Fun Stuff for PE Newsletter #56
September 4, 2008
Welcome back - summer is over (groan), and school has begun. Hopefully, you're looking for new ideas, tips, games and better ways to teach sport skills. If so, you're in the right place! For those of you who didn't read "PE Tips" over the summer, this newsletter lists every article added to the website since June. It also contains some excellent free information. For example, links to a website that provides free, downloadable Powerpoint presentations for physical education and health topics; our blog, in which your editor provides more observations from the Summer Olympics; and from our archives, a super icebreaker you can use with your new classes and teams. This newsletter is free, but most of the content on PE Update.com is for members-only, including instructional videos, the discussion group, almost 2000 articles that you can read, print and email... and much more. If you're not already a member of the PE Update.com website, then join up today!! You can get more information here: PE Update Membership Information I hope you enjoy this issue! Dick Moss, Editor
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Here are the Articles that have been added to the website over the past two weeks. The PE Update.com website has 380 other articles on these five topics! Become a member and you can read them today! Click Here! The following articles were also added this summer (since June 24th).
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Monday Morning Musings on the World of Sports, Coaching & Physical Education from Editor, Dick Moss. MORE NOTES FROM AN OLYMPIC OBSERVER
Each week, I'll highlight a useful article from the PE Update Archives. The article will be available to non-members of the website for a week, and to members forever! It's the first week of school, so here's a good icebreaking activity you can use with your classes and teams. it includes a video demonstration:
An icebreaker in which participants must guess their partner's identity based on personal information shouted out by their teammates.
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1. Editor's Note
Would it be useful for you to make Powerpoint presentations in your PE and health classes? If so, the Pete's PowerPoint Station website is for you. It provides dozens of PowerPoint presentations on a variety of topics that are relevant to PE teachers. All can be instantly downloaded to your computer. It's a great timesaver! Click here to go to the site:
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These articles are available to members of PE Update.com.
An easy one-mile jog can give you an estimate of your students' V02 Max levels. Includes an automatic calculator - great for physical education classes.
Factors you should consider when purchasing baseball gloves for your physical education classes and varsity teams.
A reproducible poster that describes difference between knowledge and wisdom.
A coaching cue that will prevent dropped batons during sprint relay exchanges.
The Mulligan taping technique, using only two strips of tape, may revolutionize the way we prevent ankle injuries.
These articles were listed in Newsletters # 52, 53, 54 & 55 and are available to members on the
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How to improve your catcher's ability to visually track breaking balls.
Three tips that will help your hitters avoid bunting the ball into foul territory
Why jump shots with an early release tend to be more accurate.
A features guide that will help you to make educated decisions when buying soccer balls for school teams and physical education classes.
How to measure long and triple jump runups to ensure a maximum speed takeoff.
Interval walking is a great way to spice up indoor walking workouts for your physical education classes.
A free eBook that would make an excellent textbook for your physical education volleyball unit.
How to use the latest geocaching craze to raise funds for your physical education or school sports program.
A game in which a player is pursued around a circle while classmates kick a ball back and forth inside the circle.
A baseball variation involving a Whiffle Ball and shaving cream!
Low points on the green and the lie from which you chip will affect the roll of your chip shots.
New technology has found the best sitting posture for minimizing back strain...and it's not the traditional upright position.
How hockey players can make themselves three times less likely to suffer a groin injury in the first weeks of play.
Raisins offer the same energy boost as sports gels at one-fifth the cost.
How outdoor education teachers can predict temperatures by counting a cricket's chirps.
Use a coaching clinic as a reward for bringing a group to one of your home games.
Soccer referees run about the same distance at similar intensities as the players for whom they are officiating.
A drill progression that teaches soccer players the side volley technique. Good for teams or physical education class. Includes a link to an illustrative video.
An icebreaker in which students introduce their partner by name and recount the meaning of that name.
Plyometrics on a sand surface are good for sports like beach volleyball, but are less effective in developing reactive strength abilities.
How to use index cards to randomly select teams in your physical education classes.
Where to aim lob shots so they land with optimal depth on the opposing court.
A coaching cue for the tennis backhand that will increase power by 20%.
Your editor has just completed two weeks of complete Olympics immersion and there is now a big gap in his life. However, as the games progressed, he was able to jot down a number of impressions.
To read more, click this link to the blog: //www.physicaleducationupdate.com/peblog/
Icebreaker: The "Who's Behind Me" Game.
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