The Youth Fitness Podcast™

The Youth Fitness Podcast™


Episode 52: U18 - Fitness Testing In Schools, Standards and Memories with Connor and Keegan Martin

October 30, 2024

Physical Education, Inspiring motivation through standards. Keegan and Connor Martin discuss the starting point, we can't expect goal setting much less goal attainment without a destination. 


Episode Highlights:


1:41 From JFK and a base level of health to the ability to skip or sit out Physical education


5:07 In the early 2000's there were assessments, but no goals were shared with students.


5:32 How the standards to goals to motivation process has been muddied


12:18 Students dont need to have results published, but they do need to be given a standard- a destination to set goals

and motivate the pursuit of those goals.