SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

I was a first grader when Title IX became law in 1972. I am young enough to have benefited from it and old enough to be aware of having benefited from it. My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did.

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Player Development Project

JUNE 1, 2022

Resident positive psychology expert, Lara Mossman discusses how to create positive sports environments for developing players. In this challenging article Lara discusses what role coaches can play in trying to apply positive psychology to their approach and whether traditional coach education has done enough to arm coaches with the right skills to do so.

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Moving Minds Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

While the 10-minute limit on attention span for college students has not been effectively evinced, we do know there is an inverse relationship between the length of lecture and retention of material learned during that time. Additionally, Bradbury suggests that teachers matter more than the teaching format/length of the class. Thus, active learning at all [.].

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A Positive Approach To Teen Health

JUNE 1, 2022

Hello, PATH Parents! Perhaps I’m dating myself, but I have vivid memories of old movies featuring pioneer families surviving on the frontier in simple log cabins, the father’s rifle hanging in the open, at the ready, over the fireplace. For a number of time periods in the United States, hunting and shooting were regular Americana activities, families being very used to being around firearms.

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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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SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

In the fall of 1971 — less than a year before Title IX was passed — I was hired to head the Department of Physical Education at Kansas State University (K-State). I was charged with combining the men’s and women’s departments, supervising the planning and construction of a building, overseeing the revision of the curriculum for physical education (PE) majors and the required PE program, developing research and instructional laboratories, and instituting faculty research programs.

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S&S

JUNE 1, 2022

Our July 2022 Fitness Challenge Calendar is here! As we dive into summer, use this calendar as a resource for summer camp or to send kids home with over break. This printable calendar is a great way that teachers and … Read More. The post July Printable Fitness Challenge Calendar appeared first on S&S Blog.

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A Positive Approach To Teen Health

JUNE 1, 2022

Hello everyone! This June marks the beginning of Effective Communications Month. As the world reels from the isolation brought by the pandemic and the call for social and cultural change grows louder and louder, it becomes more important than ever to practice effective communication. There are plenty of opportunities to practice effective communication in your family, work, and social life.

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The Everlearner

JUNE 1, 2022

Some of the toughest moments in my PE teaching career have been the days when students exited their PE exam and were dissatisfied with what had just happened. I have experienced this many times. I have probably experienced this with at least some students for every year I have been a PE teacher. For ten years of my career, I managed the biggest A-level PE cohorts in the country, with 300 examining students per year.

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Player Development Project

MAY 30, 2022

Receiving, retention, and mastery of the ball are critical skills for young players to learn. An individual’s first touch and overall ball control will have a massive impact on both their competence and their confidence when playing the game, and it’s vital that we can effectively help kids develop these skills. Below, we examine why it’s so important to help players improve their ball control, and discuss some of the best ways to help kids build a connection with the ball.

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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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S&S

JUNE 1, 2022

Need activity ideas and themed products for your program during the summer months and to go along with fun themes? Download and print our daily holidays and observances calendar! See the link below for our July 2022 Calendar. Refer to … Read More. The post July Daily Holidays & Observances Printable Calendar appeared first on S&S Blog.

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A Positive Approach To Teen Health

MAY 31, 2022

Did you go outside today? The answer may be “yes, of course! I walked to my mailbox or I took the dog out” but did you really go outside ? Did you take a walk, ride your bike, or have a picnic for lunch? Did you read a book outside on the porch or spend some time planting flowers? As the weather gets warmer and nature gets greener, there’s never been a better time to enjoy the outdoors.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

MAY 30, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: To celebrate the imminent release of the new title ‘ Sports Parenting: Negotiating the Challenges of the Youth Sports Journey to Help Kids Thrive ’ we are sharing this special post. The excerpt featured is from the chapter ‘Choosing the Right Programme’. Environment is everything when it comes to developing talent. Parents are naturally highly motivated to find the programme that provides most optimal conditions to allow their child’s talents to flourish.

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Fit and Fun Play

MAY 29, 2022

Childhood is a critical time for the development of locomotor skills. However, there are only so many squats and jumping jack reps kids can do before being bored out of their minds! If you want to not only get kids to move but also instill a genuine enjoyment of sports and set them up for a healthy lifestyle, you need to keep locomotor skills activities fun, creative, and engaging.

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RC Families

MAY 30, 2022

We all like to feel a sense of safety and security. Kids are no different. Children who feel secure are more likely to become independent and emotionally healthy as they grow up. When a child feels secure, they feel safe, not just physically, but emotionally as well. Children need to feel that it is okay. Read More.

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Montessori Physical Education

MAY 28, 2022

Last week’s blog focused on the benefits of mini-games over playing one large game. Some advantages to smaller mini-games include enhanced participation, more exercise, alternative opportunities for competition, and appropriate skill level matching. At the end of the blog post, I said I would post a series of lesson plans I used for lacrosse. As promised, here is the lesson plan for Native American Lacrosse and Stickball.

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Stanford Childrens

JUNE 3, 2022

A nationwide shortage of baby formula is creating empty store shelves and raising questions among parents about how to provide babies with proper nutrition. While strides are being made to address the shortage, Shweta Namjoshi, MD , medical director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Nutrition Support program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, provides guidance to parents who may be wondering what to do in this situation.

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