So you’ve discovered the weight room. I can see it in the way you approach the bar, unsmiling yet with eyes ablaze, or the way you load a...

At this year’s start-of-school orientation, an energetic parent approached the counselors at the school where I work, eager to have one...

Can sports participation help develop positive character traits in young people?  Do coaches and team cultures play a role in that...

The kid is maybe five-eight, around a buck fifty, real quiet. He comes late to class sometimes, he always lifts on the corner rack, out...

I don't smoke, never have smoked, and even so, inside a dark concert venue -- distortion pedals, sticky floors, chuck taylors and black...

I’m a San Diego native, so this is about to be sacrilegious. Know that up front. Some of my fondest memories are of watching Chargers...

American physical education is largely concerned, at present, with two focuses: sports and longevity. Both are misplaced. First, much of...

We know we can’t just coach sports anymore. We have already dispelled with the notion that sports units should make up the bulk of our...

Like almost every PE teacher I know, I loved sports growing up. I played baseball, soccer, and football in leagues, organized pick-up...

One of the most unhelpful tropes in teaching physical education is, "Kids are kids." The most insidious is, "Good teaching is good...

Much has been written about the impact of grades on learning, and very little of it has been positive. The use of letter/ranking grades...

I began my teaching career as part of a fellowship program, so during my first several years I had easy access to a cohort of fellow...

When I talk to PE teachers in under-resourced communities, one of the most common complaints I hear is, "The kids won't even play." It's...

We are all familiar with inequality in our school systems, or we should be. Somehow, despite this knowledge, physical education has...