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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

I’ll share some of those details in this article, and maybe you’ll find a few ideas for sharing lifetime sports with your students. We started piecing together the idea of a mobile PE class that would focus on lifetime sports. Having a bus provides me the flexibility to take students places when that happens.

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Ask Me Anything About Sports Medicine

Stanford Childrens

Alexandra Abbott, MD (right) reviews an x-ray at the Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Sunnyvale, Calif. I’ve reflected on what it means to have longevity in sports and try to find the importance of things like reducing injury risk, reducing burnout, and trying to be a life-long athlete.

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Be positive and prepared — as well as flexible and creative! Here are some ideas for outdoor activities: wheels week , popsicle run , parkour in the park, yard games , orienteering/scavenger hunt, environmental awareness (nature, Earth Day), small-sided team sports, seasonal games ( autumn games ), invasion games and tag games.

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SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE

Gopher Sport

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! The SuperSafe Hockey stick is perfect for indoor environments, featuring a soft, flexible blade that reduces the risk of injury while providing a realistic puck or ball feel.

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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

More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.

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Encouraging greater sport participation

Learning Through Sport

There is substantial evidence of many psychological, physical, and social health benefits of participation in sport across the lifespan, including that participation in sport is associated with improved psychological and social health benefits above other forms of leisure time physical activity for children and adolescents.

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Tennis Video is Inspirational for Female Athletes in Every Sport

Physical Education Update

Segments include: the incredible flexibility and recovery abilities of Kim Clijsters; the tremendous power generated by the backhand of Serena Williams; the ballet-like movement of a spin-around groundstroke produced by Elena Dementieva; and the rippling quadriceps of Samantha Stosur as she absorbs the shock of ground contact during a forehand.

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