Dynamic Movement Skills (DMS) is a leading training methodology that helps to refine and improve gross motor skills. It's benefits include development of; movement, balance and coordination in children; and improvement in speed, agility, explosive power and turning ability in athletes.

Dynamic Movement Skills – 45 videos at The Running School

… and now no more excuses to not improve your fitness

1. Freestyle/ Frontcrawl - the swimming arm cycle and how it should be performed.

Freestyle is divided into two major phases, propulsive and non-propulsive, defined by where the arm is with respect to the water . The propulsive and non-propulsive phases are further broken down into four phases. The propulsive phase is pull/push and the non-propulsive phase is recovery/catch .

Watch the video of the swimming arm cycle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnDX-6ZkEk.

2. Also we invite you watching carefully the following instructional videos:

• Analysis of the freestyle balance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piw92TC-YFc%20
• Analysis of the freestyle head position at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDlvwyOMDPE%20
• Analysis of the freestyle breathing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4APU3XMip8%20
• Analysis of the freestyle catching at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ctBUV08_o

Use video analysis to analyze, tweak and perfect your technique and performance!!!

The main goals of the new Sports Media are:

1. publishing quality articles concerning P.E. and related subjects
2. restarting the Digest "The New Dimension in P.E. & Sports"
3. showing of good practices through videos

Currently, the layout of the site is ready. Gradually we will add content to the site. Each day we'll do our best to add new videos to the item " Best Practice videos P.E."

Visit regularly Sports Media and discover each time something new ! and don't forget to subscribe to our Digest - it's free. So you'll stay informed about interesting topics - written by experts - for physical education.

Give us time to grow and to rebuild Sports Media from scratch.

We do hope to have your support ...

The Team of Sports Media

Whether you're a professional coach, athlete, physical education teacher, physiotherapist or a hobbyist, by using the Sportalyzer APP you’ll get a better understanding of sport movements.

The APP is based on the fact that there are different phases in each sport movement that can be defined (Meinel, 1974; Carr, 2006). These phases are internationally recognized as the standard. The knowledge of these phases in sport movements is further developed into the "model of movement phasing” (Bosman & Hoeboer, 2008). This model helps in identifying and structuring technical sport movements.

More information at SPORTALYZER

The MUVE Method is a free resource to learn easy, improvised dancing. If you want to become a better dancer, the MUVE Method will teach you the basics of improvised dancing. MUVE is so easy to do, it will take the difficulty out of dancing and exercising.

Interested to find more information ? Surf to their site

Explore MUVEmethod’s channel on Youtube

MUVE dancing games for kids

Geocaching and Education = Educaching ... Also for P.E. ?

1.1 What is Geocaching ? (source: whatis.techtarget.com)

Geocaching, also referred to as GPS stash hunting, is a recreational activity in which someone "buries" something for others to try to find using a Global Positioning System ( GPS ) receiver. The pursuit can be thought of as a GPS-enabled treasure hunt. Usually, a geocache consists of a small, waterproof container that holds a logbook and inexpensive trinkets. Participants are called geocachers.

Participants in a geocaching adventure use the features and capability of a GPS unit to find the cache. Geocaching enthusiasts hope to have individuals and groups all over the world secrete caches in a wide variety of locations and post the caches' coordinates on the Internet. GPS users then follow the location coordinates to find the caches.

Here's one typical geocache hunt: The geographic coordinates of a geocache were described on a Web site, which the users followed to the cache. The geocache consisted of a plastic Tupperware box containing a little notebook, a disposable camera, a printed informational sheet about the location, and several trinkets (a pen, postage stamps, a rubber ball, and a local postcard). The finders were encouraged to write a short note in the notebook, including the weather that day, who was involved on the hunt, whether the cache was easy or hard to find, and any other information they wanted to include. One finder took out the rubber ball and left a little toy car in its place. The finder left a photo of her husband and son in the camera and then placed everything back in the box and rehid it for future geocachers to find. Back home, the finders sent a note to the Web site describing their experience.

An Introduction to Geocaching

To learn a bit about geocaching, check out this excellent short video.

1.2 Literature:

Using GPS and Geocaching engages, empowers, and enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students

How to Go Geocaching

1.3 Geocaching.com:

Geocaching.com - the official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site - is an easy to use website. The navigation bar on the left helps you to find geocaches and more about the hobby to learn. This is the best place to start.

Browse through their videos "The Geocaching.com Channel"

2.1 EDUCACHING: Capturing the Spirit of the Hunt for Learning ( source: nagc.org )

Educaching is bringing the popular adventure sport of Geocaching into the classroom. Teachers around the world are giving GPS devices to their students to create a fun and innovative learning atmosphere.

Educaching refers to the educational application of geocaching, the world's fastest growing hobby/sport/game. Made possible by the cutting-edge technology of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Internet, geocaching is a high-tech scavenger hunt that entices men, women, and children (a.k.a. cachers) to search for hidden treasures (caches) all around the world using latitude and longitude coordinates that have been posted for particular caches. Cachers play two roles in geocaching; they are both the hiders (owners) and the seekers of caches. Cachers use the Internet to post the locations (a.k.a. waypoints) and written descriptions of the caches they have hidden and want others to find. Other cachers use the Internet to find cache descriptions with waypoints that others have posted and then use handheld GPS receivers and detective-like reasoning to discover the caches.

Caches can take a variety of forms. Traditional caches are containers usually filled with trinkets and mementos; virtual caches are existing structures such as historic sites; and earth caches are geographic features. The latter two types of caches are often posted because the cache "owner" thinks these sites might be of interest to others. Inside traditional caches one might find or place a trackable item, such as a travel bug or a geocoin. These items have unique tracking numbers which are logged by the finders on a geocaching website (http://www.geocaching.com/), so that as the items "travel" from cache to cache, those watching them can plot their movements on a map or a globe…a super high-tech version of Flat Stanley!

Educaching:

• Takes the classroom out into the world
• Encourages teamwork and critical thinking
• Can be used in math, science, history or for physical education/fitness

Curricular Connections to Geocaching

Help to explain what Educaching is all about

Educaching - A GPS Based Curriculum for Teachers

Educaching's channel

2.2 How to use Educaching in physical education?

Physical Education: Fun activities for fitness and movement are easily differentiated for various levels of physical demand; caches are often accessible to students with mobility impairments and are noted as such on caching websites; spatial orientation is refined through the real-world use of the GPS receiver, the compass, and the map.

Gopher Sport has elaborated a package for P.E.

At the start of a new academic year would Sports Media draw your attention to the following instructive beautiful videos:

"Badminton training videos for players and coaches of all levels on all aspects of Badminton"

This series consists of 410 distinct videos divided into 33 chapters. Sufficient material for your lessons badminton.

We also invite you to take a look at the site. It can (perhaps) be useful.

We wish you an active year!

Editor-in-Chief of Sports Media: Dr. Daniel Frankl

Professor of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science at California State University, Los Angeles

I currently serve as professor of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science at California State University, Los Angeles. Kinesiology courses I currently teach inlude Psychological Analysis of Physical Activity , Sociocultural Analysis of Physical Activity, Historical Analysis of Physical Education and Sport, Computer Applications in Kinesiology, as well as, two graduate level courses, Research Design in Human Performance & Cultural Analysis of Physical Activity.

My teaching experiences also include elementary and high school physical education, and 30+ years of coaching and teaching at the college and university levels.

Co-Chief editor of Sports Media: Guy Van Damme

Retired physical education teacher secondary education

He is the webmaster of the site Sports Media. In the past he has established an effective working P.E. community between staff members across many nations of the world. Also he is a staff member of the Dutch non-profit association of Sports Media .

Dr. John Ferguson

Professor of Physical Education from Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky, USA.

Teaching Interests: Pedagogy in K-12 Physical Education

Personal Interests: 5 and 10 K races and Basketball

Dr. Joanne Hunter-Hynes

An award-winning teacher (9 awards), published author (13 books, 12 chapters, 28 peer reviewed articles) and confident presenter to International (19 presentations), National (47), District (12), State (16) and Community (9) audiences for twenty-one years. Topics include: Teaching Strategies and Methodologies Prek-16+; Classroom and Behavior Management; Multicultural and International Topics; Inclusion; Motivation; Technology; Assessment; Early Childhood; Coaching; Interdisciplinary Integration; Intergenerational Activities; Sports/games (traditional and non-traditional); Health and Nutrition.

Dr. John Vincent

Professor, Sport Management - Department of Kinesiology
Coordinator of Graduate Sport Management Program The University of Alabama Department of Kinesiology College of Education

Areas of Research: sport media and the intersection of gender, race, and nationality

Dr. Corinne Daprano

Associate Professor, Sport Management
Associate Chair, Health & Sport Science
Marianist Educational Associate (MEA)
University of Dayton Department of Health & Sport Science

Areas of Research:
- Strategic human resource management in sport and recreation organizations
- Service learning as pedagogy in higher education and its application to sport management programs

Dr. Michael Roskamp

Professor, K-12 Physical Education Teacher Education
Department of Movement Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI., USA
K-12 Physical Education Teacher Education, Fieldwork Coordinator
14 years teaching K-8 physical education, coaching , and serving as MS athletic director.

Teaching & Scholarship Interests:
Physical Education Pedagogy, Non-traditional practices in fieldwork supervision, managing active students in active environments, Faculty Director for study abroad program in Ghana, W. Africa.

Joris Hoeboer MMI

Lecturer and Researcher at The Hague University.

Areas of Research:
- Relation between Sport and Organizations, Change Management, Coaching.

Special interest in:
Gymnastics from basics to elite level, Motor learning and Performance, Didactics,
Coaching, Change Management, Collaborate Learning, Communities of Practice, Appreciative Inquiry, Published Author; book Basic Gymnastics, APP developer; Sportalyzer

Michel Bosman

Lecturer and Researcher at The Hague University.

Areas of Research:
- Visual perception, team-coaching and organization-coaching.

Special interest in:
Gymnastics from basics to elite level, Motor learning and Performance, Didactics, Coaching (individual/team/organization/sports)
Published Author; book Basic Gymnastics, APP developer; Sportalyzer

My teaching experiences also include elementary and high school physical education, coaching and teaching at university levels. I have also experience as an international elite women gymnastics coach

Dr. Helena Baert

Assistant Professor Physical Education
SUNY Cortland, NY, USA

Teaching:
Elementary and secondary PE, Education in society, Readings in Physical Education, and Technology in Physical Education, both at undergraduate and graduate level.

Research topics:
The exploration of technologies to enhance teaching and learning in physical education, technology integration approaches in PE teacher education. Multiple regional, national, and international presentations, workshops, and publications in the area of technology integration and movement skill development.

Has studied and gained PE teaching experience in Belgium, Canada, and the USA.

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/drbaertpesite/

  Dr. Zan Gao

Assistant Professor at the School of Kinesiology in University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, specializing in physical activity and health.

Before moving to Minnesota, he held faculty positions in the University of Utah and Texas Tech University.

• Dr. Gao's research has primarily focused on fighting childhood obesity through school-based physical activity intervention. He has published more than 30 first authored book chapters and research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES), the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE), and the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. He has been the recipient of several international and national awards, including the 2007 American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) Ruth Abernathy Presidential Scholarship Award, the 2008 National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award, and the 2009 AAHPERD Mabel Lee Award.
• Dr. Gao has been the principal investigator of National Institute of Health research grant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant and AAHPERD Seed Grant. He also serves as a reviewer for many journals including, but not limited to RQES, JTPE, the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, and Journal of School Health, as the Section Editor for Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, the review board member for Middle Grade Research Journal and the Editorial Board Member for the JTPE. He is currently the Fellow of AAHPERD Research Consortium. .

Website: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/kin/faculty/gaoz.html

  Dr. Brett Everhart

Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education, Lock Haven University (PA).

Dr. Everhart’s research focus is on preservice teaching and learning patterns in physical education as well as on the impact of pedagogical processes for teaching physical education to PK-12 students with disabilities. Dr. Everhart is also the Director of Teacher Education at Lock Haven University and helps guide and monitor campus-wide assessment reporting of student learning at LHU. He also provides assistance to faculty and programs in other institutions for designing assessment plans and selecting and using data management systems to report annual student learning outcomes. Dr. Everhart has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles.

  Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan

Lecturer in Health and PE, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia

Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan holds a Bachelor of Education Honours degree in physical education dance and special educational needs, a diploma in research on yoga in education (RYE), and a Masters degree in Dance Studies. She has been teaching physical education, dance and health at all age levels for more than 25 years. Having spent the majority of her teaching career at ‘The International School of Geneva’, where she was head of physical education for seven years, she returned to the UK to a senior lecturing post in the School of Education at Bath Spa University for the subsequent nine years.

Currently, Rachael is a lecturer in health and physical education at Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia, where she is also in the process of completing her PhD. Her research interests focus on the development of young children’s motor skills in tandem with the influx of movement programmes in UK primary physical education. She has written a book and a wide range of book chapters and journal articles on early years motor skills development, as well as in other areas such as dance, health and yoga. Rachael is on the editorial committee for ‘Dance Matters’ (National Dance Teachers Association, UK). She is also the UK ‘Fundamental Movement Skills’ consultant for STEPS Professional Development and the lead consultant for physical education in the Nile Egypt Schools Project at Cambridge International Examinations.

  Dr. Lisa Witherspoon

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science - Director of USF Active Gaming Laboratories - University of South Florida

I prepare quality physical education teachers at the Undergraduate and Graduate level with a passion in implementing 21st century pedagogical methods. My research focus is in technology driven physical activities, exergames or active games, and how these activities affect participants. My primary focus is on investigating the use of active gaming in physical education including the most appropriate methods of implementation as well as how the children and/or teachers perceive the activities.

We search for you ...No more wasting time! 

Why invent hot water if there are already ways to get it?

Sports Media starts with an extensive P.E. video database - compiled and selected by experts in the field of physical education & sports. The P.E. video database is designed to give both new and seasoned teachers, instructors, educators and everyone involved in physical education and sports a more powerful and targeted search experience.

Sports Media does not own the video clips and has not the copyrights on the videos. The database is compiled by videos that come from applications that offer online video sharing services. We seek the most educational images - according to our criteria - and places them in our database . This is our merit and expertise.

Why should I use the P.E. Video Database?

1. Teachers can enhance physical education instruction
2. to provide a tool for increasing instructional effectiveness
3. to provide lesson ideas 
4. to provide differentiated instruction
5. to provide Instructional Feedback
6. giving freedom to make choices (suitable for students’ developmental levels)
7. pre-service student teachers acquire knowledge of good teaching practices
8. the database has videos about: exercises, drills, skills, technique and theory

"A picture is worth a thousand words "

Sports Media ... videos for sports & physical education!

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