Functional Strength Training for Physical Education

Functional strength training is a valuable form of fitness training that is often not included in secondary physical education curricula due to lack of equipment, weight rooms, and uncertainty about teaching techniques. Functional Strength Training for Physical Education provides a comprehensive curriculum map, detailed skill progressions, teaching methods, facility design guidelines, online materials, sample functional warm-ups and plans, and guidance on performing functional skills with proper techniques. It helps students build a strong foundation of fitness and wellness that will last for a lifetime.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2024
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

Functional Strength Training for Physical Education is a comprehensive curriculum that provides secondary physical education teachers with the knowledge and skills to develop a program that will give all students skills for their lifetime,regardless of what activities and occupations they pursue. It includes a comprehensive curriculum map, detailed lists of functional strength training skill progressions, step-by-step teaching methods and cues, facility design guidelines, and related online materials. The curriculum map shapes the program design, lesson planning, and assessments in the physical education setting, while the detailed lists of functional strength training skill progressions provide 83 exercise variations to meet the needs of all students. The step-by-step teaching methods and cues for all skill progressions can be used with or without equipment, and the facility design guidelines maximize space and budget in the school or training facility setting. The related online materials feature 25 photo and video demonstrations with detailed exercise descriptions and external skill cues, as well as skill cues.

Weight: 406g
Dimension: 178 x 257 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781718215818