December, 2019

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How can I do position specific work?

Player Development Project

The question this week comes from Frank via our Facebook Page, He asks: “How can I do position specific work with my players?” Your Turn: Ask PDP Anything Do you have a coaching question that we might be able to help with? We would love to hear from you! Here’s what you can do: 1. Tweet your questions to us @playerdp, or contact us on our Facebook page.2.

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The Neverending Google Form

The PhysEd Coach

Introduction A few years ago I was trying to find a way to assess my students easily and not have to create something new for each assessment. I can’t remember the exact conversation, but I was given an idea from Justin Schleider from New Jersey. It was a really cool Google Form that he called […]. The post The Neverending Google Form appeared first on The #Physed Coach.

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Are Sports Fundamentally Good?

Changing the Game Project

I recently came across a great quote from the poet TS Elliot, who says “Nothing pleases people more than to go on thinking what they have always thought, and at the same time imagine that they are thinking something new and daring: it combines the advantage of security with the delight of adventure.” The quote. The post Are Sports Fundamentally Good?

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12 Days of #PhysEd Christmas

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12 Days of #PhysEd Christmas! This Christmas we have 12 days of #PhysEd Giveaways to show our gratitude to you this holiday season!We Are Giving Away $1500 worth of Prizes! Starting on December 9th, each day we will be giving away an awesome #PhysEd resource to help in your teaching & coaching practice. To enter … 12 Days of #PhysEd Christmas Read More ».

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Why We Look Back

Bunch Parents Blog

Think of all the things that have come to an end for you this year, either big or small. What do we all tend to do once that ending occurs? We look back. There are many reasons why we do this, but perhaps the most common is to remind ourselves of what we want the future to look like. Looking back allows us to reflect on what we want to repeat, improve, or avoid going forward. 2019 is coming to an end in just a few more days.

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How do I plan a session for lots of players?

Player Development Project

The question this week comes from Jean-Pierre through the PDP Slack Community. He asks: “What is the best way to run a session with a lot of players?” Your Turn: Ask PDP Anything Do you have a coaching question that we might be able to help with? We would love to hear from you! Here’s what you can do: 1. Tweet your questions to us @playerdp, or contact us on our Facebook page.2.

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Back to the Basics – Lesson Plans

The PhysEd Coach

The Show In this episode I talk about the basics of a lesson plan and how having written lesson plans is important. Going to back to the fundamentals is important for all professionals in all fields. Fundamentals are what we build innovation on. The topics covered are… Instant Activities Warm-up Introduction Main Activities Closure Reflection […].

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Why Do I Coach? An Excerpt from EVERY MOMENT MATTERS

Changing the Game Project

People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe. —Simon Sinek We spend the vast majority of our time in traditional coaching education learning the tools to run a great practice and coach in the competition. Intuitively, this seems to make sense. Yet. The post Why Do I Coach? An Excerpt from EVERY MOMENT MATTERS appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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How do you coach?

Player Development Project

Let’s focus on how we’re coaching, not what we’re coaching. In this article, motivational researcher and top rugby coach, Jonny McMurtry shares an article on the value of relationships and connection in coaching. After an excellent article written around Matt Wilkie, IRFU’s head of coach development coinciding with my own personal development in assisting swimming coaches, a sport where I know very little around the tactical and technical aspects, it pushed me down a rabbit hol

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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Position Specific Coaching

Player Development Project

In this article PDP Coaching Advisor, James Coutts discusses the value of ‘unit coaching’ or ‘position specific coaching’ and how you can incorporate this specific coaching model into your sessions. What is unit training? When discussing unit training we are considering a unit that’s position specific within the team, for example ‘defenders’ can be a unit, ‘wingers’ can be a unit and so on.

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Developing Creative Team Games Players: From Jazz to Sport Coaching

Player Development Project

Manual Santos and Kevin Morgan The Big Idea In 1974 Studs Terkel, the American broadcaster, actor, and oral historian, published the best-selling non-fiction book, Working. In it he interviewed a cross-section of Americans about their working lives, “about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.” In one interview, Terkel interviewed jazz tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman.

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Live Session: Transition Game

Player Development Project

In this Player Development Project Live Session, UEFA A licensed coach, Dave Wright delivers a 3 team wave practice designed to work on attacking transition, focussing on forward runs and forward passes. Dave presents the session plan on the whiteboard and then we demonstrate how to get the practice started when the players have never done it before.

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Our 2019 Books of the Year

Changing the Game Project

“The only thing that will prevent you from getting better is thinking that you know it all.” That was the advice Fergus Connelly gave us on our podcast this year, and it is a great concept to think about as 2019 draws to a close. So how do you get better? Well, reading books and. The post Our 2019 Books of the Year appeared first on Changing the Game Project.