Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Parents and coaches, bombarded with stories of children being offered collegiate scholarships in middle school or making national-level teams at age ten, feel an impetus to accelerate their own childrens development. This underscores the futility of making high-stakes decisions about a childs athletic future in elementary school.

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 12, 2022

And in at least one high school, it has been extremely successful. The video above shows an example of how Crossfit concepts can be used in a high school physical education setting, as a program for students who want to work harder than in their traditional PE classes.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

At the high school level, the weight room is a classroom. Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. With a proper high school strength and conditioning curriculum, all students can reap the benefits of resistance training.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured strength and conditioning program can enhance strength, power, speed, agility, capacity, and endurance while reducing the risk of injury. This is where strength and conditioning templates come into play. From these challenges came the rise of strength and conditioning software.

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Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

My muscle doesn’t know the difference if I’m digging in the yard, carrying heavy shopping bags, or lifting a dumbbell.” ( Source & Study ) What is going on inside the body during strength exercises? During strength training in sports and in physical education class, how can one measure the progress of our most vital muscle?

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PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

The health benefits of physical education schools are well documented. After exploring the current state of student health and wellness, we outline and review the short and long-term health benefits of physical education in schools. Only 26% of high school-aged students attend PE classes 5 days a week.

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Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

Muscle Engagement: Lifting and rolling a bowling ball works various muscle groups in the arms, shoulders, chest, and legs, building strength and endurance. Lifetime Activity: Bowling is a sport that can be enjoyed at any age, encouraging students to maintain an active lifestyle beyond school.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strength & conditioning classes are becoming a popular physical education offering. We take stories and insights from schools across the country to highlight 7 keys to successful strength and conditioning classes. Schools across the country have a class centered around the weight room.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Many PE classes at the high school level look to take essential steps to transition students from school to an adult life that still values and prioritizes personal fitness and wellness. Let’s delve into Standard 2 and an important sub-standard at the high school level. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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PLT4M

JULY 31, 2023

The benefits of tracking student progress include: Personalized Learning: Students have unique strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. There are many different ways that physical education can collect and contextualize student data, but below is a detailed playbook for how schools can go about tracking student progress with PLT4M.

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Physed n Health

JANUARY 23, 2024

Timer-Based Push Up and Curl Up Test Measuring upper body strength and core stability has never been easier with our new timer-based push-up and curl-up test. Teachers can set rest periods between sets and track individual student progress throughout the school year. Let’s dive in: 1.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 9, 2023

It has been a part of my room all of these years, through middle school and high school. This year, the high school senior’s dream came true. Yet, the elite high school athlete from Danville, California, had to endure a lot to get where she is today. It has always been my focus,” Cate says.

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PLT4M

MARCH 15, 2024

Strength training plays a vital role in the success of basketball players’ performance on the court. From high school basketball players all the way up to the best players in the NBA, success starts in the weight room. The high school weight room unlocks new levels of success for high school athletes.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 11, 2024

When it comes to school fitness facilities, the weight room stands out as a hub for students to build strength, endurance, and confidence. Let’s explore the best practices that will help keep your school’s weight room a safe and productive space for all. >>> What Does Weight Room Safety Mean?

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Teaching commitment, teamwork, leadership, cooperation, strength, endurance and many other important qualities, girls and women who participate in sports will attest to the fact that it’s healthy and beneficial in a myriad of ways. These include the Women’s Sports Foundation, Girls Inc.,

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PLT4M

MAY 17, 2023

Physical education, as defined by Shape America , is just like any other subject in school, “Physical education is an academic subject and serves as the foundation of a CSPAP and, as such, demands the same education rigor as other core subjects. For example, one of PLT4M most popular units is Intro To Fitness.

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Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

She had a close family and lots of friends, enjoyed school, played sports, and had tons of energy and good health. The stem cell transplant went smoothly for Lila, but it was a lot for a 10-year-old to endure. A little over two years ago, Lila was living a fourth grader’s dream life. It was pretty heroic of him,” she says.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Physical education in high school is integral to a student’s educational journey. However, high school physical education is at a crossroads with a lack of funding, lowering graduation requirements, and little respect for the subject. 2) Mental – High school is a tough time for many students.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 30, 2023

These workouts can help improve strength, endurance, and coordination, while also providing a fun and challenging way to get a full-body workout. More importantly, teachers want to introduce and replicate the fitness options that students will see outside of school. Bootcamp-style workouts and gyms are on the rise.

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Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While your friends are traveling on a bus to a school game or hanging out at the mall, you are at home or at a dialysis center tethered by cords, every day for at least three hours. Dialysis for kidney failure was a killer, but I refused to give up school, choir, or tennis, even though I was always very tired.

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PLT4M

JUNE 13, 2023

It is designed to increase strength, power, mobility, and balance, while improving overall health and wellbeing. Rather than hyper-focusing on one element of physical fitness (muscular strength, aerobic endurance, etc.), For example, even something as simple as sitting or standing requires muscular strength, mobility, and more.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Restricting energy in an attempt of weight loss or to control weight can get in the way of growth and development. Finally, under fueling sacrifices athletic performance, exercise, and physical activity – limited fuel leads to poor training, resulting in minimized strength and endurance gains.

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Physical Education Ideas

JUNE 15, 2019

Kids exercise when they have phys ed class at school, during recess, at dance class or soccer practice, while riding bikes, or when playing tag. You’ve seen children: - run away from the kid who's "it" ( endurance ). cross the monkey bars ( strength ). Endurance takes shape when kids regularly get aerobic activity.

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Gopher Sport

MAY 7, 2024

The goal is for students to learn how to overcome obstacles whether it’s at school, home, with friends, or at sports. I want to equip students with the tools and knowledge that will prepare them to make positive choices at school and in the community. Finding Strength in Challenges Adversity is hard/draining.

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Physical Education Ideas

AUGUST 6, 2021

Some health issues will endure while new ones will emerge – hello Covid 19. They learn to build on personal and community strengths and assets to enhance safety and wellbeing. In your teaching, take a strengths-based approach. Strengths and Self Esteem 2. They critique and challenge assumptions and stereotypes.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, all 10th graders at school could be told their goal for a mile should be 10 minutes or faster by the end of the semester. But PE classes should not have a one-size-fits-all approach to setting goals. In the past, students have been tasked to set goals based on their peers or national averages. And that is okay!

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PLT4M

APRIL 2, 2024

Lifetime fitness activities include: Walking/Jogging/Running Strength Training Yoga Pilates Dance Swimming Lifetime Sports (Tennis, Pickleball, Tennis, Golf, etc.) Learn from best practices and how other schools are doing it and tap into the best quality resources and PE lesson plans that can support your mission to instill lifelong fitness.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Many different educational directives, like the Whole School Model, put the two terms into one bucket. So often, in schools, we conflate regular physical activity as an adequate replacement for physical education classes. Students can often opt out of middle and high school physical education classes. Ready to Learn More? .

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PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2023

Virtual PE in the Age of Virtual Schools Virtual schools are here to stay. In fact, there has been a rise in virtual school enrollment following the pandemic. As a result, many families opt for a virtual learning experience, and public school districts, charter schools, and private schools are all embracing the demand.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Ison (2021) provides an example of a high school PE program in Illinois that was built with student interests in mind, creating courses that were more relevant to students’ lives than traditional course offerings. Canton High School Wellness, Health & PE National Spotlight 16 Jun 2022 Read more. Source: Clayton, M.,

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First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

Strength and conditioning staff at one of Firstbeat’s customers emphasized that it’s all about building a culture within the building and getting your athletes to trust what you are asking them to do. For example, you could swap out aerobic for endurance, anaerobic for high-intensity or high-energy. Ntoumanis, N.

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Better Coaching

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. One common issue is the "no pain, no gain" mentality that some parents adopt, believing that enduring pain is part of becoming a better athlete. In recent years, amateur sports have become a thriving ecosystem.

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PLT4M

JUNE 7, 2022

modified pull-ups for upper body muscular strength endurance, see Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual ). Let’s look at some of the strategies she is using in class throughout the school year. Establishing a why at the beginning of a school year, unit, or lesson, can provide context of an activity in one’s life.

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PLT4M

MARCH 7, 2024

While some spin and cycling enthusiasts might cringe at the thought of lumping all stationary bike workouts into one category, let’s not make things too complicated for our middle and high school students. And spin bike workouts in schools are becoming more popular than ever before.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Originating in the 10th century, this deadly competition has endured for over 1,000 years amongst the Hausa people, one of Africa's largest ethnic groups. In 2022 , Lagos hosted an important youth event, the International Schools Athletics Championship. What is Dambe? Nigerians have won 27 medals at the Olympics.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The long jump demands a unique blend of skills, including speed, explosive power, strength and agility. Born on November 10, 1963, in Philadelphia, his journey to greatness began at Edgewood High School, where he made waves by securing second place in the high jump at the 1981 CIF California State Meet. His long jump world record of 8.90

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PLT4M

MARCH 4, 2024

In addition, schools look to align any health education lesson plans to the national health education standards. Over 1,000 schools use PLT4M as their go to resource, curriculum, and technology for physical activity and health. It may be social interactions at school. Defining “quality” can be controversial.

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