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What Resiliency Means as a Marine

SHAPE America

This shared struggle not only builds physical toughness but also reinforces the mental and emotional endurance necessary to face real-world challenges with confidence and strength. This is essential to fostering resiliency, as it pushes both me and my team to work together and overcome obstacles in a controlled, yet demanding, environment.

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

When children are pushed beyond their developmental limitsphysically, cognitively, and emotionallythey may fall out of love with sports, lose motivation to continue, or develop chronic injuries that hamper their future athletic endeavors. Burnout often unfolds in stages: Enthusiasm: The child begins with high motivation and excitement.

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Young Adult Turns Short Bowel Into Motivator for Full Life

Stanford Childrens

In high school, she had to receive TPN in the classroom and endure gawks and comments as her machine whooshed and beeped. “In Her ultimate hope is to help others with disabilities overcome a sense of loneliness and, at times, cruelty—things she herself experienced growing up. It’s a habit that stuck.

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Teaching Students to Overcome Adversity

Active Schools Us

Adversity teaches us valuable lessons about ourselves, the power of endurance, and the importance of occasional discomfort. Students were given a Post-It to write a motivational message. It’s not something to be feared or avoided; rather, it should be embraced as a necessary part of personal growth and development.

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PaceTrek Program Gets Students Moving

Physical Education Update

Paul Staso Running Through Alaska If you’re looking for a way to motivate your students to walk or run on a regular basis, check out the PaceTrek.com website. Founder Paul Staso has developed a series of events in which he takes students on a virtual walking or running adventure.

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Add Sprint Training to Your Fitness Stack: Teresa Iannetelli

The Sporting

Follow Teresa on Instagram for Home workouts, motivation and fitness inspiration Sprint Training for Beginners Sprint training is the best calorie-burning exercise but can also be very demanding. Working through speed endurance, endurance, speed and start training, but you also need to think about what you are doing in the gym.

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Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education

PLT4M

In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education Often the responsibility for motivation is placed solely on the student in physical education (PE) classes. Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D.