Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running.

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Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As the year progresses, most continue with units focusing on fundamental movement skill development (FMS). Time should be set aside at the start of the year to teach students movement competence concepts related to walking. Types of Walking Teaching students the skill of walking starts with identifying types of walking.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. biomechanics, skill acquisition, exercise physiology, etc).

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But the California State Standards for PE can still be achieved by teaching basic water safety and dry-land swim skills. Below is an example of how PLT4M teaches dryland and in water flutter kicking, which is a core component to successful swimming. For example, not all physical education programs have access to a pool.

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Often athletes throw and swing the bat from the same side, so the constant repetitive rotational movements can cause spine and hip misalignment issues. Because of the constant lateral movements, young tennis players are also susceptible to lower body injuries, such as stress fractures in the feet or legs.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

Teaching is a complex and sometimes complicated endeavour. The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making.

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