March, 2019

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"It's more than JUST Sport"

Physical Education Ideas

“It’s just sport!”. In my time teaching Physical Education, I have heard this saying (or variations of) more times than I would have liked. I have delivered workshops to general classroom teachers and spoken about the importance of PE – and seen many eyes roll. Even the Physical Education teacher I took over from years ago had a rotation of two sports – dodgeball and tee ball – and that was it… for the whole year!

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Effects of Skills4Genius Sports Based Training Program in Creative Behaviour

Player Development Project

Sara Santos, Sergio Jiménez, Jaime Sampaio, Nuno Leite The Big Idea When you sit a spell and think over the major point of session planning in sports, you can’t avoid the big idea of transformation. Hence, such training programs are inherently designed around re-creation and hope. Faith in unknown possibilities is something like the observation of the American inventor, philosopher, and architect Buckminster Fuller (1895-1993) that, “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to

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Are You OVER-Attached To Your Child’s Performance?

I Love to Watch You Play

Are You OVER-Attached To Your Child's Performance? Amy Saltzman, a mindful expert and author of "A Still Quiet Place For Athletes", discusses the signs a parent is too attached to their child's performance on the field or court and how to help ease anxiety in young athletes. 3:24 What is mindfulness for an athlete 4:20 What are the signs you are overly attached to your child's performance 5:30 Being there for our child and not for our own agenda 6:20 How to watch them play without being overly a

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Physical Education and Practicing Self-Awareness & Focus

School Yard

Practicing self-awareness has become a popular topic in many schools and classrooms around the world. Teachers know, however, that activities reinforcing focus and mindfulness have been useful and beneficial for students for many years. Practicing self-awareness and emotional acceptance in physical education classes can be an important part of helping students to improve and maintain their health and well-being.

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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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Discipline and Body Language

Better Coaching

Body language is an outward sign of the emotional stage of the player. It works both ways – emotions change body language and body language can change emotions. That’s where solid play begins. If the athlete isn’t confident and ready, the play will be inconsistent, at best. Follow the link below for a good article on how discipline effects an athlete. .

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How to Coach U12 Soccer: Tips, Session Plans, and U12 Soccer Drills

Player Development Project

U12 soccer encompasses the crucial final years of the Foundation Phase. As coaches, our priority remains technical development, individual ball mastery, and helping our players to acquire a love of soccer that will make them want to continue into the Youth Development Phase and beyond. As we progress to larger game formats and edge slightly closer to the adult game, a variety of U12 soccer drills and the approach to coaching itself remains significantly important in creating an environment where

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Developing Team Dynamics

Player Development Project

How can coaches develop healthier team dynamics? Rugby coach and blogger David Sharkey shares an insightful article on the value of understanding your why and the benefit of being vulnerable as a coach and leader. A man who knows his ‘why’ can bear almost any ‘how’ – Viktor Frankl After a bruising fixture over the weekend in which we suffered a heavy loss, it was important for us as a coaching team to reinforce the huge steps forward the team had made.

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Athlete Development with Ken Lynch

Player Development Project

Ken Lynch is a High Performance Athlete Development Consultant at High Performance Sport New Zealand and works with sports people across a range of codes. Originally from Ireland, Ken is an expert in high performance athlete pathways, athlete talent identification and high performance strategy. In this Masterclass Discussion, PDP Editor, Dave Wright hosts Ken for an informative conversation about the role of HPSNZ, talent development pathways, sports science in youth sport and ensuring the athle

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How to Coach Youth Soccer

Player Development Project

What are some of the key considerations for coaching youth soccer players? The teenage years in particular are a crucial time for our players’ development as both soccer players and people. As their coaches, we can play a decisive role in that process. Between the ages of 12 and 18, youth players will experience significant physical, psychological, and emotional growth.

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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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EARCOS ETC 2019

The Healthy Teacher

Health and Wellness for Today’s International Teen.

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