First Beat

AUGUST 4, 2023

Firstbeat is delighted to announce its recent API integration partnership with Stretch On Sense who provide active intelligence to elite sports teams via their innovative product, Hat-TriQ. About Firstbeat: Firstbeat provides advanced performance analytics for more than 1,000 sports teams around the world.

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The Sporting

APRIL 10, 2023

Real Tennis & Rackets: Howard Angus MBE talks us through how he became a World Champion in two sports in this exclusive interview UPDATED April 2023 Howard Angus MBE was the Rackets World Champion from 1973-1975 and the Real Tennis World Champion from 1976-1981.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Use Sports Stories to Talk About Discrimination. An easy and natural way to discuss Black History Month in health and physical education is through Black American pioneers in sports. For each incorrect answer, students were directed to do a particular exercise or movement before trying again.

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The Sporting

JULY 18, 2023

Marketing Performance: Rolex and Their Journey in Sport Most people likely know of Rolex as nothing more than a status symbol. It certainly is that, but prestige is earned, and the Rolex brand has earned its reputation through flawless performance, which is something it has replicated in its marketing and association with elite sports.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al.,

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

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Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I believe a possible missing link to the above questions is the lack of realisation that sometimes we are forcing direct input-output expectations (I want A from introducing B) with learning processes (In order to achieve B, I need to consider process C which requires specific inputs) and there is a mismatch in expectations.

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The Sporting

MARCH 8, 2023

Sumo wrestling is an ancient sport in Japan with immense historical and cultural significance. This sport is an intense physical competition, but the Japanese consider it an integral part of their culture. This article will discuss the biggest sumo wrestlers of all-time based on their weight, height and important achievements.

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Reinventing the Game

OCTOBER 9, 2021

It matters when we acknowledge that the movement is a life-skill and the recipients of our services are differentiated with many needs. A philosophical stance help in the comprehension of a pedagogy, e.g. learners learn best in experience and thus understand what they are doing as necessary to achieve what is needed.

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Physical Education Update

MARCH 4, 2023

It had occurred to me as I watched them sliding down that hill—and I can still hear their laughter echoing off the hills as I write this article—that this is what sports, and fitness, and the professions of coaching and physical education are really all about. But in it’s essence, sport is really just play. Necessary play.

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Skillastics

MAY 10, 2022

Here are five easy ways to increase student engagement and movement in your students by 50%. On the contrary, kids can master skills and techniques, set achievable goals right off the bat–and reach them–encouraging them to keep going. The post Five Ways to Increase Student Movement and Engagement appeared first on Skillastics.

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The Sporting

MARCH 12, 2023

But there is no such thing as ‘too late’ in this sport! Gymnastics has a number of health advantages and it may be the best sport to do if you want to get fit and active, even in your advancing years. If that’s not convinced you to try out this wonderful sport, let's continue by discussing all the benefits of gymnastics for adults.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

Engaging in this contested space, I did my doctoral study on curriculum and pedagogical innovation for sport teaching, which I termed sport literacy as I theorised sport teaching in PE using multi-literacy theory (Drummond & Pill, 2011; Pill, 2009, 2010). Sport is an applied, practised and situated set of skills; 2.Sport

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Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. If you’re looking for a sport that covers just about all of the physical skills that children need to develop, gymnastics is your answer. Teaching gymnastics helps children improve in other sports.

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Skillastics

JUNE 23, 2022

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently. We are so excited to have partnered with physical education leaders, bringing joy and fun back to movement for two decades!

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The debate surrounding sport specific training has persisted for decades. For a long time, it was thought that training had to be specific to sport and position. Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports.

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PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Option to modify the movement by bringing your feet further apart.

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Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through movement and physical activity. Today’s environment and increasingly sedentary lifestyles mean many children are missing out on learning fundamental movement skills, like how to run, throw, kick, catch or jump.

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The Sporting

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Fast forward to 2020 and the racial and social injustice issues currently taking place in society, Kareem’s statement in 1968 is influencing the statements of black athletes in ALL professional sports, all over the world. Kareem won everywhere he went and influenced both the Civil Rights’ Movement and the empowerment of black athletes today.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 24, 2023

Malaysia’s Most Popular Sports Sport is very popular in Malaysia. From participation to spectating, sports are an important part of Malaysian culture, including traditional and Western games. We’ll take a look at the popularity of traditional sports, western sports and then popular sports by participation.

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First Beat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However soccer, along with most team sports, is intermittent in nature with periods of increased and decreased intensity, so mimicking that TRIMP/min of 2.77 However, in practical terms this has been difficult to achieve until now. The highest value achieved in any measurement is ~3.9, from their current season.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. This is because quality physical education doesn’t just help students achieve regular physical activity in the moment. Physical education classes are crucial in achieving the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 24, 2023

She is co-director of The Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness (IMSVI)( See www.brockport.edu/IMSVI ). She is the founder and director of Camp Abilities: An educational sports camp for children with visual impairments.

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First Beat

MAY 29, 2023

Coaching a sports team requires careful management of training, player performance, and recovery. Making informed decisions is crucial to maximize your team’s potential and achieving success on the field. One powerful tool that coaches can rely on is Firstbeat Sports.

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The Sporting

APRIL 25, 2023

As a matter of fact, the sport was depicted in cave drawings in France that date back over 15,000 years. In the US specifically, the sport was popularised during the 20th century, with the first official World Arm Wrestling Championship held in 1962 in Petaluma, California. This helped to increase the popularity of arm wrestling.

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The Sporting

AUGUST 14, 2023

John Beck: The Football Tactician Who Was About More Than Just ‘Route One’ Football Historian Peter Kenny Jones returns to The Sporting Blog with the story of John Beck, a man known for his pragmatic tactics, and supposedly uncultured style of management. Yet there was success with Cambridge Utd and lots of it.

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Changing the Game Project

APRIL 23, 2024

She was like a grandparent, always proud of me no matter what happened on the field, and never living vicariously through my achievements or failures. ” She always made sure that sport never defined who I was, yet always allowed it to be something I did. Let’s go get ice cream!” Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease.

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Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 6, 2020

As our children grow into physically active, upright beings and we introduce them to sports, we pass the coaching baton to others, hopeful that while playing sports with their peers, our kids will be taught new skills, make friends, and develop a passion for exercise. Whole Child Sports encourages parents to introduce children ages !ve

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Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

During the 1960s and 1970s, there were several publications explaining how to use them, reasons for their use, and their teaching benefits, particularly in the sport of soccer/football (see e.g. Wade, 1967; Worthington, 1974) where they were used to teach attack, defence and transition principles of play.

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The Sporting

JULY 10, 2023

The Electronic Strike Zone: Is technology inevitable in every sport? We’ve seen really positive instances of technology enhancing sports such as Hawkeye in cricket and tennis, and goal-line technology has largely been successful in football/soccer. And to what degree? I think it works and it can be used well. This is big.

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Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Make it more fun: encourage a variety of creative movement skills from the leader with everyone else copying the leader, yell new leader and the first person goes to the end of the line so everyone gets a chance to lead for a short time.) Can you achieve a double catch with everyone in the class?

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

In recent years, amateur sports have become a thriving ecosystem. Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. After all, sports promote physical fitness, socialization, teamwork, and discipline. This is not inherently negative.

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PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

To achieve this recommendation, children and youth must participate in a quality physical education program and physical activity throughout the day in addition to recreational or competitive sports. Being physically active leads to the development of cognitive skills among children. Ready to Learn More?

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

Without doubt, as experts, we can predict much movement outcomes when it comes to skills, values, etc. We go through with the lessons and usually find it hard to decide if we had achieved what we need to. We are keen to know if we have taught the life-skills that we expect of Physical Education and Sports.

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Sports for Schools

MAY 19, 2022

Last week we held our first Sports for Schools Conference since 2019. We are already looking forward to the Sports for Schools conference 2023! Take a look at some more photos from the conference: The post The Sports for Schools Conference 2022 appeared first on Sports for Schools.

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Sports for Schools

MAY 19, 2022

Last week we held our first Sports for Schools Conference since 2019. Body language and movement – use body language to show and move around the stage/room. It was a pleasure to be able to hold our annual Sports for Schools awards ceremony. We are already looking forward to the Sports for Schools conference 2023!

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The Sporting

APRIL 3, 2024

Sports like American football can cause regular injuries if you don’t look after yourself properly. That's why it's crucial to take proactive measures to prevent injuries and protect what you've worked so hard to achieve. Include movements that mimic the motions you'll be performing during your sport.

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