Here’s a video produced by the Longhorn Network on YouTube that shows how the Texas Longhorn football team incorporates catching tennis balls to build their hand-eye coordination skills for their receivers. We have recently incorporated more catching activities using both tennis balls and bean bags to better develop our student’s hand-eye coordination skills, and also [...]
Bean Bag Warmup Games
I stumbled upon this quick video of some bean bag warmup games and drills that you can use with your PE students. Do you have any great bean bag warmup games that you’d like to share?
Bean Bag Fitness Activities
At Warner Elementary, we are big fans of using bean bags with our students in PE, especially on rainy days when we’re forced to stay inside. We average around 100 kids or so in each of our classes, with some of them going up to 120 students. All that to say, there’s not much breathing [...]
“Down South Shuffle” Dance Tutorial
This dance tutorial is brought to you by the talented PE staff at DCE. It was originally presented by Butch Valdes (Southern District High School PE Teacher of the Year), who shared this dance at a recent physical education presentation in North Carolina. You can purchase Down South Shuffle by R-3 on Amazon.com, or you [...]
“You Are What You Eat” Dance Tutorial
Here’s another great dance routine that you can teach your students in PE. This dance routine was created by the Deep Creek Physical Education teachers, using the YouTube channel NoodleGames. The song for the dance routine is titled, “You Are What You Eat” by Wayne Brady. You can purchase this song on iTunes here. You [...]
Tinikling
Tinikling is a fun way to practice those jumping skills in PE. Here’s a video of middle school using Tinikling to practice their jumping skills, using a routine set to music.
The Exergaming Guide
Exergaming has got to be the most exciting physical education buzz word right now. It seems that wherever I turn, the physical education community is talking about exergaming and the benefits that it can bring to our students. You, like me, have probably had some questions about Exergaming. So, I decided to post a helpful [...]
Exergaming: How to Setup a Playstation 2
With the use of Exergaming in physical education classes comes the need to know how to setup Exergaming equipment properly. One such device is the Sony Playstation 2. It can be used to play some popular dancing games, such as Dance Dance Revolution, In The Groove, and more. Check out the video so that you [...]
Advocating for PE
With obesity rates increasing at an alarming rate it’s troubling that physical education (PE) is continually on the chopping block as administrators and legislators look to cut back the number of minutes students are required to participate in PE on a weekly basis and in some cases eliminating PE altogether. Your voice is needed now [...]
Using iTunes to Structure Exercise and Training
Jarrod Robinson, known as @mrrobbo on Twitter, is always coming up with new and creative ways to integrate technology in PE. This iTunes tip is especially helpful since we so often use music in our PE classes to get our students moving and dancing and having fun. This particular tip involves showing you how to [...]
