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Time for the Annual Long Jump?

Posted Monday, 22 May 2023

Late April and early May are not good times for curriculum PE and Games. Often deprived of indoor facilities by exam demands, and facing the historical primacy of Athletics, lessons on damp, cool fields can be uninspiring. Field events are especially vulnerable to being slow-moving, overly technical and short on...

How are this Term’s Numbers Games?

Posted Saturday, 13 May 2023

The dust is settling on the start of the summer term. For many schools, this means that the tri-annual mission of establishing the ‘games lists’ will be largely complete, with the late changes accommodated – or not – and a status quo established. This provides a clear opportunity to analyse...

Book Review - Exercised by Daniel Lieberman

Posted Monday, 1 May 2023

Exercised by Daniel Lieberman Exercised is the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert. Daniel Lieberman is an anthropologist, who examines the concept of exercise and lifestyle from an evolutionary perspective. He concludes that humans never evolved to exercise. They are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each...

Are you trying to do too much in the Summer Term?

Posted Tuesday, 25 April 2023

The Spring Term has always been an uninspiring time for school sport. Dark nights, cold and wet weather, frosty mornings and mock exams. It has always been a season demanding dogged persistence from teachers and coaches and anticipating better times ahead. Those better times used to be the Summer Term...

Are we Valuing the Wrong Resource?

Posted Tuesday, 25 April 2023

The last thirty years has seen a revolution in school sports facilities. In every sector, expenditure has mushroomed, with the evidence everywhere. Artificial pitches, sports halls, swimming pools, fitness gyms and running tracks have appeared in schools of all types. No longer are they confined to a small number of...

PADSIS Research into Reward Models for School Sport

Posted Thursday, 8 December 2022

School sport requires a significant workforce to ensure a vibrant co-curricular provision. The historic assumption of staff contribution based upon goodwill and generous discretionary effort is in terminal decline. There are pockets of good health, but the general trend is a downwards one. This results partly from changing attitudes to...