Fun Stuff for Physical Education #67
February 12, 2009
What have I done in the past two weeks? Well, I spent about 30 hours in vans, traveling with our indoor track team to Montreal on one weekend, then to Toronto on another. Thank goodness for laptop computers - my portable Mac allowed me to work on the Fun Stuff newsletter during our travels. This newsletter contains some excellent free content. There's a link to the website that provides pool noodle games; our latest blog that is a rant about plastic food containers; and a free baseball article that describes why curve balls can be hit farther than fastballs.
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THE NOODLE GAMES WEBSITE
1. Editor's Note
The Noodle Games website is an excellent resource for teachers who want to learn innovative games they can play with inexpensive foam pool noodles. While the website provides a number of resources, the most valuable free resource is the Noodle Games Video (see the link below).
Here are the Articles that have been added to the website over the past two weeks.
These articles are available to members of PE Update.com.
- Football: Fourth Down Situations -Teams Should Go for it More Often
A statistical study that shows football teams should go for it more often on fourth-down situations. - Resources: Pool Noodle Website
A website that provides a number of games you can play using inexpensive foam pool noodles. - Sport Psychology: Three Techniques to Reduce Pre-Competition Anxiety -
Paradoxical Intention, Nervous Time & Objectivity
Three techniques for decreasing your athletes' pre-competition anxiety, including having them magnify their symptoms of nervousness. - Swimming: Pearl Diver Game
A swimming game in which the number of laps to be swum depends upon the number of pennies not retrieved from the pool bottom. Good for physical education class or team practices. - Track (Video): Kick-Off-the-Turn Workout
A track workout that combines speed development with the tactics required to kick past opponents on the turns. - Volleyball: Blocker & Spiker Recovery Drill
A volleyball drill that forces players to quickly recover after making a block or spike.
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Monday Morning Musings on the World of Sports, Coaching & Physical Education from Editor, Dick Moss.
FOOT CONTAINER RANT
The tale of an invention rendered useless because of corporate greed. Strictly speaking, it's not a physical education issue, but it does affect any teacher who packs a lunch for school or team trips.
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In every issue, 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! This issue's article is:
Baseball/Softball: Curve Balls Can Be Hit Farther Than Fastballs
Because of the incoming speed of fastballs, most people assume that fastballs are the pitch that can be hit the farthest. However, science begs to differ.
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