Advance Your Career in Physical Education

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This degree is created for educators wishing to advance their knowledge of quality physical education and broaden their skills in school-based physical activity promotion. The MAT can be completed in 21 months (5 terms) with classes delivered 100% online during the fall/spring semesters and on-campus in Greeley, CO for two weeks in the summer.

The program is designed for working school professionals, permitting students to complete the coursework without giving up their full-time jobs. The applied curriculum prepares students to immediately utilize everything they learn for the benefit of schools/children.

More information about the program, including application requirements, can be found at:

Physical Education & Physical Activity Leadership MAT

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Sport Coach America Releases a Resource to Assist Coaches through Life Transitions

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Sport Coach America is excited to announce the release of a new resource for coaches, coach developers, and sport researchers. Coaching Through Life Changes is a series of reflection questions designed to assist sport coaches when faced with a professional or personal life transition, such as a new supervisor or the birth of a child. The reflection questions are organized into two sections: Professional and Personal. Coaching Through Life Changes was developed by members of the Sport Coach America Coach Leadership Team and the Coach Development Team, with assistance from coaches, coach developers, and sport researchers. This free resource is available on the SCA website (www.sportcoachamerica.org) and as a downloadable PDF.

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WSKW Call for Proposals

The Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness (WSKW) is currently accepting proposals for its annual conference: October 5-7th, 2022. Deadline June 15th.

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  • Presentation content may include original research, innovative teaching practices, and/or other creative works.
  • Work can be shared in presentation or poster format or through a roundtable discussion.
  • Planned location: CSU East Bay Conference Center (Oakland, CA)
  • Theme – The Future of Kinesiology: Embracing Change Through Collaboration
  • International and U. S. faculty & students from all Kinesiology and Health-Related disciplines are welcome!
  • Submit your work HERE
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Youth Sports: How Much is too Much?

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Sports have played a huge part in my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up with a father who coached football, basketball, and track for 44 years. I probably had a ball in my hand at the age of 2. I competed in different sports in high school and then played football throughout my college career. I have coached different sports at the high school and collegiate levels for the past 26 years as an assistant and head coach. I have coached men’s and women’s teams in football, basketball, and track and field. It is unbelievable how much athletes have changed over that period of time.

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One huge change is that young kids suddenly became programmed to only participate in ‘organized’ sports. Very seldom do they just play outside for fun anymore. Seeing kids outside playing tag, catching in the sandlot, 3 on 3 at the tennis courts, 3 flies up, etc. is rare today. These games taught kids creativity, leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship. These unorganized games developed kids physically and mentally. Kids developed competitiveness, balance, and body control. They learned how to adapt and handle defeat. There was no crying over a loss because one would get teased right off the field. Kids learned to pick themselves up and try again.

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Where Are All the Female Track & Field Coaches?

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Female Coaches – from left, Sam Lewis (University of Idaho), Charlee Linton (formerly Washington State, now at the University of Utah), Michaela Freeby (Willamette University), and Emma Wren (Adams State University)

I was born 22 years after Title IX passed in 1972. I always had the opportunity to play, and I grew up in an area that supported and encouraged everyone to move. I played soccer growing up, but I never noticed or observed any differences between the resources allocated to my team versus my brother’s team. Besides soccer, I did summer swim league, cross country, and track and field, which meant I was practicing at the same time with the boys or even running with the boys. I was also a very talented young runner; the local news celebrated my success starting in middle school through high school.

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Despite the efforts of Title IX, I did not understand the ongoing gender equity issues in sport until I became a collegiate cross country and track coach. For the last five years as part of the University of Idaho’s cross country and track staff, I have always been one of the only female coaches at a cross country or track meet. I initially really enjoyed being one of the only female coaches at meets. I felt like I was a part of the selective “boys club”, I somehow earned entry into the coaching world dominated by men that apparently very few women were invited to join. Despite the sense of pride I felt being in the “boys club”, I did not understand why more women were not coaching. If I had entered the coaching world, why couldn’t other women too.

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PHE America Announces Advisory Board for 2022

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The PHE America Advisory Board is comprised of professionals who are seasoned in their respected fields or have insight into a particular area of physical education, health, or coaching. To be eligible, an Advisory Board member must have one published article in PHE America or Sport Coach America and/or served PHE America (or previously PeLinks4u) in some capacity.  Advisory Board members serve 1-3 year terms.  Terms can be renewed.  The Advisory Board will offer recommendations on potential topics and writers.  In addition, board members will provide feedback on the quality and application of published articles to best reach and connect with practitioners. For more information on each advisory board member, please visit: http://www.pheamerica.org/advisory-board/  If you are interested in serving on the Advisory Board in 2023, please contact Pete Van Mullem (pwvanmullem@lcsc.edu)

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