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GENERAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION TOPICS

In this department, you'll find articles that deal with more than 15 general topics in sport and physical education - everything from Administration to Nutrition to Sport Psychology to Training-Room Tips. The physical education profession changes rapidly, and we make it easy to stay informed! Just skim the abstracts to quickly determine those articles that apply to you. Or enter the pertinent terms in the search engine to find specific articles of interest.

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Training-Room Tips (Video): How to Predict and Prevent Groin Pulls
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A reduction in hip adductor strength is closely connected to the onset of groin muscle pulls. . . . keep reading..

Fitness: Group Exercise Affects Your Pain Threshold
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

Your pain threshold can be twice as high when exercising in a group versus exercising solo. . . . keep reading..

Fitness (Video Link): Drums Alive™ Fitness Routines
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

An aerobic fitness routine in which students hit stability balls using exaggerated drumming movements. A nice change of pace for physical education class and assemblies. . . . keep reading..

Teaching (Video Link): TAGteaching - An Effective Technique for Teaching Sport Skills
Shelly Sharp, St. John Bosco School

A physical education teaching technique that uses auditory feedback for instant, positive feedback, not unlike the clicker method used in training dogs. . . . keep reading..

Resources/Blog: Desktop Yoga - An Excellent In-Class PE Activity
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

Our latest blog posting discusses a website that provides free downloadable videos that will teach students how to perform yoga exercises while sitting at their desk. . . . keep reading..

Fundraising: Foreign Currency Fundraiser
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A fundraiser that collects leftover foreign currency from parents' vacation or business trips. . . . keep reading..

Strength (Video): Patty-Cake Planks
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A partner variation that makes the plank exercise more difficult but more fun. . . . keep reading..

Equipment/Facilities: Sand is Significantly Safer Than Wood Fiber as a Playground Surface
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

When used as a playground surface, sand is almost five times safer than wood fiber. . . . keep reading..

Games: Mukade Kyoso - A Fun Cooperative Game from Japan

A cooperative game in which a large group of students must move down a race course with their legs tethered together. . . . keep reading..

Sport Psychology: Workout Goals Improve Practice Quality
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

Improve practice quality by having your athletes write down their workout goal before the beginning of every session. . . . keep reading..

Nutrition: The Big Crunch Carrot Activity
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A fun nutrition activity in which everyone in your class, or even your school, crunches a carrot at the same time. . . . keep reading..

Resources: Developing Physical Literacy - A Guide for Parents of Children Ages 0-12
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A free 40-page eBook that provides guidelines for developing physical literacy in children. . . . keep reading..

Health: Nine-Year Old Students Should be Taught CPR
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

Physical education and health students as young as nine years of age can be taught CPR. . . . keep reading..

Strength (Video): Exercise Ball Hamstring Curls
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

How to perform hamstring curls with an exercise ball. How limb positions can be used to change level of difficulty and diagnose leg strength discrepancies. . . . keep reading..

Resources: Science of the Winter Olympics Lesson Plans
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

A website that provides free lesson plans explaining the science involved in a number of Winter Olympic sports. . . . keep reading..

Games: Winter Olympic Activities...in Your Gym!
Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

Several Winter Olympics activities that physical education students can simulate in your gym. . . . keep reading..

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