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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. Strategies for coaches to reclaim play in sports: Incorporate games that develop fundamental skills but remain fun and creative.

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Elementary PE Lesson Plans

PLT4M

Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases. Finding a comprehensive resource that schools are willing to invest in is rare. To achieve this vision, PLT4M is excited to partner with Mike Graham, an expert and advocate for quality elementary physical education.

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Funding Physical Education Programs

PLT4M

Christi highlights three key places to build out your team: Colleagues Administration Community Partner “Whether you have a team of PE teachers of 1 or 10, you need to get creative with who is on your team. ” Slide from Funding Your PE Program webinar. ” Slide from Funding Your PE Program webinar.

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Coaching using Play with Purpose

Learning Through Sport

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. Modifying games to achieve specific learning intentions is a feature of the Game Sense approach.

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Teaching sport in PE: A hybrid TGfU:Game Sense and Sport Education Model - Sport Literacy

Learning Through Sport

Sport creates embodied meaning, and meaning that can be communicated, interpreted, understood, imaged and used creatively ; 3.Sport Through the idea of sport literacy, I sought to promote synergies in TGfU and Sport Education, rather than regarding them as competing possibilities for secondary school sport teaching.

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