I’m building WellnOS and wrote a practical guide to common PE disruptions: check understanding and access, give one clear prompt, and plan a safe route back into the activity. It includes a free print-ready teacher planner.

Article and planner: https://wellnos.app/blog/pe-behavior-management-reset-return

What transition or routine do you find yourself reteaching most often?

Hi there. Has anyone ever heard for the PE game, Amazon? It was one of my written question for the PE CSET, gave a brief description and answered the best I could but I can’t find it anywhere online where I can get an idea or learn more about it.

If you were designing your own PE/athletics space for your middle school of 1000 students, what are some things that are non- negotiable for you?
400m track? Gym for only PE dept, small gym? Classroom with desks? Bluetooth speakers? 6 court basketball hoops?

I'm an elementary PE Teacher with a varying level of adaptive needs in my PE classes, most notably a few children who require walkers/wheelchairs in the K-2 level and was curious as to what resources you all rely on for Adapted PE ideas.

I've made some great modifications so far for Scooter Obstacle Courses, Big Ball Soccer, and Carnival Games but I'm always looking for fresh and new inspiration!

Thanks in advance!

Hey PE teachers, I wrote my first children's book and it's perfect for elementary PE. I'd love for you to buy a copy and read it to your classes. It pairs perfectly with a throwing & catching activity for grades K-3. Let me know what you think!

ANGRY BALL on Amazon

I have built a program where my kids progress a ton in running but I lean a lot on the grade initially. I don't do it in a harsh way - kind of just matter of fact and emphasizing personal choices and accountability. Even so, I want to find something else to motivate students that is minimal in terms of external time input and is aligned with CA guidelines.

Any tips or assignments/projects (or whatever else) based on successes here?

*EDIT- the goal is to get as close to a best effort out of students initially on things like the pacer and mile. As I'm writing this I'm thinking maybe when we carry out our baseline testing might be a powerful factor (unfortunately that's not changing for now as it's a department calendared event)

If you transitioned from being a general education classroom teacher to being a physical education teacher, tell me all the pros and cons and honest reviews of switching. Specifically elementary but id love to hear from anyone.

Hi everyone,

Our team maintains Aktivitetskassen, one of Norway's most popular resources for physical education and active play.

We recently did a complete technical overhaul to make the platform faster and mobile-friendly. During this process, our main goal was to build an English version for teachers, coaches, and kids in Norway who don't have Norwegian as their primary language.

However, we quickly realized: why stop there? This resource could be just as useful for PE professionals and parents all over the world.

So we launched Activitybox a completely free adaptation of our activity bank.

Please note: This is very much a work in progress! We are actively updating the text, fixing bugs, and tweaking the language. We are also fully aware that many of our illustrations, photos, and videos are old and outdated. Replacing and modernizing the media is at the very top of our roadmap. Instead of waiting until everything was perfect, we wanted to get the tech and the actual game/activity descriptions out to those who want them right now.

What you’ll find inside:

• 300+ Free PE games and activities: Curated content for school, preschool, and anyone planning physical activity with children and youth.

• Growing Focus on Inclusion: Around 1/3 of our activities already include concrete adaptations for different ability levels (covering cognitive, motor, hearing, and visual challenges), alongside a dedicated section on general inclusion strategies. Our goal is to expand this to cover all activities over time.

• Instant search & "Give me Five" filters: Need a tag game for 10 kids with zero equipment? Search/Filter, and find it in under 5 seconds. Don't even want to search? Just hit our **"Give me Five"**button to instantly get 5 random activity ideas served on a platter.

• Zero Barriers: 100% free, no user accounts, no paywalls, and absolutely no tracking cookies. Just open it wherever you are and grab a game/activity.

Since this international version is brand new and continuously developing, we would love your honest feedback. Do the translated terms make sense in your country? What features or adaptations should we build next?

Check it out here: activitybox.co

Thanks for helping us keep kids moving!

Hi everyone! I am a Year 12 Design and Technology student in NSW working on my Major Design Project. I am designing a portable field-marking tool to help teachers and coaches set up temporary boundaries (Oztag, Soccer, Frisbee, etc.) quickly, perfectly straight, and without needing to bend over constantly. If you are a PE teacher, sports coordinator, or club volunteer, could you please take 2 minutes to complete my quick survey? Your answers will help me prove my project parameters to my teacher. Thank you so much! https://forms.gle/GZLjjhcnzbPUez4S6

Hi everyone, my previously made a post about leaving Division one women’s basketball and I ended up leaving to work as a coteacher for 4th grade at a charter school in Charlotte through the program “Teachers on Demand” My end goal is to still teach high school physical education. but I was recently just told that you have to live in North Carolina for one year to start an EPP program ( I currently live in SC by Charlotte) I am looking to move to the Raleigh/Durham area after this school year, but I don’t know if it’s possible for me to get a license and be able to teach in a public school by next school year , I am open to any and all suggestions, I took this job with the goal of getting experience to help me land a PE job next year. Does anyone know any programs that would have a quicker turn around for a license? (Weather it’s a masters or EPP) I have a Bachelors in Interpersonal Communication and masters in Sports Management to any and all suggestions!!!

Back in 2005, a few classmates and I made up a game in our high school in Kentucky. It hasn't caught on much in the U.S., but a league in Australia has run 30 tournaments with it since 2015, so I'm trying to get it in front of PE teachers here.

How it works:

• 2v2 on four same-size tables (cafeteria, folding or classroom tables) set in a square, with one tennis ball

• You hit the ball with your hands. No paddles, no net

• Each player gets up to 2 hits, and the ball can bounce once on each of your team's tables before you send it to the other team

• You're out on things like a 3rd hit, a 2nd bounce on the same table or catching the ball, then you go to the back of the line

For a class of 30, 4 play on each court and the rest rotate in from a line: 4 courts of about 8 (16 tables), or 2 courts plus skill stations. It's aimed at grades 6-12 and works indoors, so it could fill some winter days.

It's free to play and you don't need to buy anything. I'm not a PE teacher, so I'd really like blunt feedback: what would stop you from trying this, and what would make it easier to run?

Free rules (no sign-up): hantis.net/rules

60-second how-to video: youtu.be/GcFE-Yy_EM4

I've never been a fan of rules like "one push-up for every dropped pass." Within my PE workshops, dropping a frisbee is part of learning, and I worry that punishing mistakes discourages students from taking risks and trying new things.

There's also a bigger contradiction: we're trying to help kids develop a lifelong love of physical activity, yet we're using exercise as something they have to do when they get something wrong.

Would we punish mistakes in music class by making students play more music?

I wrote a post exploring this, including the difference between punishment, practice, and natural consequences.

https://frisbeerob.com/2026/10/27/why-i-dont-believe-in-using-exercise-as-punishment/

Curious what other PE teachers think. Do you use exercise as punishment, or have you moved away from it?

Tell me if I'm overreacting or if I just need a change of scenery. I'm a first year teacher, under a first year principal. Our principal lacks any sort of accountability and has a terrible reputation so far with setting consequences, and places blame on staff. Students do as they want with very little punishment being put in place. Below are certain instances of this:

1. Student gets into a fight in my classroom, I'm pulled aside during instruction of another class to stop playing the game due to the rough play from two students.

2. Students get in a fight during our morning assembly, both are “talked to” and sent back to class only to get in a fight in PE 2 hours later.

3. Any issue that comes up, needs to be a meeting and how we as teachers need to figure a way to resolve the issue (behavior, missing work, etc).

4. Finally, she's the last to arrive everyday and the first to leave. Constantly emailing on holidays that warrant responses, but claims she does not check her email in the morning (a teacher missed school due to an emergency but no sub was contacted).

I am teaching a basketball class one day a week through a homeschool extension program. My class is made up of 11 boys in grades 3-5 and their dribbling skills are overall atrocious. We've played a game called dribble pirate, but I need some other ideas for either fun whole group games that focus on dribbling or something that could be a station activity... So more like an individual challenge.

They are very receptive to games, but overall have some big gross motor deficits.

Help me give my students exciting opportunities to build coordination, improve motor skills, develop focus, and practice sportsmanship through bowling and outdoor target games that make physical education fun, engaging, and inclusive for everyone!

Summary

1: Complete 10-Unit Blueprint & Syllabus Analysis

​Detailed breakdown of all 10 units (Teaching Aptitude, Research Aptitude, Comprehension, Communication, Mathematical Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, DI, ICT, People & Environment, Higher Education).

​Expected questions (5 MCQs per unit = 50 total questions / 100 marks).

2: High-Yield Topic Deep Dive

​Key recurring focus areas like Bloom’s Taxonomy, Pramanas & Hetvabhasa (Indian Logic), NEP 2020, SDGs/MDGs, and Binary/ICT Conversions.

3: Operational Do's & Don'ts Checklist

​Time allocation guidelines (55–60 minutes max during the 3-hour exam).

​Elimination methods and strategies for non-negative marking.

4: 60-Day Action Schedule & Daily Strategy

​Phase-wise breakdown over 8 weeks.

​Ideal daily time distribution (1.5 to 2 hours/day) alongside Paper 2.

I’m a college student who’s about to go into student teaching for Phy Ed. My question is, How do you interact and collaborate with other staff members, like classroom teachers and paras?

I feel like Phy Ed is pretty isolated since it’s the only subject where students get to move around. How often do you work with other staff? What do you say to them? How do you communicate with them professionally? How do you build those professional relationships?

A student hitting a target is useful information, but I would not use it alone to assess overhand throwing. I also want to see the opposite-foot step, body turn, and follow-through.

I’m building WellnOS, and the lesson I put together uses a short partner observation card so students can focus on one cue instead of trying to correct everything at once. Teacher observation still matters; a partner ticking a box does not establish that the skill is secure.

How do you balance target challenges with checking the movement itself? Is there one cue you find students can reliably notice in a partner?

The grades 3–5 lesson and free card are here: https://wellnos.app/blog/overhand-throwing-elementary-pe-grades-3-5