Fun Stuff for Physical Education #78
July 30, 2009
Welcome to the mid-summer issue of Fun Stuff for PE! Although it seems like I've spent the past month in a vehicle, travelling around Ontario to track meets, we've still been able to upload a number of useful articles to the PE Update.com website. You can see them below in the "New Additions" section.
How about free content in this newsletter? There are some funny gymnastics comedy routines in our "From the Web" section; more humour in our blog, with a poem by Dr. Jim Riley describing the thought process of students who don't like to sweat in PE class; and our free article from the archives on a simple way for basketball players to practice their dribbling strength and skills this summer. I hope you enjoy this issue! Dick Moss, Editor
GYMNASTICS COMEDY ROUTINE BY PAUL HUNT
Gymnastics is serious business. Or is it? Check out these two gymnastics comedy routines by Paul Hunt. One routine involves the floor exercises and the other the beam
Gymnastics Comedy Routine - Floor Ex Gymnastics Comedy Routine - Beam
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Monday Morning Musings on the World of Sports, Coaching & Physical Education from Editor, Dick Moss. "I Hate to Sweat"…A Physical Education Poem //www.physicaleducationupdate.com/peblog/
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: BASKETBALL: POUND THE GRASS DRIBBLING DRILL
Here's a simple solo drill your basketball players can perform over the summer holidays. All they need is a basketball and a patch of grass. The PE Update.com website has 83 other "Basketball" articles ready for you to read! Become a member and get access to them today! Click Here!
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1. Editor's Note
(I particularly liked the upside-down splits) By the way, don't try this at home, folks!
These articles are available to members of PE Update.com.
How to make portable badminton posts you can use in your schoolyard or in physical education classes.
A physical education assignment using pedometers that will increase your students' activity levels by up to 22%!
A Musical Chairs variation that's suitable for use in a classroom space and with large numbers of students.
Watching your golfers' finishing position can give you clues to whether their swing path is too flat or too upright.
A poem that describes some students' aversion to sweating during physical education classes.
A test that demonstrates the fact that humans do not have an innate sense of direction.
A dodgeball variation that develops students' ability to use correct overhead throw-in technique for soccer.
How to find out how much an athlete should "psych up" for competitions.
How to estimate the potential times of your 4 x 400m and 4 x 100m relay teams, based on their best times from a stationary start.
A drill that teaches runners how it feels to sprint in a fast- but-relaxed manner.
A humourous poem by Dr. Jim Riley that describes the thought process of students who don't like to sweat during physical education classes.
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