Score a Refuel: "got chocolate milk?" Grant - Apply now! 

Refuel: "got chocolate milk?" Grants Program

*Please note: All applicants must be at least 18 years old and all group or team members must be at least 13 years of age.

Learn How to Host a Hershey's Track and Field Games Event

Hershey and NASPE have collaborated to create a workshop that highlights the importance of the Hershey's Track and Field Games, how hosting an event fits perfectly into a comprehensive school physical activity program, also walks you through step by step how to organize and facilitate a Hershey's Track and Field Games Event at your school or in your community. The workshop will be unveiled at the AAHPERD National Convention & Expo on Tuesday, March 13, from 1-5pm in the John B. Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Register for the convention today.

The National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education

(NCACE) promotes and facilitates coaching competence within all levels of amateur sport by overseeing and evaluating the quality of coaching education programs.  In addition, NCACE endorses comprehensive standards for sport practitioners, including: volunteer, interscholastic, collegiate, and elite coaches. Through accreditation, NCACE provides leadership and guidance to coaching education providers, sport administrators, and the public regarding the knowledge, values, and skills of effective coaches. Click on the links below to learn about the value of coaching education and why it's important to accredit your coaching education programs:

Why Accredit Your Coaching Education Program

The Value of Coaching Education

Guidelines for Choosing a Coaching Ed. Provider

Coaching Counts! Facts Sheet

Coaching Counts Awareness Campaign

NASPE's Coaching Resources:

Strategies - A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, is a bimonthly journal that offers practical how-to articles for sport and physical education professionals at all levels. 

Journal of Coaching Education - The electronic journal for coaching educators

Physical Activity and Sport for the Secondary Student - This comprehensive resource guide provides students, teachers and coaches alike with all they need on 23 secondary school sports and activities, including detailed descriptions and illustrations of basic skills, rules and scoring, game strategies, practice ideas and much more!

Physical Activity and Sport / Principles of Safety - Provides complete safety information for teachers and coaches on 23 sports and activities. The perfect companion book for Physical Activity & Sport for the Secondary School Student!

NASPE Professional Development Opportunities

NASPE's Grants and Funding: view the list. 

Looking to Improve Your Existing Sport Program? Click on the appropriate link to view quality program assessment tools created by UP2US

Sports Plus Programs

School Based Programs

Recreation Based Programs

Center Based Programs