4 Ways to Integrate Physical Literacy Training into Sports Practice
Concepts of “physical literacy” are now becoming par for the course when it comes to creating activity programs for kids. International bodies for fitness and sport are embracing this “new” terminology as the foundational construct from which kids can learn to...
How to: 60 Minute Fitness Program for Grade School Kids
Creating a fitness program for grade school age kids is both a science and an art. When I first began working with kids, fresh out of coaching at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, I was all science. I quickly realized that neither kids nor parents “got” such...
Play for Athletic Performance and Lifetime Health
Entertaining our young children’s dream of becoming a pro athlete one day is like keeping the dream of Santa Claus alive. We should support It for a while because the magic of the imagination makes them happy and sets a trajectory for positive behavior. It’s when we...
Who’s to Blame for Our Technology Addicted, Sugar Consuming, Inactive Kids?
Kids these days! It’s so frustrating to see my kids just sit around being inactive, staring at their phones, eating sugar, and slowly becoming more and more obese. Someone needs to do something! I mean, someone else needs to do something. I’m an adult. I have...
How Childrens’ Sleep Habits Impact Their Bodyweight
Child at 2 AM: “Mooooooooooooooom!” “Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!” Parent: (Rush out of bed, trip over a Lego minefield, burst into child’s room commando-style to subdue the threat prompting such an alert at this ungodly hour.) Child: “I’m thirsty” If you’re a parent, the...
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