SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Instead of settling into an indoor, sedentary routine — it’s time to rethink the typical school day.

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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.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., Roger, however, arrives late, having dropped off his younger siblings at school. Too often, when I introduce new sports or fitness activities, my predominantly African American students say, “That’s a white sport.” The bell rings at 9 a.m. Coach Clark always comes with a twist.

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Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Alexandra Abbott, MD (right) reviews an x-ray at the Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Sunnyvale, Calif. I’ve reflected on what it means to have longevity in sports and try to find the importance of things like reducing injury risk, reducing burnout, and trying to be a life-long athlete.

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Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

And for those of us teaching in Title I schools, the stakes and rewards often feel even greater. In Title I schools, Field Day often represents more than just games on a field. For Title I schools, that sometimes means writing grants, recycling equipment, or turning pool noodles and cones into adventure zones.

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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.,

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Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

President-Elect Candidates Cara Grant Cara Grant (she/her) is the preK-12 supervisor for adapted physical education, health, and physical education in Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland), the 14th largest school district in the nation. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D.

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Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schools of Nursing and local school district nurses are uniquely positioned to strategically support each other’s missions and visions. How fortunate my Camden City School District (CCSD) is to have the investment and dedication of the Rutgers-Camden School of Nursing as a partner in health and learning!

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. In this way, there is shared responsibility in addressing inequities and other systemic barriers.

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Active Schools Us

APRIL 21, 2023

Sports activities are more than just sources of entertainment in schools. Unfortunately, the Aspen Institute reports that less than 4 in 10 high school students participate in sports, and fewer than 25 percent of students meet the recommended level of regular physical activity.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This expansion helps introduce the sport at younger ages (which mirrors the growth of the sport across the country) and helps reinforce many of the transferable skills that students are learning at those grade levels — but in a new way, with a new activity. With the Lacrosse in Schools document, you can do the same.

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Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Concussion Pocket Card With Fall sports about to begin, the opportunities for concussions begin as well. Some sports carry an inherent risk of concussions: football, hockey, soccer, field hockey, rugby, flag football, gymnastics and more. And any PE class holds risks. All it takes is a trip and a fall, and a concussion could occur.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. I once taught physical education classes outside — in Minnesota — for a full school year (and a month into the next year) when our gymnasium was being renovated.

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Drowning in the Shallow

AUGUST 28, 2022

It was a critical principle underpinning UK Parliament’s (2021) recent proposal for a ‘national plan for sport, health and wellbeing‘ and the government’s response agreed that it should be an essential focus for physical education (PE) and school sport (DCMS, 2022).

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SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. They really couldn’t say no.

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A reflection on how we support, challenge and celebrate our children with additional needs in PE, school sport and physical activity.

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Slow Chat PE

JUNE 2, 2023

Just as a sports team reviews game films to engage in honest conversations on how to improve, we must adopt a similar mindset when reflecting on our actions, decisions, and interactions. From the Marine Corps perspective, the objective of this partnership is to legitimize, normalize, and increase military recruiters in schools.

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PE Scholar

JANUARY 11, 2024

Executive Summary Prior research documents that sport participation among secondary school children is associated with various benefits, including

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Growing up as an active sports enthusiast, she took her passion to the next level by earning a Physical and Health Education Degree and completing Teacher’s College in Canada. After a decade of teaching high school PE in Canada, she moved abroad, bringing her expertise to students around the globe.

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Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Last week, I witnessed a great example of the optimal use of facilities and cooperation between sports teams. Lockerby Composite is a high school of about 1000 students within the city of Sudbury, Ontario. tags]physical education,school,sports,cooperation,football,cross country running[/tags].

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Physical Education Update

APRIL 15, 2023

For those of you still checking PE Update, I thought I’d provide a video of a new sport that you’ll probably never be able to play in your school (because it looks expensive to set up), but that looks like a lot of fun. Well, it’s July and summer vacation has just begun here in North America. Have a great summer!!

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Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 5, 2023

It would be closer to How to Create a Montessori Sports Program: Avoid the Pitfalls and Stay True to the Method. A little bit of history about sports and my school: no afterschool sports teams existed when I started teaching at Rogers Park Montessori School sixteen years ago.

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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. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and the 2025 SHAPE America National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Lets be clear this isnt free-for-all or roll out the ball time.

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PE Scholar

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Join us at Dorney Lake, Windsor on Mon 6th Feb 2023 to learn how to create an Awesome Primary PE, School Sport and Physical Activity Offer.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 8, 2023

I see it happen every year – school officials scheduling their graduation ceremonies on the same evening as major sports championships. This year, for example, a local high school has scheduled its grad on the same Friday evening as the provincial soccer and track championships. Is it done on purpose?

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SHAPE America

MARCH 14, 2023

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Why Fishing? Many have never fished before at all.

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PE Scholar

JUNE 28, 2024

During my time as a Head of PE in a state comprehensive in the North of England, I saw an increase in the amount of Elite Sports Programmes being

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Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 19, 2023

Part one of Why Your Montessori School Needs Sports featured the history of the Rogers Park Montessori School basketball program. In it, I recounted the humble origins of the program, including the initial resistance to sports being introduced into a Montessori school.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

That same month, tennis pro Steven Mingo came to my school. In May 2022, I applied for my school to play exhibition matches for NetGen at the U.S. Bicycle Grants The CYCLE Kids grant (valued at $25,000) provides schools with 10 new bikes, helmets, a bike pump, and textbooks that teach cycle basics as well as nutrition.

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Better Coaching

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Balancing Scheduling, Nutrition, and Performance The tradition of early morning practice is deeply ingrained in sports culture, often seen as a symbol of discipline and commitment. International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: Protein and exercise. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition , 14(1), 20.

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Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Every Sport Has Its Defining Moment Every sport has its defining momentthat one skill athletes spend years perfecting. Few sports give you a true, measurable way to achieve perfection, but in bowling, its real. Its a sport of precision, mental focus, and strategy. Its a sport of precision, mental focus, and strategy.

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Learning Through Sport

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is substantial evidence of many psychological, physical, and social health benefits of participation in sport across the lifespan, including that participation in sport is associated with improved psychological and social health benefits above other forms of leisure time physical activity for children and adolescents.

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SHAPE America

MAY 24, 2022

I have always loved sports and participated in them my whole life. While the boys classes had a full array of sports and other activities, girls classes were mainly focused on exercise, marching, jumping rope, and being graded on the cleanliness and color of your sneakers and gym uniforms! I was so happy to finally play for my school.

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Carly's P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome back to school everyone! This is my 18th year teaching for Kenowa Hills Public Schools, and I must say, this has been the BEST start to the school year that I have experienced! My goal is to MAXIMIZE our time together with lots of movement, exercise, sports and games. I hope everyone has a wonderful school year!

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools. 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. Now, the school has 8 to 10 course sections per year.

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Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This module does address development of movement concepts, movement patterns, and strategic knowledge commonly associated with invasion sports. The post Cooperative Invasion (High School) appeared first on OPEN Physical Education Curriculum.

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