
Fun Stuff for Physical Education #95
April 22, 2010
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What's in This Issue
New Additions to the Website:
- Equipment/Facilities: Sand is Significantly Safer Than Wood Fiber as a Playground Surface
- Fundraising: Foreign Currency Fundraiser
- Lacrosse: An Extended Arm Position Produces Better Shooting Power
- Strength (Video): Patty-Cake Planks
- Swimming: Freestyle: Coaching Cues to Prevent Wide Arm Recovery
- Blog: Our New Blog Mandate Now Includes Swamp Soccer
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When used as a playground surface, sand is almost five times safer than wood fiber.

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

An arm position that is away from the body will, because of basic physics, produce stronger lacrosse shots.

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

Two coaching cues for the freestyle stroke that help swimmers keep their hands close to their body during the recovery phase.

The latest posting in the PE Update blog discusses the expanded mandate for the blog and includes an example - a video demonstrating swamp soccer!
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