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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Planning a Different Kind of Outdoor Recreation Outing When planning our first Gone Fishin’ trip, we began by looking for collaborators around the school building.

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Tag Games for Summer Camp & Recreation Programs

S&S

We’ve shared some fun tag game variations that you can incorporate into your activity rotations for summer camp and recreation programs to provide more twists on a classic game for kids.

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Dodgeball Game Variations for Summer Camp & Recreation

S&S

Equipment: Dodgeballs (various sizes) Cones Hula Hoops Bowling Pins Noodles Mats … Read More The post Dodgeball Game Variations for Summer Camp & Recreation appeared first on S&S Blog.

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6 Ice Breakers and Teambuilding Games for Camp and Recreation

S&S

The post 6 Ice Breakers and Teambuilding Games for Camp and Recreation appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Recreational Sports Facilities & Physical Education SAVE Taxpayers’ Money!

Physical Education Update

The arguments of this vocal opposition was that spending money on recreational facilities is a frill, whereas infrastructure spending is a necessity.

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July Printable Fitness Challenge Calendar

S&S

Fitness Challenge Calendars PE Activities Alliance for a Healthier Generation fitness activities Fitness Challenge Calendar Parks and Recreation PE Teachers Physical Education printable calendar printable fitness calendar recreational program summer camp

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Building Strong and Healthy Communities Through Physical Activity

Skillastics

Create A Safe Haven In our last post , we talked about extending the olive branch to the community and collaborating with the community to engage in recreation together. Park and Recreation SkillasticsStrong and healthy communities don’t happen by accident.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

As a physical educator in northern Minnesota, I have to be prepared for long winters with lots of snow!

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Wipeout – Tossing & Catching Game for Physical Education

S&S

Great for PE, summer camp, or recreational groups. Wipeout is a tossing and catching game that is played on a volleyball court!

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Every Kid Sports to Partner with Alaska Airlines to Help Oregon Kids Play Sports

Every Kids Sports

The Every Kid Sports Pass is available for recreational leagues, as well as pay-to-play after-school sports programs in elementary, middle, and high schools, including the upcoming Spring Sports season. “We

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National Dance Society Fall Mini-Conference – Invitation to Register

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Please share the information with other colleagues in the physical education, recreation, health, as well as the dance field. Dear AZHPE Colleagues, This invitation is coming to you from President Cheryl Stafford.

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My Title IX Story: The Personal Perspective of a Female Athlete and Coach

SHAPE America

There were no recreational teams for young girls. I had coached basketball for many years, including coaching a college team, had worked recreational jobs for my local town, had been a referee in several sports including basketball, and had a doctoral degree in physical education.

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

SHAPE America

These notes became the foundation for a two-part series we would later write for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), “Transitioning From Students of Teaching to Teachers of Students.”.

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Critical Issues in All Physical Activity Professions

Human Kinetics

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics author Hans Van der Mars discusses critical issues in physical education, sport coaching, dance education, fitness instruction, health education, and recreation. . . . . Presented by Hans Van der Mars, PhD, Arizona State University. .

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Presidential Award

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Jason Jamison is an industry consultant with over 25 years of experience with tennis, pickleball, and recreation programs.

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Encouraging greater sport participation

Learning Through Sport

Social and recreational (informal/leisure) sport opportunities are generally not available to an adolescent unless they play in an adult competition. By sport, I include competitive, social and recreational leisure and informal sport.

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Every Kid Sports Joins the Unite Us Network to Increase Access to Youth Sports

Every Kids Sports

The Every Kid Sports Pass program covers the recreational youth sports registration fees up to $150, four times per year, per eligible child aged 4-18. The Every Kid Sports Pass program helps families pay a portion of registration fees required for youth sports participation. BEND, OR (Feb.

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Every Kid Sports Joins the Unite Us Network to Increase Access to Youth Sports

Every Kids Sports

The Every Kid Sports Pass program covers the recreational youth sports registration fees up to $150, four times per year, per eligible child aged 4-18. The Every Kid Sports Pass program helps families pay a portion of registration fees required for youth sports participation. BEND, OR (Feb.

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Every Kid Sports to Partner with Sixers Youth Foundation to Empower Local Youth

Every Kids Sports

The Every Kid Sports Pass is available for recreational leagues, as well as pay-to-play after school sports programs in middle and high schools, including the upcoming Spring Sports season.

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Review of Adapted Physical Education and Sport, 7th Edition

Human Kinetics

While competitive and elite competition is included, the span of activities in this new edition is also comprehensive in coverage of recreational and adventure physical activities. From Susan J Grosse, Past President of American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness, AAHPERD. .

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The Most Popular Sports in Malaysia

The Sporting

The latest studies show that a large amount of Malaysians enjoy cycling on a regular basis, both recreationally and professionally. Squash Squash isn’t popular as a recreational sport, but it is very popular when it comes to competitions.

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Live Session: 1v1 Defensive Decision Making

Player Development Project

The session is designed to recreate a turnover and get players thinking about defensive decisions, when to press and when to hold, whilst encouraging attackers to express themselves and be creative.

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Universal Design for Learning and Training General Physical Educators to Work with Children with Disabilities: A Conversation with Michelle Grenier

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

Dr. Michelle Grenier , a former professor at the University of New Hampshire, has earned a master's degree in s pecial e ducation a long a PHD in education at UNH, and is now the APE representative for the New Hampshire Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

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edTPA Preparation: A Guide Designed for PETE Students

Human Kinetics

When she isn’t teaching and mentoring teacher candidates at Carthage College, Rebekah enjoys playing recreational volleyball and hiking or biking through state parks and trails with her family. .

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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.

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Summer Coaches’ School 2023 – Meet the presenters!

MSU

Dr. Scott Pierce is an Associate Professor at the School of Kinesiology and Recreation at Illinois State University. Pete Jacobson has been a wrestling coach in New York for 21 years at Edgemont High School.

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Moral Discomfort in the Field of Adapted Physical Activity

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

Ebert recently completed her Master's degree at the University of Alberta and is now a Recreation and Physical Activity consultant for Equality Fitness and Recreation. Welcome to the What's New in APE Podcast blog/podcast. In this episode, I had a conversation with Amanda Ebert ( @eberta2) about ethical and moral issues that practitioners in the field of adapted physical activity (APA) deal with on a regular basis. This conversation was guided by a paper Ms.

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Running While You Study – Not As Crazy As it Sounds

Physical Education Update

In fact, this study-exercise combination helped her to drop 30 pounds and elevate herself from a recreational jogger into a second-team All-Canadian runner over the course of several years. A TrekDesk Work Station. I once coached a student-athlete who had the most peculiar study habits.

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Philadelphia Eagles Invest in Local Youth Athletes Through New Partnership with Every Kid Sports

Every Kids Sports

We are extremely happy to establish this new partnership that will allow more kids to play recreational sports in Philly,” said Natalie Hummel, Founder and Executive Director of Every Kid Sports. “We

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Philadelphia Eagles Invest in Local Youth Athletes Through New Partnership with Every Kid Sports

Every Kids Sports

We are extremely happy to establish this new partnership that will allow more kids to play recreational sports in Philly,” said Natalie Hummel, Founder and Executive Director of Every Kid Sports. “We

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Angel City Football Club and Every Kid Sports Team Up to Empower Girls to Play Sports

Every Kids Sports

BEND, OR (May 26, 2022) – Angel City Football Club (ACFC) , the newest member of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), has become the latest pro sports team to partner with Every Kid Sports (EKS) , a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children play youth recreational sports.

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Angel City Football Club and Every Kid Sports Team Up to Empower Girls to Play Sports

Every Kids Sports

BEND, OR (May 26, 2022) – Angel City Football Club (ACFC) , the newest member of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), has become the latest pro sports team to partner with Every Kid Sports (EKS) , a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children play youth recreational sports.

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Bullseye : Another case for Sport

AKA Sports

The goal here is to get more kids into outdoor activities and recreation and with our first go at AKA Bullseyes for Bucks Archery Tournament, I am proud to say it was a success! Below is a CS bulleted Blog. A classic Chris method format, much like him speaking in the third person.

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Hillyard Inc. and Every Kid Sports team up to help more kids play youth sports

Every Kids Sports

The goal of the partnership is to help support and increase awareness of the Every Kid Sports Pass program, which covers the recreational youth sports registration fees up to $150, four times per year, per eligible child aged 4-18. “We

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Meeting TEKS Standards with the SPARK Curriculum

Spark PE

7) Performance strategies—outdoor and recreational pursuits. 7) Performance strategies—outdoor and recreational pursuits. What are standards and why are they a critical component of physical education?

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

To achieve this recommendation, children and youth must participate in a quality physical education program and physical activity throughout the day in addition to recreational or competitive sports. Being physically active leads to the development of cognitive skills among children.

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A Case of the Wiffle

AKA Sports

The AKA Wiffle Ball League at the National Sports Center’s Sports Hall was our first take at bringing organized game and recreation programming to adults. It hit me a couple weeks back. I was the pseudo umpire just down the first base line.

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