Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Also recently, the strangle hold of fitness testing looms large in my professional life. Following the fitness theme here, I happen to visit a National uniform-group fitness testing centre where we observed their latest technology in helping test recruits using X-Box technology. Or is it not? This after 3 decades of teaching!

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Physical Education Update

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Well, unless it’s a marching band, there’s not much fitness involved in playing the flute. An ex-basketball player may not have time to play hoops but could fit in a jog…if she knew how to approach it without causing injury. Both would benefit from the knowledge about health, flexibility, fitness and nutrition that PE classes provide.

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PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Martínez is a Project Coordinator for the Community Health Department at Lakeshore Foundation and an Inclusion Specialist for The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). Youth participating in a virtual fitness class at home.

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Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

Furthermore, physical education helps students to improve their coordination, balance, and strength, which is essential for participating in sports and other physical activities and promotes life-long physical learning. Moreover, regular physical activity reduces the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

And this lack of physical activity doesn’t come without consequences – it impacts everything from students struggling to focus in class to staggering rates of childhood obesity. In the past, we have looked at physical education as the sole solution to addressing physical activity and students’ physical health and well-being.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

Muscular Fitness – Builds strong muscles and endurance. Heart & Lunge Health – Improves blood pressure and aerobic fitness. Balance and Coordination – Reduces the risks of falls. Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. .”

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These cutbacks come at a time when the United States is struggling with increased rates of childhood obesity, mental health issues, and concerns about academic performance of students. And as more studies have come out about the different elements of physical fitness, so has the approach of the physical education curriculum.

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