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SPORT-SPECIFIC TOPICS

The articles in this section deal with the specific sports you might encounter in a typical physical education or school sports program.

We provide coaching cues, technique tips, lead-up games, research, ideas, charts and much more on over 18 different sports - from Badminton to Wrestling and everything in between. It's the complete physical education resource.

Skim the article abstracts, or use the search engine to find article on specific topics. Just click on the title to open the article. Once open, you can view as is, or click the "Printer-Friendly" link for easier printing.

Articles at the top of the list were the most recently added.

 


Football: Quarterbacks - A Coaching Cue for Better Weight-Shift & Follow-Through
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Football: Quarterbacks - A Coaching Cue for Better Weight-Shift & Follow-Through Have students drag the back toe when throwing the football to ensure good balance, weight-shift and follow-through. . . . keep reading..
Equipment/Golf: Golf Ball Age Affects Hitting Distance
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Equipment/Golf: Golf Ball Age Affects Hitting Distance Golf balls lose one yard in distance per year…even if they haven't been used. . . . keep reading..
Swimming: Coaching Cue for Streamlined Head Alignment in the Freestyle Stroke
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Swimming: Coaching Cue for Streamlined Head Alignment in the Freestyle Stroke A coaching cue that helps swimmers maintain the correct head position in the freestyle stroke. . . . keep reading..
Soccer: Musical Hoops Leadup Game
Nadine Slavinski
Soccer: Musical Hoops Leadup Game A soccer leadup game that improves dribbling, ball control and field awareness. . . . keep reading..
Tennis: Shorten Your Strides When Approaching Distant Shots
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Tennis: Shorten Your Strides When Approaching Distant Shots To prevent overrunning the ball, players should take shorter, quicker strides as they approach distant shots. . . . keep reading..
Hockey: Better Ways to Organize Your Hockey and Skating Classes
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Upate.om
Hockey: Better Ways to Organize Your Hockey and Skating Classes How to organize your hockey classes/practices to make the best use of limited space and time. . . . keep reading..
Basketball: Games - Walk the Plank
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Upate.com
Basketball: Games - Walk the Plank A basketball shooting game in which players on teams compete against a partner to sink shots from locations farther and farther from the basket. . . . keep reading..
Badminton: Soccer Badminton
Nadine Slavinski
Badminton: Soccer Badminton A badminton leadup game in which players attempt to serve the shuttle past a goalie into a "goal." . . . keep reading..
Soccer: Homemade Kicking Tees Make Ball-Striking Easier for Beginners
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Soccer: Homemade Kicking Tees Make Ball-Striking Easier for Beginners How to make inexpensive kicking tees that make it easier for beginners to learn to kick the ball correctly and experienced players to learn advanced ball-striking skills. . . . keep reading..
Track & Field: Use a Repetitive Cue for Sprint Starts and Jumps Runups
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Track & Field: Use a Repetitive Cue for Sprint Starts and Jumps Runups A repetitive mental cue can prevent the hesitation that often occurs after the first stride out of the starting blocks. It can also improve runup consistency in jumping events. . . . keep reading..
Hockey: The "Yes or No" Breakaway Drill
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Hockey: The "Yes or No" Breakaway Drill A breakaway game in which teammates must guess whether the player who is "up" will score. . . . keep reading..
Wrestling: A System for Teaching Wrestling Skills to Large Teams
Dick Moss, Editor, Physical Education Update.com
Wrestling: A System for Teaching Wrestling 
Skills to Large Teams A system that allows you to effectively teach wrestling skills when you have a large team. . . . keep reading..
Basketball: Make Youth Players Earn their Three-Point Shot Attempts
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Basketball: Make Youth Players Earn their Three-Point Shot Attempts An idea in which you limit players' three-point shot attempts based on their success in a contest conducted during practice. . . . keep reading..
Hockey/Resources: "Skill Progressions for Player and Coach Development" Handbook
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Hockey/Resources: "Skill Progressions for Player and Coach Development" Handbook A downloadable hockey handbook that describes the skills that should be emphasized in each age group from 8 to 18. . . . keep reading..
Volleyball: Height & Position of the Hands When Blocking
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Volleyball: Height & Position of the Hands When Blocking When blocking, the hands should lower, wider and angled in a different position than the one most beginners assume. . . . keep reading..
Outdoor Education: Apply Hand Pressure at the Knee, Not the Thigh When Ascending Steep Hills
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com
Outdoor Education: Apply Hand Pressure at the 
Knee, Not the Thigh When Ascending Steep Hills When using the hands to assist in ascending a steep hill, outdoor education students should apply downward pressure at the knee not the mid-thigh. . . . keep reading..
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