IHPRA Newsletter
September 2010


The Theme of this year's November IAHPERD Conference is Iowans Fit to Serve.

Over thirty exhibits and sixty presentations
 
Full schedule here
 

Pat Miletich

Gray Cook

Brett  Jones

Irene McCormick

Dr. David Juehring

Steve Myrland

Jon Hinds

Doug Sayers

Brian Lutter

These are a few presenters. 
More information here
.

An IHPRA member
sent these hardcore military training images.
 



Physical culture during the Middle Ages and Renaissance is worth studying,

and provide insights into our current journey.

Medical gymnastics is interesting,

as is the prerevolutionary 18th Century.


Army physical readiness training continues to reshape itself.

General discusses changes to Initial Army Training

Dietary changes

Too fat to fight

Chlorine in pools might cause cancer

You have written in the past about Mabel Lee and her efforts to
improve WAC PRT during WWII.
Do you know about any more research from that time?

The complexities of WWII are still unfolding.
A clear picture of those times is elusive.

Just finished reading the Chapter 12 article in the February 2004 newsletter.
Has the physical education profession become any more interested in fundamental motor skills since then?

Our children are still epidemically malformed, and we have made relatively little widespread ground.
Mainstream attention is slowly beginning to move away from the scoreboard and toward the child,
but we are certainly losing ground.

Military preparedness is at risk.

Meaningful motor fitness is overlooked

Rational gymnastics are no longer taught at any level including teacher preparation

I want to start learning the history you write about,
but there is so much information on this website that I don't know where to start.
Any advice? 



Learn by studying the lives of physical culture pioneers
Start here.

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