Changing the Game Project

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

All of those things come together in high school sports and that’s why I love them. That’s why I love school sports. I turned to my friends in the stands and said “this is why you play high school sports.” This is why I put my kids in sports. This is why I love sports in general.

High School

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.

Sports

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

SHAPE America

MAY 22, 2025

When we teach both the why and the how of physical activity, we move beyond compliance we create connection. This is how I teach the intensity as it relates to the FITT principle.) Students move in ways they enjoy, explore their strengths, and reinforce skills that transfer to recess, sports and recreational life.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA).

PE

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! Hockey-Inspired Fitness Challenges It is important to highlight that conditioning and physical fitness are just as crucial as playing the sport itself. About the Author: DOM Sports Win a DOM Supersafe Floor Hockey Set! (A

Teaching

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. We talk about teamwork — not just in sports or activities, but in life. Together, we’re working to create a space where everyone can learn, and everyone feels like they belong.

PE

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. In basketball, its the shot that could beat the buzzer.

PE

Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

And for those of us teaching in Title I schools, the stakes and rewards often feel even greater. 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.

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Heather teaches hundreds of students each week, navigating her own physical challenges while showing her students the importance of resilience, self-acceptance, and overcoming adversity. If there’s something I can’t do physically, I don’t let it stop my teaching.” Heather’s teaching is a testament to her resourcefulness and dedication.

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. When Cole Christopher first started teaching at MACCRAY 7 years ago, the weightlifting elective had only a handful of students.

Physical Education

The Everlearner

MARCH 12, 2025

Dear PE colleagues, Teaching skill acquisition in A-level PE, AS PE and BTEC Sport at KS5 is a fantastic experience. Much of my career has been defined by KS5 classroom-based PE teaching and, I believe, I have taught close to every KS5 course and unit.

Teaching

Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Adapting Boardball for Younger Students Volleyball can be a tough game to teach, especially for younger students who often struggle with keeping the ball in the air while contending with a tall net. Heres how Boardball can be adapted for younger students, why its a great fit for PE, and what educators are saying about it.

Fitness

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In this episode, we interview Nicole McCoy (@ ), an APE teacher in Lancaster, Pennsylvania about how she has transformed her teaching by integrating innovative assistive technologies. Nicole shares several examples of technologies that allow students to engage in meaningful sport and physical activity in a variety of unique ways.

Creativity

MSU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jennifer Roth Michigan State University, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports The youth sport environment can be a great place for youth to learn important life skills that they can transfer to other areas of their lives. Recently, in the United States, there has been an increase in the professionalization of youth sport.

Psychology

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

That’s why it’s essential to prioritize and plan a high school physical education curriculum that not only teaches the foundational elements of health and wellness but also encourages student choice, autonomy, and exposure to a wide variety of activities. Despite this, more schools are allowing students to opt out of PE. From the 2024 U.S

High School

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

Teaching is a complex and sometimes complicated endeavour. The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making.

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Town/neighborhood: I have lived in San Tan Valley for over 12 years, but I teach at Faith Mather Sossaman in the Queen Creek Unified School District. What I do: I’m one of the physical education teachers at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, currently in my 18th year teaching in Arizona.

Education

Stanford Childrens

MAY 14, 2025

Other times, they teach children strategies to manage stress, pain, anxiety, or depression, which can be associated with IBD. Hes back playing sports. For Dr. Moses, getting Mo back to school, his studies, and sports is gratifying. But Mo is feeling great and is as active, energetic, and gung-ho as ever.

Immune system

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. Sport Education. A season of sport. Adventure Education.

Physical Education

The Everlearner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This post is written for PE teachers or those teaching or coaching young people in an educational setting.

PE

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 31, 2025

But I digress, it’s time to get ourselves ready for those early morning duties, after school meetings, sports practices and lesson planning! Once we get that figured out, we then focus on providing modifications, adaptations and modifications for activities that will help our PE teachers provide an inclusive teaching environment.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

teaches Physical Education in a very small school called The Builders School. He teaches two PE classes, one for Grades 1 to 3 (11 Students) and one for Grades 4 to 6 (9 Students). 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.

PE Teacher

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 3, 2025

Although 40 hours per week may sound like a lot, kids often use earbuds or headphones -in school for doing independent work -at home for watching videos or playing video games -at home or at athletic venues while playing sports or exercising -even in bed, while they sleep This adds up quickly! – Provide plenty of device-free time.

Academics

Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 8, 2025

Most PE teachers teach six, seven, or even eight classes a day with barely a moment in between. 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. Start small. Stay consistent.

PE

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

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 23, 2025

While looking up traditional games from Australia, I stumbled upon a fantastic online resource called Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games from the Australian Sports Commission. I think the Aborigines knew that teaching through games efficiently got children to practice and perfect their skills.

Teaching

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Four days a week, I teach two classes in the afternoon, and on Fridays, I have middle school all morning and one more 6-9 class to finish out the week. 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. I also only meet with each class once a week.

PE Teacher

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

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. While at ASDB, he helped to organize and develop the first ever Adapted Sports Program for sensory impaired, multi-disabled students.

Physical Education

The Everlearner

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This is the hitting zone for PE teachers and highly influential subject knowledge for us all whether teaching Key stages 1-5 or teaching a PE qualification such as GCSE or A-level or BTEC. Every PE teacher knows the principles of training and there is zero confusion about what the principles mean and how to teach them, right?

Teaching

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. Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more!

Elementary

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

In math, you might teach addition, then multiplication, then algebra. Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play. Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school, PLT4M offers a curriculum that adapts to your students’ needs—and helps them grow.

Motor Skills

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

A sports injury on the field. This might involve teaching proper handwashing techniques to prevent the spread of illness, providing age-appropriate sex education, or offering guidance on nutrition and physical activity. But it’s not just global pandemics that make our world sudden. A severe allergic reaction during lunch.

Schooling

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

Each lesson includes a one page lesson overview, equipment checklist, game setup, teaching cues, standard alignment and more! Magic Number – Teach your students how to make groups quickly with “Magic Number.” Explore our K-5 Curriculum with these select Lesson Plans from some of our most popular Units. Download Now!

Elementary

RC Families

JUNE 2, 2025

Teaching resilience to kids was something that my husband and I strongly believed in as we raised three children who are now adults in their 30s. We knew it was an important trait for them to learn, especially in the sports they all played through college. But it wasn’t until lately that I was reminded. Read More

Teaching