPE standards are important in elementary PE, Standard 3 directly supports social-emotional learning and interaction through structured movement. Cooperative challenges and group obstacle courses foster problem-solving through movement. 3.5.5 – Solves problems independently, with partners, and in small groups.

Elementary

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

All that I believe that can claim to be uniquely the remit of physical education is the use of movement as the primary means for teaching and learning. Movement learning should therefore feature as the primary goal of all physical education programs. Criteria 4.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play. From foundational movement to advanced fitness, our programs are structured, flexible, and student-centered. These skills are essential building blocks for more complex movements later on.

Motor Skills

S&S

JULY 14, 2025

When we think about physical education, we often picture students running laps, playing games, or mastering a new sport.

Gyms

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Motor Skill Development: The act of bowling requires coordinated movements, improving hand-eye coordination, balance, and throwing mechanics. Lifetime Activity: Bowling is a sport that can be enjoyed at any age, encouraging students to maintain an active lifestyle beyond school. Get all your Bowling Equipment Needs from Gopher Sport!

Physical Education

AASP

JUNE 26, 2025

Let your chest move naturally as a byproduct of belly movement. Intriguing data from free divers suggest that intensive breath-hold training may lead to beneficial physiological adaptations for sport performance (Ostrowski et al., In summary: Unless your sport requires breathholding (e.g., Exhale slowly so your belly falls.

Nervous system

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The movements of the offense and defense become rhythmic when it is played at an advanced level. Whenever I research traditional Indigenous sports, I'm always looking for the story's origins and what the sport might reflect of the culture that invented the game. The students will have to judge whether a tag was made or not.

Gyms

Designs for Health

JULY 11, 2025

Additional water losses occur due to respiration, urination, bowel movements, and perspiration. According to the American College of Sports Medicine , hydrating before, during, and after exercise is crucial in preventing dehydration (defined as more than a 2% loss in body weight due to water deficit) and electrolyte imbalances.

Nutrition

The Sporting

JUNE 9, 2025

These themes not only illustrate architectural trends, but also reflect significant shifts in the sport's regulation, commercialisation and social impact. The prevalence of Leitch's work underscores a critical period in football's professionalisation, and its burgeoning status as a mass spectator sport.

Endurance

First Beat

JUNE 6, 2025

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta, a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball Champions League (BCL). A monitoring system like Firstbeat does more than simply track training data. ME is simply ML divided by TRIMP.

Coaching

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

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. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

Motor Skills

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas.

Physical Activity

First Beat

JUNE 5, 2025

This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta , a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and FIBA Basketball Champions League (BCL). A monitoring system like Firstbeat does more than simply track training data.

Conditioning

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 4, 2025

Helpful to the preservation of the sport were the French soldiers from WWII, who learned the game from Māori soldiers of the 28th Māori battalion. When the gods were separated, it birthed creation and became the source of movement and purpose, which, for the Polynesian culture, was the purpose of life: discovery through wayfinding.

Dance

SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This conception of physical literacy has reinvigorated my propensity for human movement, physical activity, social justice, empathy, anti-racist work, and the celebration of diversity for fellow human beings on their physical literacy journey.

Physical Education

The Sporting

MAY 16, 2023

The World’s Top 6 Toughest Sports Some sports are just tougher than others. But what makes one sport more challenging than another? And what is the appeal of these intense sports? Read on to find out about the toughest sports in the world! Well, the thing is, boxing is not just about brute force and aggression.

Sports

Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Segments include: the incredible flexibility and recovery abilities of Kim Clijsters; the tremendous power generated by the backhand of Serena Williams; the ballet-like movement of a spin-around groundstroke produced by Elena Dementieva; and the rippling quadriceps of Samantha Stosur as she absorbs the shock of ground contact during a forehand.

Sports

SHAPE America

AUGUST 12, 2024

These have included a walking challenge of getting at least 10,000 steps per day for a certain amount of time, a water challenge where we try to drink half our body weight in ounces, and a 30-minute movement challenge.

Wellness