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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

This approach, which Ive labeled More, Younger, insists that increased time on the field, in the gym, or on the court is the surest path to success, scholarships, and lifelong athletic achievement. Overuse injuries such as Little League shoulder, gymnast wrist, or runners knee are becoming commonplace in grade school athletes.

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

The reality is that physical education has limited time in a school curricula. This question is deeply connected to the question , What is important to learn in physical education in the time available (and to what standard or level of competence) to enable students to continue to pursue being physically active beyond the school gates?

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

I would do it after school. The lab combines cutting-edge technology and decades of experience to help young athletes recover safely, improve sports performance, and reduce future injury risk through biomechanical assessment using 3-D motion capture video and force plates. He created his own self-imposed daily workout at home. “I

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California State Standards For PE

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The Physical Education Framework for California Public Schools is a 342-page document that outlines the California state standards for PE. But the California State Standards for PE can still be achieved by teaching basic water safety and dry-land swim skills. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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Overuse Injuries in Amateur Sports: Identifying Risks, Prevention Strategies, and Recovery Protocols

Better Coaching

Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. How can they achieve adequate recovery when they go from a basketball practice from 3:00-5:00 in the afternoon, to a 30-minute drive for volleyball practice from 6:00-8:00? This is not inherently negative.

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Baby on Hospice Receives Second Chance With Lifesaving Heart Surgery

Stanford Childrens

The team consistently achieves survival rates of 98% , despite caring for children with the most challenging heart defects. In roughly 90% of patients we achieve a full repair, and in the majority of our patients we can complete that in one surgery, Dr. Ma says. The operation took about 12 hours.

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Teaching physical education for effective learning

Learning Through Sport

This can only occur by meaking realistic descisions about what can be taught and learnt in the time available to physical education in the school curricula. 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.