Sports for Schools

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

[link]. 2020 has been a testing year for many of us, and no one’s hardships outweigh anyone else’s. However, through the home workouts, takeaways, DIY, and baked goods, there has been a driving force keeping the nation going. We’re not talking about NHS workers – though they have been incredible and deserve every applaud they got those months ago – but we’re talking about the teachers, schools, and support staff who have endured the changes we’ve all had to face in an environment mak

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Player Development Project

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Rondos are a popular possession-based practice favored by many of the world’s best coaches. They allow players to experience being underloaded and overloaded, incorporate elements of positional play, and provide opportunities to coach tactical elements of the game. But when is it appropriate to use rondos while working with young players? Below, we look at both the benefits and the drawbacks of rondos, and consider the best time to utilize them while coaching youth soccer.

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RC Families

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

What’s a Thanksgiving Walk and how can it help your relationship with your kids? To answer that question, I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine who does Thanksgiving walks almost every school morning with his three boys. Meet Phil Cooper, and his boys Tyson, 13, Paxton, 11, and Gavin,9. Since July 2019, Read More.

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Physed n Health

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It’s been three months since school started. Articles and blogs on tips and techniques to get your students to turn their cameras on during online classes abound on the internet. Physical Education is ‘Education in the Physical.’ Teachers must be able to see that the students are performing movements correctly. As if that was not enough, then there’s the issue of liability.

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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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Learning Through Sport

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

In previous blogs, I have looked t the science of learning from education research (see here ). In this blog I look at some of the practical applications from neuroscience to coaching. Readers of past blogs will know that my interest in the science of learning was 'sparked' by the 1999 book, How People Learn (available here ), and attempts to understand what it means to develop 'thinking players' since I began to 'play with' the Game Sense approach in the mid-1990s.

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