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Sports & Recreation > Soccer Fundamentals A guide to soccer fitness

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To excel in soccer does take great conditioning. All youth and recreational players need to work on their overall conditioning as well as sport specific conditioning. What this should be comprised of depends on the age, skill level, time of year and the level of conditioning you have. Obviously, there is not a cookie cutter ... More..

Sports & Recreation > Recreational & Youth Safest sports for children

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Every sport has inherent risks; some more than others. Contact sports (football, hockey) have more injuries but soccer and swimming are not injury free either. Soccer has high ankle and knee injuries as well as potential concussion injuries from heading the ball. Swimming is very hard on the shoulders and breaststrokers can ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Soccer Commentary: Nine-year-old soccer star signs with Manchester United

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Nine year old soccer star signs with United YouTube has been showing clips of a nine year old soccer star. The video has over 800,000 hits. It got enough attention that United Manchester signed the boy up. This brings up a lot of interesting points. First, my main concern is that parents everywhere don't see dollar signs rin... More..

Health & Fitness > Fitness Basics The importance of 'warming up' before exercise

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Warming up is important. What and how much you warm-up depends on the activity, your age and your level of competition. If you're going for an easy bike ride, then you can use the first part of the ride as a warm-up. If you are competing in an athletic event then the warm-up needs to be specific for what you are competing fo... More..

Health & Fitness > Fitness Basics Effective exercise: The overload principle

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The overload principle states that the body will adapt to greater amounts of work. It doesn't say that to be effective you have to always overload your body. In fact if you do, you will get hurt or stop after a few months. The body can not continually be overloaded. Competitive athletes need precise parameters and guidelines... More..

Health & Fitness > Fitness Basics The benefits of stretching

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There are as many benefits to stretching as there are ways to stretch. There are also risks to stretching. One of the biggest benefits is that it just feels good! This article will cover some of the risks and ways to stretch so you receive the benefits. First, stretching into pain levels risks the pulling and tearing of musc... More..

Sports & Recreation > Training & Equipment How to develop hand to eye coordination for the young athlete

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Here's some more ideas on developing hand/eye coordination. This is an underdeveloped skill for many kids. Coaches and parents should spend a few minutes every day or workout on coordination. Tossing a ball from left to right is excellent. It develops hand/eye coordination as well as left/right brain communication. It helps ... More..

Health & Fitness > Autism Adapted PE for autistic children

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I'm an Adapted Physical Specialist. I work with severely disabled students 6 to 22. Some of the most challenging students are the autistic spectrum students. There's not a lot of information for parent's about physical education and autism so I thought I'd put some of my ideas and experience out into the Internet. Cardio: Th... More..

Sports & Recreation > Recreational & Youth How to teach correct athletic running technique to children

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Do you ever notice how some kids run like the wind-and others like they were knee high in mud? A lot of coaches think that running style is inherited and there's not much you can do other than to get in better shape. So coaches in youth sports have their athletes run and run and run. They are wrong on both accounts. First, t... More..

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1. Commentary: Nine-year-old soccer star signs with Manchester United
2. How to teach correct athletic running technique to children
3. Adapted PE for autistic children
4. The benefits of stretching
5. Effective exercise: The overload principle
6. A guide to soccer fitness
7. How to develop hand to eye coordination for the young athlete
8. The importance of 'warming up' before exercise
9. Safest sports for children

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