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How to Create a Before-School Fitness and Running Club

School Yard

Several years ago, I was teaching at a new elementary school and wanted to get my community involved in family fitness events to promote exercising while having fun. Create a schedule but have some flexibility. Lots of high fives and off to the school day! – 8:15 a.m. Or, students can choose to run the whole time.)

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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

In a 2020 publication by the Rutgers Youth Sports Research Council, sports psychologists stressed the importance of distinguishing between deliberate practice (which is highly structured, purposeful, and cognitively demanding) and deliberate play (child-centered, inherently motivating, and flexible).

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Focus on injury prevention, wellness earns top mark for Bound Brook High girls basketball, USA Today

Whole Child Sports

After a quick meeting, the girls called Derevjanik at her day job at Bound Brook Elementary School, where she is charged with shaping the minds of 21 boisterous fourth-graders. “I When they have completed three sets of 10 reps for various lifts, ladders are used for agility training.