Tag: Physical Education

Why Join Parkour?
general education

Why Join Parkour?

- by Mary Lebowitz

If you run around outside, then scale the walls, roll on the ground, hang on the railings and leap from one pedestal to another; then it says something. In the old days, specifically around 2019, everyone who sees you might think you are not right in the head or you are simply overcome with fleeting glee. But in our contemporary times, doing those things earn you positive applause from the youth-oriented population walking around outdoors after witnessing you pulling off some cool stunts. A society or institution is nourishing that practice and it’s the newest sport officially called Parkour.

The What

Parkour is the art of displacement, that is to say, moving from one place to another and overcoming the obstacles along the path. Think about the Prince of Persia video game franchise and you will get the picture. but unlike the unrealistic video game, Parkour is aimed at developing realistic physiological methods of traversing from one impeded area to another.

The foundations of Parkour was originated by a French World War I veteran named Georges Hebert. During his visit to Africa, he was impressed by the physical skills demonstrated by the tribe he met. The main reason for his admiration was bordered on the fact that these tribes, who are believed to be inferior according to civilization standards, have no formal education about these gymnastics. The fact that these indigenous people only rely upon their instincts and adaptability to the environment was truly the brainchild of Hebert’s physical education …

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Why Your Child Needs to Have Sports Physicals
adult education

Why Your Child Needs to Have Sports Physicals

- by Mary Lebowitz

These days, it is better that your child remain as active as possible, inside and outside of school. With numbers of obese children becoming alarming over the last few years, thanks primarily to a lack of physical education in schools, it is important that your child play some kind of team sport, whenever possible. Additionally, to make sure that your child can physically handle the demands that sport will place on them, it is also vitally important that your child undergo sports physical before participating.

A Checkpoint for Health

As vitally important for your child’s health as vaccination, the seasonal sports physical can play a vital role in keeping abreast of your child’s overall health. In this way, if there is a health issue that you were not previously aware of, it will come to light during the physical exam. Even if your child can remain healthy year-round, it is still a wise idea for every parent to allow their child to have an annual physical every year, at least until their teens.

Most schools in the United States today that have an active roster of team sports require each participant to have sports physical before they can legally participate. In some regions, the school districts require not only yearly immunizations, but they also require a physical check-up before the child can be admitted to that public school district. The majority of states will even pay for them if the parents cannot afford to.

What to Expect

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Give Children a Foundation for Sports & Life Success
technology in education

Give Children a Foundation for Sports & Life Success

- by Mary Lebowitz

The opportunity for participation in sports participation that is unprecedented and widespread for children leads to unintended consequences: children stop exercising after a bad experience or injury. Unfortunately, both of them can be avoided with adequate preparation. Teenage athletics is unique because most parents feel comfortable sending their children to the playing field without preparation. There is no other young effort where such unpreparedness is acceptable.

Preparing a Strong Foundation of Physical Abilities

Children need a basis for mathematics, a basis for English, a basis for critical thinking, but somehow it is assumed that some of the pushups in Phys Ed are basic enough to have a satisfying sports experience. All children can have valuable time to participate in team and individual sports and avoid injury as well by preparing a strong foundation of physical abilities. This will not only lead to a more active healthy childhood: by avoiding injury and bad experiences, it can lead to a better self-image and a more active and healthy adult.

Training Programs for Athletics and Prevent Injury

Another undesirable consequence of children who are not ready to be thrown into sports is exclusivity. Children who are naturally more talented or coordinated are given exclusive rights to be called “athletes”, while children who are disappointed and are not ready to be locked up. This leads to losing some valuable experience in team play and hard work, as well as opportunities to succeed and try. There are training programs designed to teach athletics and prevent …

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Heart of a Champion - Working With Autistic and Disabled Individuals
special education

Heart of a Champion – Working With Autistic and Disabled Individuals

- by Mary Lebowitz

Working with others with physical and intellectual handicaps can be quite a herculean task. Most educational professionals possess some exposure and knowledge of how to be effective using this population, nonetheless, it needs a particular and exceptional educator to effectively and willing to assist them. I’d like to illustrate many of these finer points to hopefully enhance the quality of time spent with whoever has special needs. It will require some kind of special tools; you need a mask, a lightning rod, an hourglass, as well as a jukebox. If you have these four things, you may be an effective and effervescent educator of individuals who require your passion probably the most. All of such the situation is encompassed by a heart, with it you are usually a hero for those who are required one.

However, I need to confess something; I don’t have the heart because of it.

A Class Called Adapted Kinetics

I am trainees at The College of New Jersey, perusing an undergraduate degree in Health and Exercise Science which has a specialization in education. One in the classes mandated inside my core curriculum is a class called Adapted Kinetics; it’s rather a politically correct way to categorize Phys. ed . for your intellectually and physically disabled. A large portion of the class is utilizing disabled individuals and having real-life experience regarding how to help them. There is hardly any to no coursework otherwise, in addition to some tests. As a class we worked with the Special …

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