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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Exercise is not punishment
This tragic story about a young girl who died by running for 3 hours is another example of horrible parenting. On a smaller scale, it shows how punishing kids by making them exercise is counterproductive. Exercise and movement should be … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Homeschool, Overweight Kids, Parenting
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A Great Family Exercise
Today, in the Bay Area, it was a little cold and cloudy. When the sun finally came out, it was windy and chilly. No matter, my family and I went for a little bike ride. It was the first bike … Continue reading
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Overweight Kids in School
I’m an itinerant teacher which means I go from school to school. I routinely go to ten elementary schools and four middle schools. Occasionally, I will get to a few others including high schools. You can’t help but notice the … Continue reading
Swimming Report #1
So I’m out of ideas about what to write about…have a little bit of writers block. I figure I might as well write about today’s swim workout. This is what we did: Warm-up: 50 Kick (no board), 50 drill (choice), … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Sports, Swimming
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A Great PE Activity By a Classroom Teacher
Typically, I see a lot of bad PE teaching done by most classroom teachers. I think they don’t like to do it, don’t feel comfortable with their own fitness and can’t hand some of the confusion and pandemonium that comes … Continue reading
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A surprising reason for kids to play sports
There’s an interesting study done about kids and smoking. You can read the report here. It seems that the more sports middle school kids play, the less likely they are to smoke. It’s not too surprising. I think athletes as … Continue reading
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