League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast
Clayton Ellis is a SHAPE America board member and a former national physical education teacher of the year. Clayton is one of our nation’s leading advocates for getting our young people to be more physically active so they can enjoy the physical, mental, behavioral and academic benefits.
In this episode, we talk about the physical inactivity epidemic plaguing our youth and how the problem has worsened since the onset of Covid-19. Over 75% of our young people aren’t active for even 20 minutes a day. Physical education isn’t just about physical wellness, it’s also about mental wellness. Fit kids perform better academically and have fewer behavioral problems. We talk about Phil Lawler, the “Father of the New PE” and how he created a model physical education program in Naperville, IL. Clayton ends with some comments about how the pandemic represents a great opportunity to modify education in general and physical education in particular.
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