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Hi
fellow Educator,
After the excitement of a fantastic Olympics, thoughts will now be turning to the new school year! In July we introduced you to Move, Play, Learn© Tacklesport's new informative newsletter for Secondary School Teachers. Full of relevant, interesting teaching items and news it is designed to help you deliver motivating and relevant games and P.E. lessons for your students. This month we discuss the latest Secondary School conferences, highlighting those that we think may be the most relevant to you, as well as updating you on the latest P.E. lesson content resources. We also introduce you to the NEW digital 'Performance Profiler', a must for any teacher wanting to work with their students to assess and develop their sports performance.
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Announcements |
- As a teacher you will have undoubtedly noticed that Olympic euphoria has spilled into political commentary with a number of recent announcements concerning school sport. It certainly is a contentious issue, and whatever your stance one thing is for sure - school sport will certainly be in the spotlight this academic year! So if you are in need of inspiration look no further than the Tacklesport website, or better still ask us for help - that's what we are here for!
- Olympic Legacy - John Steele, Chief Executive Officer at the Youth Sport Trust, has said that in order to 'inspire a generation' the government need to look to investing in teachers, school sport professionals and young leaders who will turn an inspired generation into an active generation. Read more here: How to encourage children to participate in sport?
- In partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, Matalan Sporting Promise (with resources developed by Tacklesport) supports Sport and P.E. activity in schools and is committed to getting more young people taking part in more sport. Click here to find out more.
- Tacklesport staff members Kate Giles and Izaac Zevalking have just returned to the office after their Olympic Games Maker experience. Kate was Team Liaison for the Brazilian Women's handball team. Take a look at our latest news items to read about her experience at London 2012 and check out some pictures from the Athlete's Village and Olympic Park on Tacklesport's Twitter page!
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For the Diary |
- The School Sport Conference 2012 is being held on the 16th October at Kettering Conference Centre. To secure your place, use the online booking system via the Youth Sport Trust website.
- European Sports Development Network Symposium 2012 - On the 5th September Sheffield Hallum University are hosting the third European Sports Development Network Symposium in collaboration with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and the County Sport Partnership Network. Teachers, School Sport Partnerships and other education and training providers should attend. For more information or to book your place click here.
- Take your P.E. and Sports teaching to the next level and book yourself onto one of Tacklesport's G.A.P.S. (Games, Activities, Practices, Skills.) Courses. Next available date: 7/9/12 (North West). To sign up visit the website.
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Showcase |
Fitness & Health for Key Stage 3 & 4 is an exciting, interactive teaching and learning resource designed to enhance pupil's knowledge and understanding of this important aspect of their physical development. This resource aims to provide teachers and pupils with:
- Background information and lesson ideas for the integrated delivery of knowledge and understanding of fitness and health in and through physical education lessons.
- A learner centred approach that promotes individual responsibility and informed choice.
The Software includes:
- Exemplar lesson plans representing the units across key stage 3 and 4.
- Ideas for Warm-Up and Introducing Generic and Sport Specific Activities, together with content for Stretching and Mobility.
- An interactive 'Nutrition for Sport' section, including how to keep healthy and what factors influence health. A food pyramid and Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator are also included.
- Planning and Training for Sport guides pupils 'step-by-step' in the development of personal Training Programs. The section includes a fully interactive sport performance profiler to help them evaluate their performance in their selected sport and to set goals for improvement.
- A Reflection and Evaluation section encourages teachers to reflect and evaluate activities used to promote Fitness and Health.
Within the Fitness & Health software there are lots of resources for students to develop their own understanding of the importance and relevance of fitness & health through a variety of practical exercises and interactive tools. Including one for students to analyse and profile their own performance.
Performance Profiler:
It is important for P.E. teachers to effectively evaluate the factors that contribute to overall performance. The digital performance profiler, as seen below, can be used to evaluate pupils' performance by identifying key elements (via a 10 point scoring system) in a variety of contexts e.g. an individual sport specific profile, a team performance profile or a competition profile. 
The Performance Profiling tool is included FREE! as part of Fitness & Health. It is also available for purchase as an individual software tool in its own right for only £6.00!
Order your copy now from www.tacklesport.com.
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Other Resources You Might Like |
G.A.P.S. (Games, Activities, Practices, Skills.) software supports the effective teaching and coaching of games and is based upon a 'Making Sense of Games' approach to coaching, providing Games as starting points. These are supported by a range of related Activities, with specific Practices to support key elements of successful game play (e.g. Passing), and focussed Skills exercises for the development of individual technique (e.g. leg swing in a lofted pass).  
The software is ideal for:
- Specialists needing inspiration for ways to improve players understanding and skill level.
- Non-specialists new to teaching needing ideas to make sessions enjoyable and fun.
- Teachers in need of new games and activities to motivate and engage pupils.
- Effective planning and delivery tools for teaching.
- Games, Activities, Practices and Skills relevant to pupils needs.
'In the past I have subscribed to many other resources. The real-rugby-sense aspects of your drills & program I believe are so much more productive & educational for not only young lads - but senior grade players. I love the way the drills are so active thus enabling all participants to play an important role in the teams/drills outcome.' Darren Young, NSW Australia
Order your copy now from www.tacklesport.com.
In addition to the PC based software, Tacklesport have just released an iPhone app - G.A.P.S. Sports Coaching. After only a week, the app was rated number 2 on iTunes for coaching and has made it into the iTunes Top Free Sports Apps list. This is a must have app for any serious PE teacher!
The app is already receiving positive feedback from its users:
'..congrats on the app! I'm a level 3 coach in Australia, I've used excel, various iPhone apps to plan sessions for years and this will make my life so much easier!'
Chris Hall, Australia.
'It's a very good app. I would recommend Tacklesport to anyone'
Head of AASE at Filton College.
'A great app especially as it's free. Lots of fantastic drills and games. A must for multi-skill and alike!'
Sam Kempson, Coach.
'G.A.P.S. app really useful'
Jo Phillips, P.E. Teacher.
'I have been using it to help me plan lessons. Only used it for one lesson so far but has a bunch of useful ideas. Thanks!'
Ross Wickens, Trainee P.E. Teacher.
'Very useful for live coaching'
Luke Milts.
'Better than good!'
Activate Cricket, Cricket Coaching Centre.
'very good'
Lee Allen, Community Coach.
'I like that you can buy little bits and 69p is reasonable'
Boots Hockey Club.
After installing the app you can obtain FREE example content from the App Store and access 1000's more ideas, across different sports, at an INCREDIBLE price. This is a MUST HAVE app for any serious P.E. teacher, saving you time, helping you be creative with content that engages your pupils. 
Download the free G.A.P.S. Sports Coaching App from the App Store.
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G.A.P.S. Courses have been designed to provide a cutting edge approach to help teachers struggling with games based lessons. G.A.P.S. Courses will provide you with the skills to deliver lessons that WILL develop pupil game awareness and essential game related skills. Attend a course and receive FREE G.A.P.S. Coaching Software of your choice.
For more information and to book a place visit www.gapscourses.com |
For the Staffroom |
- Darts in the staffroom! With news that a former public house in Swindon has been turned into a school is it time for staff through-out the land to get into the ‘games’ spirit and re-launch their staff darts and bar-billiards teams?
- Short of a warm-up idea for your next P.E. lesson - Try 'Benchball'. The aim of the game is for pupils to try to pass 3 times and throw the ball to the target player who is stood on the bench in order to score. This is an outstanding game for refining movement and passing skills.
Pupils finding it too easy? Try decreasing the size of the grid to limit space, or increasing the space to make passes longer; use smaller balls to improve hand/eye co-ordination; vary the type of pass i.e. chest, bounce, overhead; introduce a time limit for scoring when in possession.
- And remember - KISS - Keep It Short and Simple! Keep questions precise and deliver no more than 2 key short and simple to understand teaching points at a time.
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Don't delay; order your resources for secondary P.E. and Sports teaching today! In addition why not recommend our software to a friend - and receive 15% off your next purchase. Simply ask your friend to tell us that you recommended them and when they order we will send you your credit note!
Yours
in teaching,
Andrew
Cushing
Managing Director
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