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A Good Luck Message From A Caring Coach

Physical Education Update

Circumstances beyond his control left Colin Ward, the head track coach at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, unable to attend the city championships with his athletes – athletes with whom he’d been working for months. Our team usually does better when the conditions are horrible because we pay attention to details.

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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

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. This early commercialism can overshadow the fundamental aim of youth sports: enjoyment, character development, a growing love for the sport, and holistic well-being.

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Reality congruent sport teaching

Learning Through Sport

Three basic strategies have been used in physical education for the promotion of meaningful movement participation, which I will align with the focus area of sport: Prudential – the argument that movement is a useful tool towards achieving wellness. The shortfalls of this curriculum model for secondary school PE are well documented.

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The 5 Most Popular Sports in Cuba

The Sporting

This develops the sports and education programmes and introduces sports in all primary and secondary schools. There are also 27 specialised schools located on the Isle of Youth, which further contribute to the improvement of gifted kids. INDER and Government Sports Programmes There is a governing branch for all sports – INDER.

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Coaching using Play with Purpose

Learning Through Sport

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings.

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Developing True Expertise

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Indeed the present public schooling system evolved from the Prussian school model, which was designed to develop children into capable and compliant soldiers. What is all the more problematic is that whilst education is viewed as a medium to disseminate knowledge, schooling is also well suited to indoctrination.