PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Report Card on Physical Activity For Children and Youth from the Physical Activity Alliance has long served as a trusted resource for measuring and monitoring data surrounding overall physical activity and more specifically, physical education. Grade 10: 53.3% Grade 11: 40.2% Grade 12: 33.0%

PE 95

PE Physical Activity Physical Education High School 95

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running. Cross-Training: Encourage children to engage in multiple sports, thereby distributing repetitive stresses across different muscle groups and movement patterns.

Sports 98

Sports Sports Sport Biomechanics 98

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Associated with that, is commentary suggesting generally a declining participation in physical activity as part of one’s valued ‘way of life’. There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance.

Teaching 52

Teaching Teaching Sports Sports 52

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 3, 2023

Regular physical activity is essential for children's health and well-being. 2003 research suggested that terms such as ‘sport’ (something adults want them to do), ‘play’ (something they like to do) and ‘physical activity’ (something adults like to do) have quite different resonances for children. MacDougall et al.,

Sports 52

Sports Sports Sport Physical Activity 52

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Basketball as a concept might be the focus of one term of PE which is dedicated to the theme: education in movement. Thematic physical education curriculum In Australia, it might be considered that teachers are already directed to a thematic curriculum as PE is required (although no one is checking!)

Physical Education 52

Physical Education Education Education Physical Activity 52

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. Involving students/players in game play is not the end of the story.

Coaching 52

Coaching PE Teacher Direct Teaching Movement 52