SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Help ALL Kids Develop Fundamental and Foundational Motor Skills To expand “Motor Skills Monday” beyond National PE & Sport week, think of ways to include activities, games and creative opportunities to increase motor skill ability throughout the year. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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Motor Skills Sports Sports Sport 391

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running. As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. This is the age of proprioception. Must perform, must impress.

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Sports Sports Sport Biomechanics 98

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Just as we wouldn’t expect adults to endure six hours of non-stop learning, we shouldn’t subject young learners to such conditions. In my view, we can find more creative and productive ways to encourage positive student behavior without isolating them while their peers enjoy physical activity.

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Physical Activity Physical Education Creativity Teacher 107

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 25, 2024

At some hospitals, including Packard Children’s, they are part of the Child Life and Creative Arts team, which works in many different ways to help kids feel like kids while they’re hospitalized. The school’s first students dealt with a variety of medical conditions. Medical director Harold K. Normal for them is to go to school.

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Schooling High School Conditioning Teacher 111

Learning Through Sport

JULY 13, 2021

Although there are differences between these versions, all GBAs view playing the game (conditioned, constrained, modified, or adapted for the players’ abilities and a target learning intention as the central organisational feature of a session.

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Teaching Teaching Coaching Conditioning 52

PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2024

Here lies a golden opportunity for strength and conditioning to support the total athletic development of young athletes through safe and effective training programs! Really focus on driving the movement with your hips, not your arms. Back to our High Hang Power Clean for some HIGH SPEED reps! Keep it on the lighter side.

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High School Schooling Strength Cardio 52

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

While I see many teachers and coaches have adopted elements of game-based play with purpose to develop general game skills and sport specific movement skills, what I still mainly see is what is often called a “traditional” physical education (PE) method. Involving students/players in game play is not the end of the story.

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Coaching PE Teacher Direct Teaching Movement 52