What Does Spark Physical Education?

In conclusion, the benefits of sports cannot be denied. There is no doubt that interscholastic athletics in high schools are generally good for student’s mind and health. It is the mental and conceptual area that many use to support the importance of participation in competitive sports, something many can wholeheartedly agree with. It is also the same area that some point to when behavior exhibited by some athletes does not seem to support what is believed they should be learning. As with anything, however, one can only get out of something what one puts in. Athletics also provides social benefits and center on concepts such as cooperation, teamwork, and friendships. All of which can also benefit them in school and the workplace. Physical benefits

The purpose of Sports and physical education is to teach the whole student, not just their body and movement. Sports provides the opportunity to teach students about movement, strategies, teamwork, problem solving, health and skill related fitness. Exposing students to various physical activities, sports, and methods of fitness can better provide enjoyment of physical activity, as well as build social, psychomotor, and cognitive skills. I strive to safely provide the means for students to enjoy physical activity, become more confident with their abilities, increase their knowledge of health related fitness, and help them find ways to continue to be physically active.

Physical activity has not only physical benefits. It also has a very big impact on social-emotional and cognitive aspects of child’s live. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “The development of a physically active lifestyle is a goal for all children. Traditional team and competitive sports may promote healthy activity for selected youth. Individual sports, noncompetitive sports, lifetime sports, and recreational activities expand the opportunity for activity to everyone. The opportunity to be active on a regular basis, as well as the enjoyment and competence gained from activity, may increase the chances that a physically active lifestyle will be adopted.”

One thing almost every young child looks forward to is the activity of play. Kids love nothing more than to go outside, run around with friends, and get dirty. If children are already active at a young age, why not encourage them to continue by enrolling them in an organized youth sport program? Young people will gain many positive experiences by participating in organized physical activities, but none as important and influential as the social skills, physical skills, and mental skills developed and nurtured during their time in youth sport. As a result, the young participants can continue to build upon and cultivate these skills which will ultimately be transferred into their development as successful adults. Along with the social and

Athletics offer so much more than just improving hand eye coordination and keeping children fit. Harvard graduate, Paul Caccamo, explains that “sports are more than a game; they are a set of life lessons. Kids growing up without them are really disadvantaged”

Jumpstart Academy is a program designed to keep children active and healthy, while providing them with the necessary fundamental movement skills needed to excel in sports and games. I was delighted with my involvement in this program as it was very much exciting and exhilarating to see the younger generation evolve as not only athletes but also as members of the community. My goal within the program was to provide the youth with opportunities to achieve success through physical literacy. On a weekly basis, we would start off the day with a warmup activity to ensure the body and mind is prepared for the upcoming exercises. Each week was divergent from the previous one as there was a new fundamental skill to focus on. For example, week 2 would

Over the last 30-40 years, the amount and intensity of exercise has gradually declined. Few children in the United States have actually met the recommended “sixty minutes of vigorous exercise” per day (Institute of Medicine, 2013). Although most states and districts have policies pertaining to physical education, these programs lack reinforcement and are often considered weak. Physical education has slowly declined throughout the years, and the the purpose of encouraging students to make physical activity part of their daily lifestyle has been lost. Recent research from Cornell University has found that the average high school gym class consists of students being active for an average of only sixteen minutes! This is nowhere near the recommended sixty minutes of physical exercise. Physical education has been pushed to the side while academics have been prioritised. P.E. classes have become overlooked by society as a whole. Students simply see it as a courses used only for socializing, or to avoid academic courses such as Algebra, Biology, and History. While teachers no longer encourage students to be active, this should not be the path in which we take physical education. The importance of exercise and physical activity goes beyond the classroom with is proven benefits in memory, cognition and attention which are skills that can be used for daily life activities. In recent times, many programs are popping up across the country to emphasize the importance of being active!

Alex Yaychuck is a P.E Teacher at this Middle Schools and offers advice about adaptive physical education methods. He states that it doesn’t matter what your ability is, P.E should always be fun. He also explains that when he see kids placing limits on themselves at such a young age, it motivates him to get them moving and enjoy themselves while being active. The second P.E instructor named Lee, discusses a blind student. I appreciate this video because of her words. She explains that she has also learned from this student because working with him has made her more aware of the potential obstacles in physical education.

Youth sport classes is the basic and the most important fundamental offering type in North America, because youth are able to learn fundamental of the sport. In many organization such as the YMCA or local communities recreational centers children can learn the basic skill, rules and strategies with enjoyment. Programs within the youth sport classes’ range from young age to ensure the development of every kid. An example of youth sport classes can included the local

Physical education trends have developed recently to incorporate a greater variety of activities. Introducing students to activities like bowling, walking/hiking, or Frisbee at an early age can help students develop good activity habits that will carry over into adulthood. Some teachers have even begun to incorporate stress-reduction techniques such as yoga and deep-breathing. Teaching non-traditional sports to students may also provide the necessary motivation for students to increase their activity, and can help

The focus on this study was to show the implementation of the ASIP intervention method in physical education. This intervention focuses on teacher driven instruction and curriculum development. Teachers implemented a diverse number of activities, detailed instruction strategies, and the ability to participate independently when necessary. It was successful through more detailed instructional strategies in the classroom. It also shows the benefits of psychological needs that students have in the school environment. Cheon, Moon, & Reeve (2012) notes, “Overall, these students encountered a supportive learning environment that created the conditions under which they experienced a wide range of course-related benefits.” The goal for the physical education environment is to provide a curriculum that allows teachers to teach their students the importance of PE but also give the students that ability to learn from instruction until students are participating with little instruction.

Sports have become very popular in America. Parents want their kids to participate in many sports. Many parents also hold high expectations for their kids to be physically fit (Romeo,1984). Teenagers who excel in sports need to be physically fit (Bingham,2009). Many sports stress control over the body and mind (Graves,2000).

This experience focuses on challenging children to move at a high, middle and low level, where children can hoop, walk, jump, bend up and down, turn around etc. It helps to develop children’s coordination, core strength, endurance, flexibility, confidence and attention (Wang, 2014). According to the music, children can stretch their hamstrings to pick up the hula-hoop (placed in the front), raise the hula-hoop to the abdominals and above the head using the deltoid muscles etc. For the special children, it is fine to slow down the movements and children in a wheel chair can use only their upper body to perform the hula-hoop movements. Thus, through the hula-hoop, children combine fine and gross motor movement and “balance to achieve increasingly complex patterns of activity including dance and creative movement” (DEEWR, 2009,

Sports programs have been an integral part of all schools. They support the academics of the school and therefore foster success in life. These programs are educational and help produce productive citizenship. They help students experience and build skills that may help them in their future, like interpersonal and time management skills. Education may kindle the light of knowledge, but sports help to maintain the proper physique. Sports are also an important means of entertainment and a use for energy after long hours of study. Sports increase a student’s performance not only in the classroom but also in their life.

In the modern schools, too many elementary schools are so centered academics and don’t focus on the well-being of the students. The school systems also don’t realize that physical activity can help students perform better in the classrooms. In the recent years, there has been a worldwide tendency to reduce school-based physical education in favor of academic subjects. Given the beneficial effects of exercise and the disadvantages of a sedentary lifestyle, cutbacks in physical education lessons are not near as productive as people think. Systematic reviews provide clear