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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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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

We will explore child and adolescent development, overuse injuries, burnout, and how parents, coaches, and sports administrators can collaborate to address these risks. For some private clubs and coaching academies, recruiting children as young as five years old means more clients paying for longer periods of instruction.

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How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE ClassesWhat Is Boardball?

Gopher Sport

Its a game of strategy, skill, and movement that challenges players to work together while having a whole lotta fun! Soccer Ball Target: Encourage footwork and agility by having students use a soccer ball to kick and bounce against the board as a rebounder and targeting drill, adding a new dimension to skill development.

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Sports Equipment for Your Home Coaching

Whole Child Sports

This safe and fun balance-trainingdevice helps a child develop body awareness, core strength, and rotational movement. In addition, the boards replicate board sports (skateboarding, snowboarding, surfng) movements. Agility ladder. The post Sports Equipment for Your Home Coaching appeared first on Whole Child Sports.

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Early Specialization vs. Multi-Sport Participation: What’s the Best Approach for Long-Term Athletic Success and Injury Prevention?

Better Coaching

In today’s competitive sports environment, parents, coaches, and young athletes are increasingly pressured to focus on one sport from an early age. Young athletes who specialize in one sport are subject to the same movements, muscles, and joints being stressed repeatedly.

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How to coach someone to improve their balance

Sports Coaching FAQ

In order to coach balance, a progressive programme of exercises and movements should be used. Dynamic balance is the ability to maintain stability while performing movements. For each exercise ask the athlete to hold for 10 seconds before moving to the next (this could be achieved with the coach conducting a countdown).

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Back to Padel School: Talking Padel with Sandy Farquharson

The Sporting

Padel has a very specific movement profile, moving in all directions almost continually, but probably going backwards more than any other sport. Similar footwork drills to tennis – agility cone drills , ladders etc. Obviously, all players are individual, so it depends on the approach. This will take time and repetition.

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