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Spooky Fun and Fitness: Why Halloween Games Are a Treat for PE Lessons

Physical Education Ideas

Take "Catching Ghosts and Pumpkins" for example, where students race to gather “ghosts” (balloons) and “pumpkins” (bean bags), fostering not only agility and speed but also encouraging imaginative play. By turning simple movements into part of a story or game, students are more likely to forget they’re even exercising.

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

SHAPE America

An example of this is to combine locomotor running skills for quickness and agility as seen in tennis and soccer. Be mindful that soccer is lower-body dominant for object control and tennis is upper-body dominant, so including eye-foot and eye-hand coordination helps to develop skills across sports.

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

For those of you not aware of CrossFit, it’s a strength and conditioning program that employs a mix of aerobic, gymnastics, body weight and Olympic lifting exercises. The goal is to improved fitness in 10 different areas: cardiovascular endurance, strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, power, balance, coordination, agility, and accuracy.

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Engaging Pickleball Activities for PE Classes

Gopher Sport

Introducing creative pickleball activities can further enhance the learning experience, making it not just about physical exercise but also about strategic thinking and teamwork. Pickleball Relay Races Objective: Improve agility, coordination, and teamwork.

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Exciting New Features for PhysednHealth K-12 Platform

Physed n Health

Select from a wide range of exercises, and receive real-time feedback on their performance. Jump Rope Test Integrate the classic jump rope test into your curriculum and evaluate students’ agility, coordination, and cardiovascular endurance.

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5 Great Secondary Lesson Plans from Dynamic PE ASAP!

Gopher Sport

Badminton: Smash Your Way to Success This engaging 3-week badminton unit covers a wide range of exciting objectives designed to improve student’s skills, teamwork, and agility. To improve their overall fitness, they’ll engage in dynamic circuit training, Jump and Jog, Hexagon Hustle, and Parachute Fitness exercises.

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Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics. KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.