PE TEACHERS AND COACHES

PE Teachers and Coaches



PE Teachers and Coaches Encouraging Participation in Sport and Physical Activity.

Introduction

The role of PE teachers and coaches in the development of children has been important because they are the one responsible for building a healthy life style for the children. It is not possible for all the schools to provide one-hour physical training to their children because of shortage of time and resources. This is the reason that many new physical activity programs has been introduced by different schools in order to provide healthy life style to the children and make them physically strong. The purpose of this essay is to determine and evaluate different methods through which teachers and coaches can encourage the children to participate in physical activities.

Discussion

Taking part in different sporting or physical activity is influenced by several factors, which include inactive lifestyle, less work related physical activity, and less leisure time (Schempp, 2003, p.23). However, at a personal level, if the experience of the people regarding these activities has been positive, then they are more likely to be motivated towards physical activities. Different people who have previously experience healthy physical activities before, they tends to perform these activities again at any stage of their life, thereby affecting positively on the health and well-being of the future adult population (Woods et. al, 2010, p.34). When the students have to receive the amount, of physical activity they need each day then there must be other opportunities to be physically active within the school day must be provided. Physical education teachers have the exceptional tasks in the school physical activity program to make sure that students are physically active within the physical education class. These physical education teachers also have the accountability to help direct and conduct opportunities for physical activity within the school outside the physical education class.

Offering Maximum Time within Class Period

The PE class is the only class of the day where students are motivated and encouraged to perform physical activities therefore it is important for the teachers or coaches to provide maximum opportunities to the children to perform physical activities. During this period, the teachers can make sure that all the children are actively participating for at least 30 minutes so they can feel healthy. For doing this, there are different factors that can make sure that children are performing physical activity. The PE coaches should try to organize equipment and space for the children in an efficient manner and should provide appropriate tools that can facilitate children to remain active in physical activities. The talking time with the teacher or fellow students should be reduced so children can be able to only concentrate on the studies (Winnick, 2010, p.234). The teachers or coaches should be able to plan different practice opportunities for the students in such a way that they are structured for maximum involvement. For example, different groups and individual activities can be useful for the children in which less time is consumed with exercises that are ...