Motivation Sport Sports 
SHAPE America
APRIL 18, 2023
SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Show how these skills are developed across sport.
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
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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SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. Active learning strategies lead to less boredom and more intrinsic motivation to learn. HPE teachers already have it figured out!
SHAPE America
AUGUST 4, 2022
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. Always have a backup plan for when weather sends you inside.
Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker
By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.
Learning Through Sport
AUGUST 8, 2022
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.
Learning Through Sport
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
In the second half of 2004 we worked with a national sport on competitively engineering their junior sport experience. We had a project to work with another national sport to commence at the start of the year to competitively engineer their junior sport pathway, but that project was unfortunately cancelled.
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