SHAPE America
MAY 22, 2025
Students move in ways they enjoy, explore their strengths, and reinforce skills that transfer to recess, sports and recreational life. Lets be clear this isnt free-for-all or roll out the ball time. This is purposeful play. I set up a variety of play stations with suggestions for movement, including a 5K tracker.
SHAPE America
APRIL 18, 2023
The next seven stages include general skill development, athleticism, and enjoyment of sport, leading to continued participation throughout the lifespan (either in recreational sport or following the elite performance pathway). This is an essential stage that provides the building blocks for the following stages.
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SHAPE America
AUGUST 11, 2022
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.”. As the clock ticks toward graduation, those innocent, every-once-in-a-while thoughts gain strength. Running the Race.
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.
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Physical Growth and Maturation From infancy to adolescence, children undergo substantial changes in skeletal structure, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, and coordination. Some children do not show significant athletic promise at age 10, but by 15 or 16, they have the size, strength, and motivation to excel.
Designs for Health
MAY 18, 2023
The natural aging process is associated with decreased muscle mass, strength, and functionality; supporting muscle mass is vital for healthy aging. The potential ability to promote muscle synthesis may be clinically relevant to two large population groups: aging individuals and athletes.
The Sporting
JUNE 15, 2023
Willis retired in 1954 to focus on helping troubled youth, first as Cleveland's assistant recreation commissioner and later as the chairman of the Ohio Youth Commission. He went from strength to strength, earning two First-Team All-American awards during his time in college.
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