NCAA
Initial-eligibility procedures for homeschooled student-athletes.
Frequently asked questions on how to qualify using experience
gained in athletics and academics while homeschooling.
Sports Illustrated
For Kids
Informative site, updated weekly. Articles about being a good
sport and a good athlete.
Awards
The President's
Challenge
As a homeschool you are eligible to participate and receive awards
for the President's Challenge Physical Fitness Program. There
are a few tips and suggestions that we will try to answer and
urge you to consider before you get started. Here's a page on
how homeschoolers
may participate.
Baseball
Baseball for Families
How to make baseball easy enough for almost everyone in the family and neighborhood to play casual baseball/softball.
Basketball
Fitness
It's
Time to Exercise
Whatever is going on, as long as you've got a body, it's always
the right time to exercise! You don't need fancy equipment or
expensive sneakers. You don't need a ton of kids around.
Jump
Rope For Heart
Have a look at these dazzling skills. They are so easy to do
and look fantastic! The Jump Rope for Heart manual has over 100
different skipping skills that are fun and challenging for all
ability levels - from basic to advanced.
Football
FootBall
How to homeschool and play football or at least enjoy it some.
Physics of Sports
Aerodynamics
in Sports Equipment
Tennis, Golf Balls, Baseballs, Javelin, Discus, Frisbee, Boomerangs,
Bicycling, Race Cars, Sails and Sailboats, and Swimming: how
does understanding aerodynamics help you do better with this
sports equipment?
FoilSim
In the Baseball Lessons, you can learn more about aerodynamics
by controlling conditions of a baseball pitch, including altitude(location),
speed of pitch, and spin of pitch. The Baseball Applet has the
ability to specify atmospheric conditions for the baseball game.
Developed by NASA.
Make
a Basketball Jumpshot Every Time
Using the laws of physics, it's possible to make a jumpshot in
basketball every time. That's right, if you stand at some point
on the court, and throw the ball up at just the right angle and
just the right speed, you can make it every time.
Skateboard
Science
In a blur of flying acrobatics, skaters leap and skid over and
onto obstacles, executing flips and turns of ever increasing
complexity--all at top speeds. How on earth do they do that?
Skills
Arm Pullers
Allen and Caroline Fisher are homeschool parents who are also
professional arm wrestling coaches. They are here to give you
some tips.
Getting Ready
to Yo-Yo
Not only how to get started, but also page after page of tricks
to do with your yo-yo. [Did I ever tell you I won 3rd place in
a yo-yo contest? There were 3 kids in the contest! - Your Guide.]
How
To Juggle 3 Balls
Video instruction and directions you can print out to take somewhere
where you can't break the computer monitor!
How
Yo-yos work
Both the classic yo-yo and the sophisticated "automatic"
yo-yos that have sprung up in the past few years are remarkable
demonstrations of fundamental scientific principles.
Hula
Hoop tricks
Lori Lynn Lomeli, who holds the Guinness Book of World Records
honor for spinning the largest number of Hula Hoops® at once,
shares her tricks and firming-up exercises.
Skating Tips, Rollerblade Tricks, and Moves
So, you'd like to try some of those fancy tricks you see people doing? You'd be surprised at how easy many of them are, and given some time to practice the move and enough effort, you'll soon be pretty competent.
Junkyard
Sports Community
Satisfy your deservedly desperate need for resources and opportunities
to bring Junkyard Sports to the day-to-day lives of fun-seeking
families.
Orienteering - Youth Programs NEW
The Little Troll program was designed by Orienteering USA's Youth Committee under a grant from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The program's continuing support is funded by Orienteering USA membership dues.
Training
For Climbing
Climbing indoor walls or massive cliffs requires both physical
and mental strength. This website is owned by Eric J. Hörst
(pronounced "Hirst"), the nation's leading authority
on climbing performance.
Soccer (Football
to the English)
Internet Soccer
Clinics
The site has been designed to help you with a variety of coaching
topics such as drills for skills, soccer techniques, understanding
tactics, nutrition, soccer news and much much more.
Tips for Soccer Moms and Dads
Special emphasis is placed on the promotion of the game of soccer as a life-long, family oriented activity, that provides for child-parent bonding, team work and friendships, as well as, adequate aerobic exercise.
Cricket: Sticky Wickets
and Spinballers
Start playing! Urban Cricket1 The ethos of Urban Cricket is simple
- get out there and play! It's no-hassle cricket, with no rules!
Sports Tips For Kids from Amazon.com
P.E. at Home
by Henry Bunn
This exercise DVD is physical enough for parents to get a workout with their children. The exercises can be done in limited space. The exercises are taught by a veteran physical education teacher. Most of all, the exercises are fun.
The Ultimate Homeschool Physical Education Game Book
Fun & Easy-To-Use Games & Activities to Help You Teach Your Children Fitness, Movement & Sport Skills
by Guy Bailey
Modified sports so that a parent and child or a couple of children
can play and have fun and learn athletic skills.
