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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. Implement games into warmups and lessons that foster and complement the development of motor skills.

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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

Physical Growth and Maturation From infancy to adolescence, children undergo substantial changes in skeletal structure, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, and coordination. Some children do not show significant athletic promise at age 10, but by 15 or 16, they have the size, strength, and motivation to excel.

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OPEN National Field Day

Open Phys Ed

Personal Enjoyment (1) Describes positive feelings that result from physical activity participation. (3) 3) Reflects on the reasons for enjoying selected physical activities. 1) Discusses the reasons for participating in physical activity with friends. (2) 3) Works cooperatively with others. (4)

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Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. 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. Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics.

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Children’s Mental Health week

The PE Hub

Since then, it’s grown from strength to strength and is becoming a key event on the calendar for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and beyond. Be physically active We may be biased, but the simple act of getting up and moving around is such a good way to boost a child’s wellbeing (and yours too!).

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FITT Principle For Physical Education

PLT4M

Using the FITT principle, he maps out a 5-day training schedule focusing on weight lifting 3 days a week and includes speed, agility, and conditioning for the other 2 days. This can be especially helpful for students who often look for the context and the “why” behind the physical education experience. Or a mix of both?

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Making The Case For Athletic PE

PLT4M

Now, a quality physical education program offers a wide range of physical activity options like pickleball, yoga, dance, and other lifetime fitness activities. Better yet, they can do so as part of the physical education program. million students participate in high school sports.

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