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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

The next seven stages include general skill development, athleticism, and enjoyment of sport, leading to continued participation throughout the lifespan (either in recreational sport or following the elite performance pathway). This is an essential stage that provides the building blocks for the following stages.

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

Also popular were alternative Lifetime Fitness courses like HITT Bootcamps, Dance and Boxing, along with Recreational Activities like Spikeball, Pickleball, and Kan-Jam. This means beginning to plan from the middle school level, with the high school courses in mind.

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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

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. Training to Win (18+ years): Elite-level competition - win.

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The Beauty of Open-Ended Games in PE (Part Two)

Montessori Physical Education

The first time my middle school students played this game, I didn’t explain that this game was serving as a metaphor for sustainability and conservation. This metaphor is much more potent because they naturally recreated the problems and issues concerning sustainability and saw how it all unfolded.

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Meeting TEKS Standards with the SPARK Curriculum

Spark PE

7) Performance strategies—outdoor and recreational pursuits. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Middle School Standards: 1) Movement patterns and movement skills—locomotor skills. 7) Performance strategies—outdoor and recreational pursuits. 7) Performance strategies—outdoor and recreational pursuits.

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My Title IX Story: Playing Sports Is What I Was Meant to Do

SHAPE America

My opportunities in sport as a result of the passage of Title IX have totally impacted my life, from my educational choices to my career choices to the recreational activities I’ve participated in. Becky Foellmer Becky Foellmer is a former middle school teacher who most recently served as an instructional/technology coach.

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