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My Title IX Story: Penn State Women’s Soccer

SHAPE America

We played a mostly varsity team schedule and followed the rules of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), which governed women’s collegiate athletics at that time. It also gives me a lot of motivation for taking action to change the world — and to be embracing of ALL people.

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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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How to Celebrate Black History Month in Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

Individual motivation isn’t the only thing that affects one’s health; factors such as access to healthy food choices and medical care can also affect health and increase risk factors for chronic diseases. (e.g., white, Black, Hispanic, Asian) How can these varying circumstances affect someone’s ability to make positive health choices?

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Elite Diver Faces Chronic Growth-Related Knee Issues and Wins

Stanford Childrens

I’m glad he kept me motivated,” Scott says. Scott dives for both his high school team and the Santa Clara Diving Club, a part of USA Diving, the governing body of elite divers. Based on his motivation to succeed, I’m sure he will do well,” Lee concludes. Recently, he went to the nationals with his club and did well.

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Blazepod

Gopher Sport

Motivate Students and Increase Activity Time with BlazePod By: Kevin Hopp, Zeke Bailes, Hank van der Merwe In an age where sedentary lifestyles have become the norm, the quest for engaging and innovative physical education solutions has led to the introduction of BlazePod , a ground breaking Flash Reflex Training system into schools.

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Redundancy and Degeneracy in Teaching for Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

We are also aware that understanding a concept creates the motivation to want to ‘learn’ more and thus will do well to offer it in our lesson designs. In the spirit of degeneracy , can we accept that being open to the complexity of even the processes that govern complex systems will help in our teaching mission.

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The Most Popular Sports in Egypt

The Sporting

The Egyptian Basketball Federation governs and organises domestic, national and international basketball competitions. Egyptian tennis players have succeeded in international competitions, helping inspire and motivate young players in the country. The country has more than 200 basketball clubs with over 30,000 registered players.

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