Fitness Testing in Physical Education: Helpful or Harmful?
Fitness testing is one of those things that became popular in physical education [PE] as it evolved from its military roots, and has stuck. Most Australian secondary schools still do fitness testing at least once or twice in their program,...
What Doctors are seeing after two lockdowns – kids with ‘bent bones’!
Cases of Rickets – softening and eventually deformation of bones caused by deficiency of vitamin D3 – see an exponential rise. Kids are paying for not being able to step out for one-and-a-half years… Read on…
Childhood exercise may maintain, promote cognitive function in later life: Study
Research over the previous decade has shown that exercise during childhood affects the development of cognitive functions. Read on…
Schools warned compulsory sports carnival participation
Recent research reveals that while some children thrive on competitive sports, forced participation could produce extreme anxiety in non-athletic students and put them off exercise for life. If we want our children to be engaged in physical activity for life,...
Long awaited
The students of class 1 to 8 in all CBSE affiliated schools will now have a period on Health and Physical Education on a daily basis from this academic session. The same was made compulsory for classes 9 to 12...
How to exercise when its the last thing you want to do…
Wise ideas from psychology, behavioral economics, business — and even activism — to get you moving. Excuse #1: “I don’t have the time to exercise.” The fix: You’ve got plenty of time; the trick is being intentional about how you...
