Recommended Resources

Fitness, Performance, & Injury Prevention

Youth Fitness and Athletic Development

Children and Sports TrainingSPIDERfit Kids highly recommends Jozef Drabik’s Children in Sports Training.  This often cited resource on youth athletic development is based on Jozef Drabik and colleagues research and experience progressively developing young athletes in the former Soviet Union.

Children and Sports Training: How Your Future Champions Should Exercise to Be Healthy, Fit and Happy by Dr. Jozef Drabik

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Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning by Vern GambettaThis valuable resource by one of the American pioneers of movement training looks at how the young body moves and how to create a training environment to improve movement quality and decrease injury with athletes and youngsters.

Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning by Vern Gambetta

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Physical LiteracyDeveloping movement and coordination skills with children is much like developing cognitive skills like reading and math. Physical Literacy is a research-based examination of how to establish a program that facilitates the progressive development of movement skills for all ages.

Physical Literacy by Margaret Whitehead

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P.E. Games & Activities Kit for Grades 6-12: Over 250 Games to Put New Variety and Challenge into Your Physical Education ProgramPacked with literally hundreds of physical activity games and drills designed to enhance classroom cooperation, physical fitness, and coordination, this resource is a valuable addition to a physical educator’s toolbox.

P.E. Games & Activities Kit for Grades 6-12  by Ken Lumsden

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Physical Activity and Learning

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the BrainSpark is a comprehensive look at how exercise affects learning in both children and adults. Research and case studies of dramatic increases in learning ability from targeted exercise programs are discussed and explored.

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman

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