How to Use Edpuzzle for Sports Teams, P.E. and Health Class

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s recommended that students ages 6-17 get in an hour of moderate to intense exercise every day. The sad truth? The CDC also reports that only 1 in 6 students actually get their recommended exercise.

With videogames, Netflix and Instagram, it’s easy to place the blame for students’ inactivity on technology, but the truth is that using the right combination of educational technology and apps can help get your students moving and on the path to a healthier lifestyle!

From fitness trackers to YouTube channels full of free home exercise routines, technology can help students to be more active anytime, anywhere.

Take a look at our roundup of websites and apps for sports teams, P.E. and health class to get some tech-savvy inspiration for your next class.

For Instant Replays

If you’re a sports coach or a P.E. teacher, you’re going to love this. Have you ever found yourself trying to explain to a student why they didn’t make that basket, how to improve their push-up form or a way to work on their tennis serve? Wouldn’t it be easier if you could just show them an instant replay?

Luckily, you can use Edpuzzle for that! All you have to do is record your students from your smartphone or tablet in slow motion to then show back to them. Upload it to Edpuzzle to embed pause points where you can evaluate posture, plays, and stance!

This kind of instant, visual feedback is invaluable during practices, games and sports instruction in P.E. class.

For Self-Reflection

If you want to take that visual feedback one step further, Edpuzzle is your answer. Step one as we've said is to record your students so they can watch themselves back.

For one middle school teacher, students are involved in the process on both ends: “While a team of kids might play volleyball, their peers record their movements, giving them footage to study when it’s their turn for a break. Students also use their downtime to record video self-reflections…”.

Then, students can upload their video self-reflections into Edpuzzle using the Student Project feature, where they can add self-critiques by sprinkling comments and audio notes throughout the video.

To open it up into a wider class discussion, you can review the videos together in the classroom or on a projector in the gym using Live Mode.

Using Edpuzzle also makes it a breeze to track your students’ progress over a period of time, so you can inspire them by showing off their improvement!

For Elementary Students

It’s a fact of life… elementary students are squirmy. With Edpuzzle, you can find helpful video resources to get your students moving whenever you notice they need a break from sitting.

Try using the videos by GoNoodle in Edpuzzle. With funny characters and colorful backgrounds, this is a super engaging way to use up your students’ energy and get their endorphins flowing! You’ll find Zumba dances, fun exercises, stretching videos and meditation and calming videos to bring the energy level back down and settle students.

Best of all, there’s a whole series of videos to tackle that phenomenon every elementary school teacher dreads… indoor recess! We think you’ll love it as much as your students do.

For Health Class

Rather than listening to you lecture about the food pyramid, why not let your students take control of their learning? Take a look at the health videos on Edpuzzle so kids can work through them, answering comprehension and reflection questions as they go.

With videos on healthy eating, mental health, drugs and alcohol, maintaining healthy relationships, and living a healthy lifestyle, using Edpuzzle for health class is a great way for your students to cover a broad range of topics while engaging with technology.

So, when it comes to sports and physical education, use edtech as your ally to inspire your students to be more physically active. Your students already love technology, so why not bring P.E. into the 21st century where it belongs?