The Physical Best HealthRelated Fitness Education Program

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The Physical Best Health-Related
FitnessEducation Program
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Presentation Outline

• What is Physical Best?
• Why Choose Physical Best?
• Physical Best Partners, Resources and Workshops
• For More Information

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- What?

• Physical Best is a program of the National
  Association for Sport and Physical Education
  (NASPE), an association of the American Alliance
  for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and
  Dance (AAHPERD)
• It is a comprehensive, health-related fitness
  education program, for use in K-12 physical
  education programs.

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- What?

• Comprehensive
• When combined with the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM
  assessment, it provides a complete fitness
  education and assessment program with teacher
  training and resources

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- What?

• Health-Related
• The emphasis is on students work toward
  obtaining and maintaining a healthful level of
• Aerobic Fitness
• Muscular Fitness
• Flexibility
• Body Composition

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- What?

• For Use With Existing Curriculums
• Physical Best is not intended to be a stand-alone
  program. It focuses primarily on NASPE standards
  3 4, and the concepts and activities are
  designed for integration into a physical
  education program throughout the school year.

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- Why?

• Many Physical Educators have chosen to implement
  Physical Best into their programs because it is -
• Non-competitive inclusive
• Positive individualized
• With ready-to-use / practical information and
  activities

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Why?

• Practical yet research-based
• It incorporates the latest youth fitness research
  practices
• Standards-based
• It incorporates and supports the national
  physical education, dance education, and health
  education standards

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Why?

• Supports Government Reports
• Healthy People 2010
• The Surgeon Generals Call to Action to Prevent
  and Decrease Overweight and Obesity (2001)
• Surgeon Generals Report on Physical Activity and
  Health (1996)
• Emphasizes
• Lifelong physical activity participation

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Physical Best Partners
The Cooper Institute/FITNESSGRAM
www.fitnessgram.net Human Kinetics Publishers
www.humankinetics.com
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Equipment SponsorSS Worldwide
  Since SS was founded in 1906, successive
generations of the Schwartz family have been
committed to continuing a treasured legacy and a
higher calling, the well-being of America's
children and special populations of all ages.
Their mission is to improve the social fabric by
helping people play and learn. SS Worldwide is
the official equipment sponsor of Physical Best.
The Physical Best Activity Pack was created in
collaboration with Physical Best Instructors in
order to provide high quality equipment to all
of our workshop participants. Information is
available at www.pe.ssww.com.
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Physical Best Activity Pack
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Physical Best Workshops
A menu of in-service options is available, in
addition to two full-day certification workshops

• Physical Best Health-Fitness Specialist

• Physical Best Health-Fitness Instructor

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What Workshop Participants Say

• Our staff is very enthusiastic and has
  unanimously agreed that the workshop was the
  best we have ever had

• Excellent information that will be implemented
  immediately

• Was reluctant at first, but very pleased with
  entire day, and learned a lot

• Appreciate hitting all areas of testing,
  including technology

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Physical Best Resources
Curricular information (Teachers Guide) and age
appropriate activities that teach the fitness
concepts (Activity Guides)
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For More Information

• Visit www.naspeinfo.org/physicalbest
• E-mail physicalbest_at_aahperd.org
• Or call 1-800-213-7193 x489.