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Creating an Effective Health and Wellness Club at School

SHAPE America

Considering the age range of these students, it was very important to keep them engaged and involved so I made sure that the first half of each club session was fun and engaging, while still educating students on the importance of physical activity, exercise and proper nutrition habits. The results were promising: 63.2% learned about the U.S.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. They perform better on standardized and functional assessments. HPE teachers already have it figured out!

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IB Sports, exercise and health science, I salute you!

The Everlearner

A new course will be first taught in August 2024 and first assessed in summer 2026 , replacing the existing IB Sport, exercise and health science course that was first assessed at SL in 2014 and HL in 2018. The International Baccalaureate Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL) are changing.

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What is TRIMP? How Sports Teams Use It to Optimize Training

First Beat

TRIMP (Training Impulse) is a powerful metric that helps sports teams quantify training load using heart rate data, enabling coaches to optimize performance, manage injury risk, and ensure athletes are game-ready. Indeed, this is the metric used within the Firstbeat Sports dashboard.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Celebrating a Collaborative Partnership in Health & Learning

Relentless School Nurse

This collaboration began in 2022, when more than 150 CCSD student-athletes faced the risk of being sidelined due to the requirement of physical exams for participation in school sports.

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New Heart Rate Recovery Feature from Firstbeat Sports Provides More Insights for Coaches

First Beat

The new Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) feature from Firstbeat Sports provides an additional tool for coaches to assess the status of their athletes, giving further insights into conditioning and recovery status. HRR essentially reflects parasympathetic reactivation following exercise, i.e., recovery. Sports Med, 46, 1461–1486.

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World Heart Day Q&A with Stanford Children’s Heart Doctors

Stanford Childrens

Exercise and Heart Disease in Kids Ever wonder if your child with heart disease should exercise? On World Heart Day , we asked four of our pediatric cardiologists to answer these questions and others from parents who wanted to know the guidelines around exercise for their child with heart disease.

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