Blogger of the Month
Jono Byrne at My Fastest Mile has written a ‘mini-series’ I’ve called Up Shit Creek Without a Paddle. ‘Short and punchy posts’ that are his brutally personal reflections from 2 years of working in the UK’s Olympic sport system. Specifically looking at the root of failures he was involved in and I feel that we can all learn from Jono’s stories no matter what level of sport delivery we are involved in:
That change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.
That the search for a ‘quick fix’ and ‘silver bullet’ will only lead to winning over welfare.
That we need to rethink the relationships between coaches, athletes, and the system that exists to serve them.
That we look to build a sports system that operates in a “socially responsible way”.
Top 10 Blog posts
- Old Coach – Young Coach by Vern Gambetta on listening and learning to ask better questions.
- The problem with small sided games by Rugby Strength Coach shares thoughts on using SSG to prepare players for rugby.
- Eddie Jones: Awesome hotdog salesman by Coaching the Coaches on Eddie Jones ICCE keynote.
- A Developing Story…. by Sean D’Arcy an ongoing reflective story of his coaching.
- Breaking The Command And Control Chains by David Dale on principles that might lead to deeper and more meaningful coaching.
- ‘’Decathlon at the skate park?” by Matt Wood on the multi sports experience and how it can help development.
- The importance of context underpinning the purpose of learning and training by Ben Franks going beyond the opposed/unopposed practice dualism in coaching team sports.
- KPI’s, Comparative Coaching & Classrooms By Mark Upton on factors that might hinder or support learning.
- Extending Learning Roadmaps in #Physed by Justen O’Connor on his continuing effort to improve PE assessment.
- After 10 Years of Coaching Here’s What I Think I Know by Ross Williams detailing his progression as a rugby coach over the last decade.
General PE
- Attitude of Gratitude: Andrew Vasily
- Tabata 101
- Tabata 201
- Planning for Back to School in P.E.
- 10 Tips for a Successful School Year
- #PhysEdSummit Physical Literacy Sessions
- #PhysEdSummit Fitness Sessions
- #PhysEdSummit Dance Sessions
- #PhysEdSummit Standards Based Instruction / Assessment
- #PhysEdSummit Health Education Sessions
- #PhysEdSummit TGfU Presentations
- While You Were Away
- The 9-Interview Itch: Deciding on My Next Physical Education Position
- “PE won’t give me abs”: Understanding Factors Influencing Girls in Physical Activity and Physical Education
- Respectful Relationships Education
- Most important model for teaching physical education
Primary PE
- Let Them Play – An Update
- How to Plan a Whole Year of PE in 15 minutes
- Taking the Fear Out of Physical Education
- Back to School….How am I Preparing?
- Back to School: Be Inspired!
- P.E Expression – striking and fielding
- Adventure Challenges in Grade Three
- Pay Dirt in Advance
- September’s Back to School Fitness Challenge
- 7 Approaches to Physical Education Grading
Secondary PE
- Lanyard Leadership & Instant Feedback
- Analysing Australia’s Senior Secondary Physical Education
- PE – The Ultimate Underdog
- What #PhysEd Questions Were Recently Addressed? (A Review of the 2016-17 School Year)
- Are Accountability Measures Squeezing Out PE And Risking Young People’s Health?
- Did Ofsted consider PE and school sport when they visited your school?
- Throwing Development
- Jumping Development
Tech in PE
- A Guide to Draftback: The Ultimate Spy Tool For Google Docs
- The PE Geek Mobile App
- Using GSuite for Sport Education
- All About Augmented Reality
- Creating Certificates in Google Slides
- How To Insert Photos into Student Reports
Academic PE
- Examination PE – is it fit for purpose for 2018?
- PE, sport and physical activity have a crucial role to play in exam success
- “Take your time…”
Research in PE
- An introduction to coordination dynamics
- UnLocking Research for Shape America
- The 8 main ideas of coordination dynamics
- Attention & coordination – how are they linked?
- A New Blog Series: Forthcoming
- Psychological Needs and the Quality of Student Engagement in Physical Education: Teachers as Key Facilitators
- Understanding the reproduction of health inequalities
PE Podcasts and Video
- Skill Acquisition & Deliberate Practice with Ed Coughlan
- Creating learning environments that are full of ‘safe uncertainty’ with Rick Shuttleworth
- Sam Walker, Best Selling Author of The Captain Class
- A conversation with my mentor – Mark Bennett MBE
- Physically Active Learning
- John Kessel, USA Volleyball, Lines Teach You How, but the Game Teaches You Why
- 5000+ miles in the search for new coaching knowledge
- Sport Literacy
- Addressing our biases within talent identification
School and Youth Sport
- Where you are born matters for football development
- Sport Systems – fragments of thought #8
- Breaking Down Barriers in Sports Psychology
- The Zipper Phenomena: Building Character in 30 Seconds.
- Skill, drill, practice- do you know what you’re doing?
- You, Me, We: An Exercise in Building Team Culture
- A Final Game of H-O-R-S-E
- The Emerging Game
- How to Serve Up a Feedback Sandwich to Young Athletes
- Changing Practice
- Cross the paint mentality…
- Pockets of innovation (part 1) Ben Galloway
- Sport Systems – fragments of thought #9
Articles of Interest
- Mechanisms and Machineries
- The Legacy of Prior Events
- The Spirit of Sport
- The Neglect of Technique In Modern Coaching
- Are We Too Dependent On Big Data?
- Is Exercise Really Medicine? An Evolutionary Perspective
- Why kids need risk, fear and excitement in play
- The Average Guy Who Spent 6,003 Hours Trying to Be a Professional Golfer
- How Roger Federer Upgraded His Game
- Young at heart: why children who exercise become healthier adults
- Major Competition Coaching
- On the definition of learning
